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To: Joe NYC who wrote (125482)	10/6/2000 12:55:38 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1570659

Suppose FDR was not irresponsible in giving benefits to people who never contributed, and suppose he created an honest pension system - where the money that you are contributing in would really be there and would be yours. Would you still consider it a tax? I'd have to think about that. In general I would consider any involuntary payment to the government (with the exception of fines for criminal activity) to be a tax. However if the money was in an account for me and that I could pass along to others if I die, then it could be argued that the government would not be taking money from me just regulating my use of it. On the other hand as regulation of your property increases at some point it would be fair to say that the government has actually taken it if their control gets to complete. Tim