At 09:25 PM 1/5/2005 -0800 Doug Pensinger wrote: >> Why should it? > >Because it is obligated to, maybe? This strikes me as a very bizarre >question somewhere along the lines of why should I pay on a loan the bank >gave me, but perhaps I misunderstand you.
The difference is that a bank is another entity. Thus, you have a moral responsibility to fulfill your agreement with them. If you borrow money from yourself, however, you have no real obligation to pay it back. >> Do you believe that Social Security should run a surplus and then put >> that money in a vault somewhere? > >I'm not sure what they should do with it, but whatever they do do with it, >it should be available to those that invested in it when they are eligible >to do so. I wasn't aware that Social Security was an investment. ;-) Do you know what these investments are in? JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
