"What makes this country great is a pretty complicated thing George.
And it's not just *one* thing. The idea of taxing workers to take
care of old folks is at its heart a socialist idea - because it
means re-distributing money from folks who have it, to folks who
*don't*. "

That was NEVER a good idea, nor did it work as you say. It was never how
much one has that determined how much they would pay, nor how much one
doesn't have that would determine how much they receive. Most of my working
life I paid the maximum, including the employer's half. Now, since I'm 70,
I do receive a monthly check... much smaller than my return would have been
if I had been allowed to keep it. Yes, I did save and invest so I actually
have *some* income. I'm paying taxes on it again as well... amazingly I pay
SS tax!

Does anyone think there is actually a way to permanently repair this Ponzi
scheme so it won't eventually collapse? What are you smoking?

George Willer

"jim rozen" wrote in message
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In article , George Willer says...

Jim,

This is the best place in the world to live, as far as I know. What's
lacking is the will to stick to the principles that made it great. I'd be
a
lot happier if the socialist wannabe's weren't constantly undermining it
with ideas that have never worked elsewhere long term, and certainly won't
here. Certainly you're intelligent enough to understand that.

What makes this country great is a pretty complicated thing George.
And it's not just *one* thing. The idea of taxing workers to take
care of old folks is at its heart a socialist idea - because it
means re-distributing money from folks who have it, to folks who
*don't*.

I maintain that one reason why this country is great, is because
we take care of old folks and don't just push them off on an ice
floe. (mostly)

You can argue, like gunner does, that there's *better* ways of
doing it. You can argue that we should never, in principle,
redistribute income in a socialist manner like that at all. But
honestly (and I'm not being tongue-in-cheek now) you're never
going to change the fact that our goverment works by taxing folks.

If you think you can, you're going to sorely disapointed and really
would be much happier living someplace where they don't have
taxes.


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