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To: Steve Dietrich who wrote (102265)	7/9/2007 3:25:26 PM
From: Peter O'Brien	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Social Security has indeed "missed a payment": ssa.gov non sequitur? You are the one who insisted that SS is solvent. If so, they should be able to legally guarantee benefits. Why won't they?

To: Steve Dietrich who wrote (102265)	7/9/2007 3:28:55 PM
From: Peter O'Brien	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

"In this 1960 Supreme Court decision Nestor's denial of benefits was upheld even though he had contributed to the program for 19 years and was already receiving benefits. Under a 1954 law, Social Security benefits were denied to persons deported for, among other things, having been a member of the Communist party. Accordingly, Mr. Nestor's benefits were terminated. He appealed the termination arguing, among other claims, that promised Social Security benefits were a contract and that Congress could not renege on that contract. In its ruling, the Court rejected this argument and established the principle that entitlement to Social Security benefits is not contractual right." ssa.gov