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Roy Carin  <roy_carin_mail-vtrcl@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>On 06/18/2010 01:30 PM, Michael Coburn wrote:
>> On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:55:40 -0500, Roy Carin wrote:
>> 
>>> On 06/17/2010 12:11 PM, Michael Coburn wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:46:26 -0700, Sam Spade wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Roy Carin wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> However, the wealthy do not OWE the state government of California
>>>>>> any more than what they've already provided. Those "wealthy" who are
>>>>>> creating businesses and jobs have already contributed much more than
>>>>>> the average person.
>>>>> Most Democrats and public "service" employees are incapable of
>>>>> understanding that concept.
>>>> This religious affliction concerning the contribution of the rich still
>>>> drives the moronic rightards even though reality says otherwise.  This
>>>> country has not been destroyed by Democrats.
>>> Yes it has. The Democrats have proven to themselves, all future
>>> politicians and the voting public that it's possible for the people to
>>> vote themselves money from the U.S. treasury. The moment that happened,
>>> our republic started toward its demise.
>> 
>> That is a lie, of course.  But that _IS_ what the "right" is very good 
>> at.  The rightarded cannot grasp the concept of insurance and actual 
>> science.  The basic concept of predicting the likelihood of future events 
>> based on historical data and facts is something outside the ability of 
>> religious nut cases.  Or perhaps it is an aversion to shared risk that is 
>> the problem.  Perhaps they feel that God should have his way and that the 
>> unfortunate are those whom God has decided to punish as opposed to just 
>> falling in a statistical ditch.
>
>I think I have a pretty good handle on it; the Social Security system 
>was originally designed for lifespans of the 1940's; however, as SS 
>causes lifespans to increase, the expense of the program increases as 
>well; at some point, all the nation's income must be captured for that 
>program.

There is a simpler, more obvious solution that has actually been
partially implemented.

Raise the retirement age to suit today's lifespans.

> Medicare was created to cover the medical expenses of the 
>elderly in the 1970's, but the program extends life--making the program 
>more expensive;

Tsk.  Better to kill people when they get too old.

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Ray Fischer         
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