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Strategies & Market Trends : Strictly: Drilling II -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: c.hinton who wrote (36122)	8/30/2006 2:52:48 AM
From: hubris33	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36161

Sure, I guess it is in human nature to belly up to the trough and get all you can even if one doesn't need it. Yet, I don't understand this theory of 'entitlement' that so many seem to have...unfortunately we seem to just throw $$$ at the problems rather than fixing them and the underlying cause that got us in the original situation. Nuclear industry has a process called root cause analysis that requires evaluation of ALL the problems and fixes to them to avoid reoccurrences. Too bad we can't get such to work in a political climate. Then there are the 'entitlement' programs that make no sense! I know plenty of well to do people that are retired with 6 and 7 figure incomes, who absolutely do not need the Social Security check because it just gets sent back in April as taxes anyway. Yet these people, draw the maximum check, can afford better health care and thus are more likely to live longer and drain more form the pool. I can't figure out why those politicians that want a regressive income tax, aren't screaming for a means test for SS recipients? Are we so locked into "I'm owed the money, cause I put it in" that we can't see the absurdity? Oh well, enough soap boxing.... H3