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To: Road Walker who wrote (195875)	7/26/2004 12:51:06 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572678

JF, If they really think it's "welfare" for the elderly Well it sure isn't "Government takes your money, saves it for you, then pays it back," despite what they teach in schools. Like I said before, I'd be happy if they did just that. "Stuff it underneath a mattress" like the way Thomas M puts it. Tenchusatsu

To: Road Walker who wrote (195875)	7/26/2004 1:45:02 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572678

re: What's wrong with welfare for the elderly? If they really think it's "welfare" for the elderly, there is an easy way to "fix" it. Raise the social security percent paid by the higher wage earners without raising their benefits. That idea will go over real well with the right <LOL>. Did you notice that when the issue first came up recently, the problem was too, too difficult to explain to a somewhat dimwitted liberal, that would be me. Then DR was infuriated that the Dems would not go along with investing SS in the markets idea. So when it was suggested by the dimwitted liberal, that would be me, that we need to make the SS shortfall a line item in the budget, there was mostly silence. I haven't paid too much attention to the so called SS crisis since I hate when there is so much hysteria around a rather basic issue. However, I now understand what the problem is........the right doesn't want the shortfall to be made up by moving general revenue funds over which might result in cuts to their favorite budget items like defense or into their infamous pork spending. What amazes me of course is that their attitude suggests they all plan to have sufficient money when they retire so that they won't need SS. It must be nice to be so confident. ted