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"Look, the whole issue of—have you read my book, ‘Fed Up!’?
Get a copy of it and read it, becaue I talk about the entitlement programs in there.

And listen, how many people in here are less than 50 years old in this audience? All right, I got in trouble by asking that question right off the bat, there, but these young kids who are coming along, they know for a fact there’s not going to be a Social Security and Medicare program. They know that."

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
but these young kids who are coming along, they know for a fact there’s not going to be a Social Security and Medicare program. They know that.

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Originally posted by AnthonyT:
Hello,

There was a similar tradition amongst some Native American tribes, although I think they felt it was their duty to die when they could no longer keep up.

I am not advocating such a system.

However, I do not see Social Security as a public aid program. I see it as a publicly managed retirement program. I pay into the system with the expectation of being able to retrieve funds later on when I need them. I believe this was the purpose of the system when it was set up. Am I mistaken?

I am sad to see it so warped and misused and misunderstood. I think that in state and local government, it is considered a crime to raid a retirement fund. I'm not sure why it should be different for Social Security.

--Anthony


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Mahatma Gandhi

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