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To: epicure who wrote (21942)	5/23/1998 2:52:00 AM
From: Lady Lurksalot	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

X You write, "Let's see- old people take a lions share of the medical and medicaid dollars- correct? Now I personally think money is better spent on the young, because chances are if you spend it on them you will get some sort of return. Old people seem useless to me, especially old people who haven't bothered to plan for their 'golden year.'" I can't believe what I have just read and must take issue with this! Most "old people" alive today were forced to pay great gobs of their hard-earned money into the boondoggle that is Social Security. They may or may not have this money returned to them during their lifetimes. Had they been permitted to keep this money and invest as they saw fit, they would not be on what you erroneously consider a public dole during their "golden year." I take umbrage also at your statement, "Old people seem useless to me." I don't even know where to begin a reply to such a shallow and shortsighted statement. I'll just say that I regard your expressed thoughts on the elderly as dangerous and frightening. Holly

To: epicure who wrote (21942)	5/24/1998 2:36:00 PM
From: Father Terrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

X: It's almost time for Dean Jagger to neutralize your vitriolic radiation. That you clack like a parrot echoing the popular bromides of the day is of no surprise, few at any point in history have proved to be independent thinkers. Because a mob disagrees with me makes me no less right. History is rife with examples of "voices in the wilderness" who were finally listened to because what they said dealt with objective reality. Old or young it makes no difference -- all have a lien on the productive (because they are the ONLY ones creating wealth) which is morally wrong. BTW, please show me how many old people were as you put it -- "But do I want mobs of starving old people roaming the streets?" -- before all the social programs, the entitlement (governemnt doublespeak word) and healthcare programs were enacted? It is simply government control and redistribution of wealth. You have never answered: why, X, do you think redistribution of wealth from the producers to the unproductive by force is moral? FT