JDG wrote:
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Dave,
I think that you completely missed my point.
You say that Social Security reflects a view where Americans were willing
to sacrifice a little to ensure that seniors did not "suffer privations" or
"go hungry." My point, however, is that if those were really the values
that Social Security were reflecting, then one would expect Social Security
to, say, primaly provide benefits to those who were in danger of "suffering
privations" or "going hungry." One might also expect it to demand the
most sacrifice of those who most able to do so, rather than funding its
benefits through regressive taxation. Based on the evidence, however, I
can only conclude that Social Security is designed to reflect some other
values - with the benefits to those who might "suffer privations" or "go
hungry" being mere side effects.
Yes- the democratic value of compromise with the other guys.
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