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To: Road Walker who wrote (327539)	2/26/2007 9:15:06 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1588471

As long as the fund company is able to meet it's "obligation" Just like my house is my house until it burns down without insurance. The company is holding my money. The SSA isn't holding your money. Your money was taxed away by the SSA. There is no account for you where the money is held. You don't get it. In a lot of countries, people put their money under the mattress. And that money might burn up or be stolen. Does that mean its not theirs? I believe I will get SS benefits because I have trusted my government for over 40 years. And your trust may be justified. But even if there was 0% chance that they wouldn't pay you the money, it still wouldn't make it your property. Trust is something different than ownership. Maybe its more important in your opinion, maybe its more important in some objective sense, but even if we assume both, that doesn't make it the same as your property.