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To: epicure who wrote (10728)	2/3/2006 10:52:22 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541853

I agree, of course, with what you type, e. The model for me is social security precisely because it is mandated for all. Since all of us receive it, all of us are a political interest group to protect it. I would much prefer one medical insurance program, not two (medicare and medicaid) with levels set for the population in general--Bill Gates gets it and the local homeless person. That means the politically powerful but presently much too inert middle class has a large interest in protecting it. And the political class can't cut it quite so easily as they can benefits for politically weak groups such as the poor.