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To: i-node who wrote (495656)	7/16/2009 3:58:26 PM
From: Steve Dietrich	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574499

I realize you don't like the way social programs are funded, or even that we have them, but that hardly excuses your lies. First you say: "How do you think Medicare got $36 Trillion in the hole? It is from spending beyond its means. Year after year," That's a lie. Medicare has not been spending beyond its means year after year. Medicare is currently in surplus. And i can prove it, Medicare earns interest on its surplus. This imaginary $36 Trillion debt of yours, how much interest are we paying on that? What you call a debt is a projected shortfall over an infinite time frame. Then you lie some more: My children are paying Medicare taxes today that were, as the program was conceived, to be held in trust so that when they turn 65 those funds would be available to pay for their benefits. That's not at all how the program was conceived or how it works. You have no idea what you're talking about and, not coincidentally, your inane rants have no merit. In fact your arguments are so weak, you're reduced sensationalism and outright lies. You're reduced to branding Social Security, one of our nation's most successful programs a Ponzi scheme. SS has been solvent and effective for 75 years and is projected to be solvent well into the future. That's not a Ponzi scheme and you're really not credible... SD