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To: SilentZ who wrote (215408)	1/19/2005 3:01:45 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573825

gg, you just realized what's wrong with SS. Ain't going to be enough people paying me when I start receiving their payroll deductions.... Use to be 2% payroll deduction of 16 people paid benefits. Now it's over 12% of 3 people to cover one person drawing a check. And according to the population based upon age, you're going to be screwed worse than I am. Btw Z, did you notice others agree Clinton ran up the debt also? Weren't no surplus nowhere to be found.... Steve

To: SilentZ who wrote (215408)	1/19/2005 4:01:38 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573825

Z, here's a radical opinion. Why should we have a "trust fund" in the first place? Let's just pay as we go. Let's also turn the SS tax into a true progressive tax. Better yet, let's just get rid of the SS tax, rebalance the general tax brackets to compensate, and count SS benefits as part of the general expenses. We can even restructure SS benefits based on need and not by past contributions. Why should Bill Gates get more SS benefits than some lifelong blue-collar worker? Try and figure out why this proposal won't fly. Tenchusatsu