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To: TimF who wrote (31424)	11/10/2006 6:29:50 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542005

>>What would be better is to reform the whole system and just have the social security money come from the sales tax.<< Tim - Yes, I agree that would be ideal. But then you wouldn't have a way to determine who had paid what into the system. Present Social Security benefits are based on what was paid in. I don't think that this is an unsolvable problem, nor do I think that such details should get in the way of seeing the bigger picture on this. I do wonder how the transition from an income tax to a national sales tax could be managed. It might be extremely chaotic, and create a lot of opportunities for "gaming" the system. - Allen