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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (437517)12/7/2008 8:20:50 AM
From: SilentZ1 Recommendation  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1576360
 
>So stop paying it. Simple.

(Sorry for taking so long to respond, busy time at work)

You can't stop paying pensions and health care for retirees. You end up with hundreds of thousands of destitute elderly people who have given their lives to the Big Three. That's not OK.

-Z



To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (437517)12/7/2008 8:31:49 AM
From: steve harris1 Recommendation  Respond to of 1576360
 
Oh wait, you'd rather have government foot the bill for all that. Cool, can't wait for the federal budget to explode from $3 trillion to $6 trillion, all to provide GM-like retirement benefits for 300 million people ...

You got it.

In reality, it will never happen, but it makes you feel good saying it and gets you a few more votes from the me first crowd.