At 09:15 PM 1/6/2005 -0800 Dave Land wrote: >>> 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. > >D'you remember way back during the election a certain candidate jawing >on and >on about how the gummint should let YOU keep YOUR money? Well, that's >exactly >what the Social Security funds are: YOUR money (and MY money) and not >the >government's. When the government spends itself so silly that it has to >dip >its hands into MY money to stay afloat, you had better believe I expect >it to >put it back.
So, the government should reimburse you for all of your taxes????? >Remember the lockbox? It was featured in *another* election starring >that >certain candidate. You know what's in the lockbox? IOUs. And the U is >YOU. Uh no. The "U" is the Social Security Trust Fund. Personally, I am not sure that it is a good idea for the Social Security Trust Fund to keep stacks of US Dollars lying around, but perhaps you think that this is a good idea. JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
