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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Rick Slemmer who wrote (562)	8/5/1998 11:39:00 AM
From: Carl Fritch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13994

To all. Social Security was set up as a "forced" savings plan for us. It was never intended to be a "welfare" system or safety net as is now being sold to us. The taxes paid by both you and your employer were suppose to go into an account for you to provide a pension to you when you retire. In fact you can still call the SS office and they will tell you how much you have in your "account". The problem now is the money that was "contributed" over the years has been replaced with a bunch of IOU's by the spendthrift government and it isn't there for anyone. The best solution is to not force us to put our money into a waste full "welfare tax" and save for our own retirements. The states already have a welfare system to help people who are foolish enough to not plan for their retirement. Carl BTW Love this thread its one of my favorites.