We don't have to: If you look closely at the annual letter you receive from the Social Security Administration, you will see that the benefits you've been buying with your payroll taxes are only "scheduled." That's a fancy word for maybe. The federal government can revoke them at will, according to the 1960 U.S. Supreme Court decision of Fleming v. Nestor. Wait a minute! Most people, including most politicians, think that America has at least a moral obligation to pay every nickel of those benefits. ...
http://tinyurl.com/ppbz8 On 9/22/06, Robert Munn wrote: > Not just Clinton, every President and Congress for the last thirty plus > years has known this problem was coming, and they either ignored it or > failed to get anything passed to deal with it. I primarily blame Congress, > esp. the House, for this mess. > > And screw those Lincoln-driving Social Security-dependent boomers- they can > drive Kia's and eat Ramen noodles for the rest of their lives as far as I'm > concerned. We don't have the money to pay them what they expect. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:215866 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
