--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard Williams <willy...@...>
wrote:
>
> Bhairitu wrote
> > Democrats put forth programs that help the public...
> >
> You forgot the largest Dem 'pay-out' in the history
> of the planet: Social Security and Medicare.
>
> So, I wonder how much the total pay-out from Social
> Security and Medicare will be from 1936 to 2036 -
> maybe not as much as the recent bank bail-out, but
> at least the government will get some of the bank
> bail-out money back from shares it now owns.
>
> Bush wanted to at least privatize a portion of the
> Social Security scheme. Maybe the drug prescription
> bill was a big mistake - I don't know.
>
> People who paid in to Social Security first received
> money from those who paid in second. Like all pyramid
> schemes, the whole thing is in big trouble now that
> the pyramid has stoped growing.
>
> Remember Ponzi? Now Maddof is probably going to serve
> time for his pyrmaid scheme, but how many politicians
> will serve any time when Social Security goes bust?
>
> Those who espouse the Marxist Socialist agenda are
> just blathering. People should have to WORK to get
> their money, not get government hand-outs.
>
Some of the people who have worked for many years tend to show some
wear which, from starting in '52, I can attest to.
I enjoy working for myself but cannot do as much as someone 40 years
younger.
The attitude is coming where the old people should drop dead and
not be a burden on society but the point could be made that if there
weren't any old people, there wouldn't be any society. N.
