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To: koan who wrote (312221)	12/1/2024 10:15:04 AM
From: Thomas M.	2 Recommendations Recommended By i-node longz Respond to of 363534

My guess is you worked hard and did well But if you are on social security and medicare, you might want to thank the Democrats for those programs! You have it exactly backwards. A person who worked hard and did well is a net funder of Social Security and Medicare. Why should Bill be thanking the people who took his money? The net takers in those programs should thank Bill for his money. Democrats should thank Bill for his money, which they used to purchase voters. Tom

To: koan who wrote (312221)	12/1/2024 11:03:23 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 363534

People who aren't clear on the concepts, but are dead certain they are, often confuse economic and social systems. On an abstract enough level, they do bear a lot of similarities. But if you are uncomfortable with abstractions and don't realize they are a simplification and what that implies, then we wind up with problems like that.