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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (44778)	10/10/2000 8:27:38 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 769670

<<As you know I'm all for this, I can't take the current SS system. But be fair, this kind of a tax cut is spending. >> No, it's less going into the ponzi scheme. As taxes rise SS will be covered but You you you can pick 2% of your retirement fund.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (44778)	10/10/2000 8:49:31 PM
From: kvkkc1	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

No, the system is taking in surplus monies now, so there is no cut. The money has been going into the general fund as a result. The only way to enforce a lockbox in D.C. is to not put the money anywhere that the politicians can get there grubby little hands on it.knc

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (44778)	10/10/2000 10:05:14 PM
From: greenspirit	Respond to of 769670

Lizzie, you call it what it is. Reforming the system by empowering the individual over the state by giving them a tax cut. Tax cuts are not government spending money. The social security funds are currently part of the overall budget. And Democrats have fought for years to prevent it from being taken off budget. So this Whopper Al nonsense about "locked boxes" is simply rhetorical clinton-speak. I wish someone would go back in the congressional records a few years ago and write down how many Democrats vs Republicans worked to keep social security on budget in order to create a false sense of limited deficits. That would be very enlightening given the discussions surrounding social security today.