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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (329742)	3/21/2007 8:08:06 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574854

Not means testing for citizens yet unborn. There is no obligation to them yet.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (329742)	3/22/2007 12:03:49 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574854

You realize, of course, that means testing is just another way to break an obligation? That doesn't automatically make it a bad idea, considering 1 - The currently planned payouts may not be affordable, 2 - the obligation (to the extent there is one) is using other people's money, if I promise to grab Ted's money to give to you, is it wrong if I don't grab it?, and 3 - whatever justification there might be for such forcible transfers, to keep people from starving or otherwise undergoing severe suffering, doesn't extent to giving additional money to the very wealthy.