[Ouderkirk]

I am not being critical per se.

These types of schemes are ponzi at best and criminal at worst. You say that you wouldn’t miss 0.5% of you paycheck.
Ok...and income taxes were supposed to be no more than 4% and socialist stupidity was supposed to be 2% or some crap like that when they started and look where we are now.....

No, your idea is a bad idea because it makes it too easy to lose control of your salary in mandatory deductions like we have now.

[knarf]

I'm not sure of the Ponzi ... and EVERYTHING is open for criminality, but the burden would be taken off of people no longer part of the system ... retirees etc., and the employed would be MORE part and parcel to the tax system and .. perhaps ... more responsable electorate

remember ... we are in the trouble we're in because voters din't vote or didn't vote wisely

Another beef I have (with my own school) is the fact we will graduate over a hundred kids, almost all voting age, but I'm willing to bet none know if they are democrat or republican ...... but by attrition they ARE socialists And the teachers are to blame for that