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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (749234)	10/24/2013 5:41:36 PM
From: SilentZ	Respond to of 1574237

>So if you include SS, Medicare, and food stamps into the "stabilizer" category, you would have to admit that none of them have reduced poverty, and that all they do is serve as "backstops." They did when they were introduced. But then they basically stay the same. That's what they're supposed to do, unless the dollar amount per person is increased. Then they'll reduce poverty more. I'd be fine with that. I know you wouldn't. -Z

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (749234)	10/24/2013 8:31:48 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574237

"SS, Medicare, and food stamps into the "stabilizer" category, you would have to admit that none of them have reduced poverty" You're really quite nuts. Go to your local supermarket, find someone paying with food stamps, and ask them if that helps them get food. Find a poor, elderly person, and ask them what their life would be like without SS and Medicare. I'm sure many will tell you they'd be dead, which represents Republican health care and social conscience.