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To: Ilaine who wrote (37809)	6/5/2000 10:42:00 AM
From: Charles P. Hubbard	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 42523

SSD benefits are calculated as if the disabled person had worked to age 65 regardless of his age. A very young person can go on disability and start drawing full benefits for the rest of his life, as long as he has participated in the system for some nominal time. I am not saying this is wrong, just that it is abused. I get upset to hear that the young people are paying for my meager SS benefit. What happened to my contributions? they were spent as collected for liberal causes by lying politicos who try to make us believe they are safe in "the fund". The fund is a bunch of IOU's so in that sense, the young are being taxed to pay my benefit, because my contributions are long since co-mingled with other gov't revenues and spent. Politicians cannot keep their hands off a source of funds.

To: Ilaine who wrote (37809)	6/5/2000 11:13:00 AM
From: flatsville	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42523

CB-- One of the biggest scams around is SSD for minor children. The states got "smart" years ago and "pushed" their state welfare recipients onto the SSD roles. You may recall the Reader's Digest article of a few years ago exposing this scam? My understanding is that SSD payments are not based on "contributions" but rather on "need"...at least in the case of minor children (and even adults) that fall within low-income/poverty level guidelines. In the case of your AIDS patients I believe different guidelines were at work.