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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (245623)	6/14/2003 7:37:08 PM
From: Les H	Respond to of 436258

if you're being rebated the fica taxes, you shouldn't be credited the fica wages that are used to calculate the benefits. it's no wonder that the system isn't financially viable. when the payroll taxes are raised again, it'll only be damaging the employment prospects of the same economic strata that they claim to want to help.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (245623)	6/14/2003 7:44:31 PM
From: ild	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

Americans threaten to withhold funds from NATO Belgian war crimes law draws protests from United States "Belgium needs to recognize that there are consequences to its actions." Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld June 13, 2003 — 9:54 a.m. BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) — The United States threatened Thursday to withhold money for a new NATO headquarters and ban Americans from attending alliance meetings unless Belgium changes a law under which Army commander Tommy Franks was charged with war crimes. ... redding.com