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To: THE ANT who wrote (110028)	1/23/2015 12:47:07 AM
From: THE ANT	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217860

I meant SS tax--FICA

To: THE ANT who wrote (110028)	1/23/2015 1:05:42 AM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 217860

Fox News and many conservative Americans have been wishing for a strong leader like Vladimir Putin to solve our serious Entitlement Problems. They're admire Putin for having the grit needed to stand up to welfare seniors in Russia when wealthy Russians complained they were spiraling out of control. Social Security benefits for Russian retirees have been reduced to $68.42 a month. Admittedly this does double to $139 a month for retirees over the age of 80. But with food prices in Russia being similar to those in the United States potatoes and beets take a big chunk of those pensions each month, with a bit left over for milk or bread. Rent is still quite low compared with the West, but that doesn't come with maintenance and most elderly Russians can't afford to pay for electricity. They cook on small portable gas burners in their apartments as if they were camping. Fortunately suicide among the elderly in Russia, already a world record in 2006, has increased markedly since then, further reducing state expenditures for useless elderly people.