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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (491356)	6/28/2009 5:20:43 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574103

What sins ??? Slavery ?? that's was Kenyans, Obama's people started that. Us white guys were just trying to help the Kenyans out and we bought some of their products, geez it's called foreign aid

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (491356)	6/28/2009 5:42:47 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574103

It may be compared to a Ponzi scheme, but no one runs off with the money.....it is used as intended. In the old days before SS, parents paid to raise their children and then children were expected to care for their parents... That's what SS does.... There are millions surviving on SS alone. Maybe some of the future funding can come from collecting cap gains taxes on things that are not reported to the IRS on 1099's, eg options trades....billions and billions but I'm sure being an honest conservative you believe all the gains are being reported to the IRS... "Maybe if we taught our kids the truth about SS the same way we teach them the "truth" about Christopher Columbus, slavery, and other sins of the white man, we'll have a more informed American society." Sins of the white man???? Racism implied??? btw, what truth about Columbus???

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (491356)	6/28/2009 7:29:37 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574103

"I was told it was a government-sponsored retirement program, where the government takes a part of your paycheck and returns it to you when you retire." Who "told" you this? I knew how it worked from the jump.