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<blockquote data-quote="WTJ" data-source="post: 1885830" data-attributes="member: 6661">I concur. However, to realign, reduce, or eliminate SS, Medicare, or the multitude of &quot;Payee&quot; programs would cause a complete collapse of the system. Thousands of people who paid 10USD a month into the system 40 or 50 years ago would revolt at the loss of their &#039;Garunteed Guvmint Retirement&#039; and this would cost someone some votes. The pols must not touch the modern version of the Arc of the Covenant lest they be smote by the Village Elders.Is this the Village Elders fault? No. They were promised an incredible return on their investment, regardless of the fact that Ponzi schemes are illegal for everyone but the .gov. The .gov may have even gotten away with it, had it not been for the fact that life expectancy increased and the .gov used the money to fund even moar &#039;entitlements&#039;. The actual .gov definition adds to my earlier statement the phrase &quot;and which is used to buy votes and influence.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WTJ, post: 1885830, member: 6661"] I concur. However, to realign, reduce, or eliminate SS, Medicare, or the multitude of "Payee" programs would cause a complete collapse of the system. Thousands of people who paid 10USD a month into the system 40 or 50 years ago would revolt at the loss of their 'Garunteed Guvmint Retirement' and this would cost someone some votes. The pols must not touch the modern version of the Arc of the Covenant lest they be smote by the Village Elders. Is this the Village Elders fault? No. They were promised an incredible return on their investment, regardless of the fact that Ponzi schemes are illegal for everyone but the .gov. The .gov may have even gotten away with it, had it not been for the fact that life expectancy increased and the .gov used the money to fund even moar 'entitlements'. The actual .gov definition adds to my earlier statement the phrase "and which is used to buy votes and influence." [/QUOTE]

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