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To: Kelvin Taylor who wrote (22)	10/31/2000 10:11:08 AM
From: Life Coach	Respond to of 51

Ed Asner is simply talking about Bush's plan for social security. If I were seniors, I would be scared too since Bush hasn't explained where is going to get the missing "trillion dollars" to pay current retiree benefits(Just like you couldn't explain). Also, you can bet people are glad that they didn't have their retirement money invested in the stock market the past six months. Regarding the tax increase, look what Clinton/Gore inherited from the previous Bush administration. A fiscal mess/recession. Looks like they did a great job getting us out of President Bush's mess. And finally, I don't have to answer your last question because it has nothing to do with this election.

To: Kelvin Taylor who wrote (22)	11/2/2000 11:05:44 PM
From: rowdytexan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 51

There's nothing wrong with investing money in the stock market. The problem with the Bush plan is that it would divert up to a trillion dollars from the current fund....which would bring it's current bankruptcy date into the current generation. That's not smart and it would probably just about destroy future support for the Republican party (which is pretty much fine with me but there should be some balance). Now, if some portion of the current excess balance of T-Bills held by the SSA were simply placed into the market (maybe 5, 10 percent), the amount of return would likely increase over time. That's probably a better plan.