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To: jimss who wrote (14242)	1/7/2009 9:24:55 PM
From: philv	Respond to of 50506

"Just wanted to point out that Medicare is an even bigger Ponzi Scheme; and will bankrupt this country sooner than Social Security will." Especially when taxes are being lowered. Its all a matter of taxation. You want public services, you have to tax. But the US wants their cake and eat it too. Low taxes and high public standards. The only other idea is to give the bill to the next generation to handle. So far, so good.

To: jimss who wrote (14242)	1/7/2009 9:58:32 PM
From: Paxb2u	5 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50506

None of these things will bankrupt the system. Its not the programs. If SS had been left alone it would be in the black. The Govt just couldn't keep their hands off it. Its the govt thats bankrupting the system. ----------Peaceb2u

To: jimss who wrote (14242)	1/12/2009 9:35:32 PM
From: jimss	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50506

CLEAN COAL: Currently there's no economical way to capture and sequester carbon emissions from coal, and many experts doubt there ever will be. But now the idea of clean coal might be truly dead, buried beneath the 1.1 billion gallons of water mixed with toxic coal ash that on Dec. 22 burst through a dike next to the Kingston coal plant in the Tennessee Valley and blanketed several hundred acres of land, destroying nearby houses. The accident — which released 100 times more waste than the Exxon Valdez disaster — has polluted the waterways of Harriman, Tenn., with potentially dangerous levels of toxic metals like arsenic and mercury, and left much of the town uninhabitable. time.com