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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Greta Mc who wrote (8398)	3/13/2001 11:10:22 PM
From: cosmicforce	Respond to of 82486

There you go!! ;) I too denied myself an entitlement. I went through school and I could have qualified for food stamps but my (foolish) pride made me and my wife live well below the standard of living we could have. I remember eating Kraft Dinner In a Box (aka macaroni and cheese) for a whole week because no cash was coming in. I prided myself on not taking it. One of the terms of enlistment was lifetime healthcare through the VA. This entitlement was retroactively taken from me (in 1985, by Reagan). Now as it turns out, I don't need it now, but that is largely due to my good luck and ability. Even when I was 18 I knew that all this could end in a second with a bloodclot and that in the future this would be a good deal. Despite my current good fortune, I might need that promised healthcare later. The fact is the government has unilaterally broken most of the covenants into which I entered. The things the government has taken, it has done so without good faith or my consent. If a business had treated you this way, you'd have a right to sue. I believe that the government has a covenant with all its citizens and that we probably don't want people to fall into the kind of despair that is possible in Hong Kong or Mexico. The government will, no doubt, default on this entitlement as they must, but I think it is wrong. They have promised much and have dangerously little in projected revenue and assets to cover the marker they've sold you and me.