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To: Road Walker who wrote (323867)	1/31/2007 10:55:15 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578297

re: The post was about how SS is lousy if viewed as a retirement program, and not very well targeted if looked at as a welfare program. Well sure, because it is neither. The disability part could be considered either insurance or welfare. The retirement part could be considered a retirement program or welfare. Or both parts could be considered a mix of both. For the moment I'm not arguing about the disability portion, or proposing changes in it. Leaving aside that part what is SS other than a retirement program, a welfare program or some mix between the two? Its sometimes called social insurance, but the SS retirement program isn't really insurance in any meaningful sense of the word.