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In article <460@bobkat.UUCP> Perry Smith writes:
> 
> In article <14396@amdcad.UUCP> phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) writes:
>> Social security is welfare for the elderly.
> 
> Thats total f-----g g-d d--n b------t!!!!  Welfare people put nothing
> in and get something out.  The elderly have been force to put money
> into the pot but are very likely not to get a thing out.
> -- 
> Perry Smith
> {convex!ctvax,{ti-csl,infotel}!pollux}!bobkat!pedz

I have two comments:
 1) I find your choice of phrasing _extremly_ offensive.  I also
    recognize that you seem to feel _very_ strongly on the
    subject.  Could I prevail upon you to be more judicious in
    your choice of words in the future?

 2) I do not know what the dropout rate for SS is (i.e how often does it
    occur that a potential beneficiary never receives benefits).  I do
    know that those who do live to collect, receive more benefits (even
    when calculated in constant-dollar figures) than they paid in to SS.
    If the "definition" of welfare is to receive funds in ways other
    than conventional earning, then SS is indeed often (but not always)
    welfare.


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