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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (218248)	2/9/2005 6:47:45 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572365

re: Either way, SS discourages savings because (a) the SS tax means people have less money to save, and (b) people are counting on the SS benefits to be there when they retire. That's not encouraging savings, that's trusting the government to "save" (notice the quotes again) it for you. Scraping it for a welfare system is worse. Then folks don't pay anything, and still don't have an incentive to save. At least with SS they are paying their way. re: Don't go there, John. I really don't want to bring partisanship into this discussion. Only when it's convenient, eh? So you think the regressive tax is a good thing? Your "liberal" buddies might not agree. It's certainly an acceptable compromise when the benefits are progressive. I think they should raise the ceiling. John