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To: longnshort who wrote (25042)1/20/2010 4:47:51 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 103300
 
short, in the 50s life expectancy was more than 10 years less than today and Medicare did not exist. If we suspend SS at age 68 and abolish Medicare, we could get by with the tax rates of the 50s.



To: longnshort who wrote (25042)1/20/2010 5:05:02 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 103300
 
Re: "In the 50S taxes were 17% of household income"

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