XPost: alt.economics, or.politics, seattle.politics   
   XPost: fl.politics   
   From: bax02_spamblock@baxcode.com   
      
   Mikey  wrote in news:vot09s$la3i$1@dont-email.me:   
      
   > On 2025-02-16, Baxter  wrote:   
   >> Darth Xmas  wrote in   
   >> news:m1brj8FlpatU1@mid.individual.net:   
   >>   
   >>> On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 10:52:44 -0800, a425couple   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>(I am in favor of continuing Social Security largely as it currently   
   >>>>exists ((to help those who have fallen into dependence on it))   
   >>>>but with important actuary changes to make it viable   
   >>>>((gradually and slowly increase age of payouts and increase tax   
   >>>>rate.)) I maybe for it, but it is not insurance.)   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>  No, we need to end the program and Medicare. Workers will get an   
   >>>  instant   
   >>> 7% pay raise. People can use MAID if they don't have a pension to   
   >>> collect.   
   >>>   
   >> And instant poverty for tens of millions.  Why do you think they   
   >> started SS in the first place?   
   >   
   >   
   >  Dead people need no income.   
   >   
   But their dependants do.   
      
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