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To: Kpainfish who wrote (2715)	10/11/2006 11:14:37 AM
From: SargeK	Respond to of 50283

Kpainfish >>>Why should we save Social Security and Medicare?<<< Because those now retired and in need of medical care paid taxes their entire working careers TRUSTING that government was investing a portion of those taxes for their own care when they retired. To completely eliminate these programs now would be a greater tragedy than the government fraud that developed and promised these benefits over decades of time. Would you want your own parents and grand-parents to have these benefits suddenly withdrawn? I think not. Reforms I have recommended need to be phased in slowly to reduce dependency on government while more practical approaches are developed. I do not have all the answers, nor do I pretend to. I just know that if we continue on the present course, in the not distant future social and economic failure will occur on a massive scale. I am open to all suggestions on how the system may be improved. Thanks for asking. SargeK