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   Phil Hendry's Chop shop to 68hx.1804@g5t7x.net   
   Re: Why Britain's state pension time bom   
   14 Apr 24 12:42:43   
   
   XPost: uk.politics.misc, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.society.liberalism   
   XPost: talk.politics.misc   
   From: jon@than.ball   
      
   On Thu, 11 Apr 2024 03:00:16 -0400   
   "68hx.1805" <68hx.1804@g5t7x.net> wrote:   
      
   > On 4/10/24 5:18 PM, Phil Hendry's Chop shop wrote:   
   > > On Tue, 05 Mar 2024 20:52:31 -0500   
   > > Governor Swill  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> It might push the wrong button on the elevator and send you   
   > >> careening to the basement.   
   > > Let's get together and share some shamrock shakes - what say you   
   > > little man ball?   
   >   
   >    Hey, the UK *is* in the crapper ... the "free money"   
   >    election trick has BROKEN any possible system. Soon   
   >    there can be no pensions or 'socialized' anything   
   >    and it'll all come crashing down hard and it'll all   
   >    be woad-painted barbarians again.   
      
   Yep.   
      
   >    Russia will "take mercy" and seize control ...   
   >   
   >    The Brit "left" will think that's GREAT - until they   
   >    find they're the first ones put up against the wall.   
      
   Brits tend to die easily when invaded.   
      
   >    In the USA. the "social security" system is technically   
   >    far FAR more than broke. However it isn't because the   
   >    system is inherently bad or unsupportable - but because,   
   >    to hide de-facto tax increases, govt has been "borrowing"   
   >    from the fund for 50+ years. If you don't SEE the tax   
   >    and spending problem then it doesn't exist, right ???   
      
   All we pay for with our tax$$ now is some of the interest upon some   
   of the interest, upon...   
      
   No bonded principal figures will ever be retired nor seen again.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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