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To: Road Walker who wrote (215552)	1/21/2005 11:58:11 AM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573850

Since I have no kids and pay taxes to support the schools, are the people with kids getting a "free lunch"? Uhmm...that's a tough one. I want out of my school taxes!! Al

To: Road Walker who wrote (215552)	1/21/2005 12:49:38 PM
From: RetiredNow	Respond to of 1573850

The difference between insurance and social security is that we don't get a choice with social security.

To: Road Walker who wrote (215552)	1/21/2005 1:16:16 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573850

JF, If you have insurance and never make a claim, are the other folks that do make claims getting a "free lunch"? Who is better off, the people who make claims or the people that don't have to? SS is more like life insurance, not auto insurance. Of course, even a life insurance policy at maturity has limits on its returns. Not SS. It's a sustainable program that needs periodic tweaks. The only thing "sustaining" it are the people paying into it. It used to be 2%, now it's 12%, and all because retirees are living longer. I suppose we could center on a new "equilibrium" once the so-called "trust fund" runs out, but who is going to support an extra 5% tax on income below $90K? Tenchusatsu