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Subject: Just to see.....


Author:
Eric Whitfield
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Date Posted: 13:50:57 11/17/04 Wed

I'm posting just to see if anybody reads these threads anymore.

The following fictional exchange between a retiree and his neighbor illustrates how important Social Security is:

Retiree: I need to buy some medicine and would like you to start giving me your kid's allowance.

Neighbor: Are you nuts? What right do you have to ask for my kid's money? Why don't you sell your fully loaded Buick, buy a Corolla, and use the savings to purchase your medicine?

Retiree: Where is your social conscience and sense of justice? The younger generation has a moral responsibility to support the elderly. It's for the common good.

Neighbor: Don't give me that common good crap. It's for your own selfish, greedy good. Besides, you've got three adult kids with good jobs. Why don't you ask them to support you or ask your church for help?

Retiree: Look, I'm entitled to your kid's money and am not going to take no for an answer, even if it means that I have to go home and get my pistol.

Neighbor: Yeah, do that and make my day. I'll call the police and have you arrested.

Retiree: Try it. I'll just ask my fellow AARP members to persuade Congress to vote for a prescription drug benefit, which will cost your kid and other kids about $7 trillion dollars over their working lives. If they refuse to pay when they start working, the police will arrest them. You'll save everybody a lot of time and trouble if you just hand over the money now.

Neighbor: You are a goddamn thief. Go to hell!

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