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Health care / Social Security / Medicare & politics

An SI Board Since December 1998

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Emcee: mrknowitall	Type: Unmoderated

Introduction Compact

When the storms in Washington abate, someone is going to turn their attention to the impending SS debacle. The financial impact for all of us is, and will be significant, particularly in years to come. Your thoughts, opinions and ideas on what should be and can be done with one of the largest segments of our economy.

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25	I think the best plan is to means test both Medicare and Social security. Even	George Dawson	-	5/3/2000
24	Our Senators and Congressmen don't pay in to Social Security, and, of cours	RagTimeBand	-	5/1/2000
23	I say we get rid of SS altogether. Continue payments to those already recievin	delong	-	3/16/1999
22	With a note of thanks to Les Horowitz: Medicare Could Be Fixed, But Politics I	mrknowitall	-	12/14/1998
21	A few (serious) thoughts this time... While individual accounts would be nice,	Peter O'Brien	-	12/11/1998
20	Steve - good points - if we break the problem down to its fundamentals, our pre	mrknowitall	-	12/11/1998
19	Les - interesting - although the 2013 date is only slightly disingenuous - it a	mrknowitall	-	12/11/1998
18	Article about law enacted to actually print the IOU's that stuffed in the S	Les H	-	12/11/1998
17	Hmmmm - but then again, who was it that put the deal together for her? I suspe	mrknowitall	-	12/10/1998
16	I think our SS funds should all be invested in cattle futures with Hillary Clin	Peter O'Brien	-	12/10/1998
15	MrK, interesting ideas for SS. Problems I see for any part of SS funds in stoc	steve kammerer	-	12/9/1998
14	A Job in France? No Sweat Laws Banning Overwork Trim Executives' Hours	Les H	-	12/9/1998
13	We need them to expand the Separation of Powers to make all legislation that af	Les H	-	12/9/1998
12	The trust fund is invested in non-marketable debt securities that pay less than	Les H	-	12/9/1998
11	Mr. K, Your proposal is rubbish. It makes sense. How in the world would you ev	EL KABONG!!!	-	12/8/1998
10	Kerry - You're right about some individual investors - there need to be con	mrknowitall	-	12/8/1998
9	Mr K, Ah, the lesser of two evils. I'd pick the bureaucrats over the indiv	EL KABONG!!!	-	12/8/1998
8	Mr. K., I agree! The fallacy that only rich people should be invested in stock	Who, me?	-	12/8/1998
7	Kerry - if we leave that money in the hands of the SS Administration (which &qu	mrknowitall	-	12/8/1998
6	You are so correct, I'm depressed now!<g> If the Republicans try t	Who, me?	-	12/8/1998
5	In its simplest terms, SS is a Ponzi scheme that has a fundamental cash-flow pr	mrknowitall	-	12/8/1998
4	Mr K, If this came to a vote of the people (I know. It won't.) I'd be	EL KABONG!!!	-	12/8/1998
3	Okay, what's the next alternative? It's going broke the way it is...an	Who, me?	-	12/8/1998
2	The primary danger I see in privatizing SS is in who makes the decisions about	mrknowitall	-	12/8/1998
1	Hi, Mr. K! What's your thoughts of allowing SS to be invested in the stock	Who, me?	-	12/8/1998

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