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To: sm1th who wrote (103757)	11/7/2018 6:32:45 PM
From: Woody_Nickels	2 Recommendations Recommended By alanrs slowmo Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 456140

The gov't, aka politicians, mismanaged Soc. Sec. to create a Welfare State. If your Soc. Sec. contributions were invested in 30yr bonds, every recipient would be drawing on $1M after 45yrs. And gov't can't have that much power in the hands of anyone but them.

To: sm1th who wrote (103757)	11/7/2018 6:48:50 PM
From: DMaA	3 Recommendations Recommended By alanrs sm1th Woody_Nickels Respond to of 456140

Your payments paid your parents benefits. And the excess collected was squandered. At some periods that was half of the FICA taxes collected. I'm not saying anything we don't all know.