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To: i-node who wrote (141919)	1/19/2002 5:22:54 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1585142

You're so confused. No one doubts the need or desire. The question is, "Is it possible for an economy to sustain incentive traps like Social Security and Medicare over an extended period of time?". The answer is, NO, it isn't. Once you've answered that question, then it is a simple matter to conclude that the programs should never be instituted to begin with. Because it IS an incentive trap, there is no way of getting rid of it once it has burned itself out. What do you think the peoples' response would be to the question is it better to spend billions on star wars or on SS and Medicare because the economy can only sustain one or the other? Confused? Not me!