> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Verzonden: woensdag 27 november 2002 14:51 > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Onderwerp: Re: Social Security is Evil and Must Be Eradicated
> > Why is it a "disaster" if a government decides to financially help > > those members of the population who (for some reason) are unable to > > generate income themselves? > > Governments do not generate income. Actually, they do. It is called "taxes". (My apology for using a dirty word.) > They can't pull money for entitlements out of thin air. Correct -- that is why we pay taxes. > I think the disaster point is when it'll take three workers to pay for > one retired person. That is not so much a disaster but a case of real lousy long-term planning. Jeroen _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
