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To: Road Walker who wrote (218081)	2/8/2005 1:23:35 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572096

JF, What's the point? Do you want to turn SS into a welfare program? I'd like to see SS turn into a purely voluntary program. Let people decide whether to let the government hold the money, invest the money themselves, or keep it. Too many people expecting to get more than they put into the system, and that's not right. If we're worried about seniors living in poverty, we can discuss how to support them out of the general budget. There are some interesting pie charts in today's WSJ. I was surprised to see the weight of the SS contribution to government receipts. Exactly. Separate it out of the regular budget, and Congress will be much more reluctant to spend it. As it stands now, even smart citizens don't know what's going on, much less the average citizen. Tenchusatsu