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To: Lane3 who wrote (99761)	2/10/2005 2:54:26 PM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793670

Al Gore's "locked box" nonsense did some good. More than two-thirds of the country knows that payroll taxes paid into the Social Security trust fund are lent to the federal government and spent on other programs.

To: Lane3 who wrote (99761)	2/10/2005 3:29:00 PM
From: Sig	Respond to of 793670

<<washingtonpost.com Social Security Problems Not a Crisis, Most Say >>> Such things as SS have to be fixed before they go critical, and the US has a great opportunity to do that. 1 We did not fix OBL back in the early 1990's and what happened ? 911 .And that was after many previous bombings along with his training Al Qaeda members still giving us trouble today 2. Clinton did nothing about the runaway stock market, which went critical and crashed. 3. The government did far too little about crooked CEO's, letting companies police themselves and we got the Kenneth Lay's. 4. The government has allowed lawyers to collect outrageous fees from malpractice suits which has forced doctors to leave the trade because of high insurance costs. And medical costs have skyrocketed. 5. Our military ground forces were allowed to fade away under reduced funding and that has given the US problems in Iraq. 6. Saddam was allowed far too long, 12 years, to come into compliance with UN Resolutions, while the Iraqis lost 2/3 d's of their income and many relatives were buried in mass graves. 7. Our intelligence agencies did not properly communicate with each other, and in fact were banned from doing so, and as a result we lost a chance to prevent 911. Its a great time for fixing things, with the budget under review . Porous borders, excessive taxes, SS, and military improvements. And more. Sig