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To: RetiredNow who wrote (216951)2/2/2005 11:26:59 PM
From: SilentZ  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1571924
 
>You don't think this is a problem? This is so basic to me, I just don't see why others can't see that running a deficit is not good.

Because it doesn't have to. Remember, the SSA can be manipulated by the administration the same way the HHS and other government offices have been.

-Z



To: RetiredNow who wrote (216951)2/3/2005 6:58:08 AM
From: Road Walker  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1571924
 
re: This is so basic to me, I just don't see why others can't see that running a deficit is not good.

Am I allowed to make the same argument wrt funding the Iraq war? If full funding is good for SS, why not for every other federal program?

John