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To: JohnM who wrote (107340)	4/2/2005 10:00:39 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793838

Speaking of SS...We were checking accounts today. One stock I bought in 1999 (GNET for $2000)...went WAY up, merged with INSP, went WAY down....I sold a lot, but still have shares in my IRA...Stupid to sell those, as it would have cost more to sell with commission than keep them there. Today, 6 years later, and a 10-1 reverse split later, I now have the grand total of $625 more than I paid for the stock. And when we looked at the total percentage I had made for those 6 years....$625 was still larger than I would have made if that same amount of money was in Social Security. People have to wise up about Social Security! Do agree with you on Medicare.... And ditto, on getting health insurance. You won't agree with this, but I think it should be mandatory....ANYONE who gets welfare of any kind, should have money taken out for a basic health care plan. Period. Everyone else who is working must pay for a basic health plan. Period. And everyone who is working for the Government, at any level, including Congress and any Universities that have ANY government payment for any of their programs, should pay for their own health plan as well. Perhaps when everyone pays their own premium, then people will get busy and decide we need to have the same options that the Government offers to their employees, and the same costs...Much larger risk pool, so rates will come down.