Re: Social Security and our govt

From: Greg.Panayotti@wdr.com
Subject: Re: Social Security and our govt
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 13:20:51 -0400

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     BOB_FORD wrote:
     <<It would be very easy to double
     the amount of people receiving Social Security payments.  Just
     double the taxes paid by workers and companies.  If you want to
     add even more people to receive social security benefits, up the
     retirement age.  You could add even more money for Social
     Security  by making all of Social Security payments taxable for
     everybody.  If you still wanted to add more people to Social
     Security, up the income tax rate for everyone and use that money
     for Social Security.>>
     
     Thanks Bob - but no thanks!   The govt of this country takes ENOUGH 
     of my paycheck every month and wastes atleast 50% of it on USELESS
     CRAP.  I have over 30 years left to go until retirement and I don't 
     plan on seeing a dime of ANY money that I put into the SS system 
     so I am certainly not keen on kicking in any more for anyone else.
     
     If we want to make SS work (along with govt in general) it's time
     Americans stopped being so damn lazy and complacent and started 
     holding their elected officials responsible for thier corrupt actions.  
     They frivolously spend our money on pork, and what they don't spend 
     they can't account for - then they want to raise taxes again to fund 
     some other scam for some special interest to get themselves elected 
     next time around.  This is where our hard earned money goes.  I 
     budget my money to stay afloat every month - but the govt(s) who
     get 40% of my paycheck don't need to budget ... they've got suckers
     like me (us) who'll keep paying!
     
     Oh yeah, and next time we need to send a few billion dollars to some
     god-forsaken dictatorship somewhere, or spend a few billion dollars 
     on some useless space exploration trip to nowhere, maybe we can use
     that money to solve our SS problem ... or maybe we would use that 
     money to relieve the tax burden on low/middle class wage earners ... 
     or MAYBE better yet we can feed and clothe our citizens and insure 
     our children.   Wouldn't THAT be nice!  
     
     (Check the facts: Did you know this country has the HIGHEST percentage
     of children under the poverty line of ANY developed country in the 
     world?  Children without health insurance and not enough food to eat.  
     Speaks VOLUMES for the future of our country.) 
     
     ... and we are "The leader of the free world".   God bless America.
     
     
     This is just my opinion - but I'm sure many of you will agree.
     G.




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