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To: Road Walker who wrote (207859)	10/20/2004 7:24:15 PM
From: brushwud	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574085

re: SS should be integrated with the progressive income tax. And the payouts as well? It does seem silly to give someone with $Billions, say Bill Gates, a check for a couple of grand every month. Right, anyone making more than $146,000 or whatever should be disqualified from getting the couple of grand per month SS benefit. And a sliding scale below that. So minimum wage workers won't have to pay 7.65% of every dollar for benefits to those who don't need them.

To: Road Walker who wrote (207859)	10/20/2004 8:03:08 PM
From: AK2004	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574085

re: It does seem silly to give someone with $Billions, say Bill Gates, a check for a couple of grand every month once you call it a pension plan you can not do that

To: Road Walker who wrote (207859)	10/20/2004 8:35:58 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574085

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