ml>nice story but it still does not answer the questions i posed...
ml>everyone who is working has to pay into the system... if they do not 
ml>use the monies they paid in by participating in the system, then why
ml>cannot others use those monies?? if you allow no one can to them, 
ml>then you are wasting your monies and showing a very negative 
ml>charitable side...
 
 JB> The government is not in the charity business.

i never said it was but it does (and has for many years) given money to those
who do/have not paid into the system...

 JB> If the extra money stays in the system then the government decides 
 JB> who  gets the excess.  If the government returns the money to the 
 JB> people,
  
since when? 

 JB> then the people decide.  The choice for me is easy.  I trust the 
 JB> people  over the government to make wise decisions with their 
 JB> money. 

once it is given to the government, it is the government's money to do with as
it sees fit... once it is out of your hands, it is "out of your hands"...
think about it ;)

)\/(ark

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