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To: chris1
Why don't you try to convince medical students with 200k in debt to become medical doctors that their loans would be even higher????

What's that got to do with taking benefits away from people who paid for them so we can buy friends and influence people the world over, or put a man on Mars so we look good to the electorate? Is it their fault we gave their SS taxes to alcoholics for disabled SS claims?

Most of the elderly paid their fair share, now this younger generation expects their children to pay for a new set of perks. Pay your debts to the generation that paid your way before you burden a whole new generation to pay for your new toys.

115 posted on 01/31/2004 6:45:01 AM PST by steve50 ("There is Tranquility in Ignorance, but Servitude is its Partner.")
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To: steve50
That is the darn point. No one is taking anything from anyone!!! We are talking about adding more entitlements to an already bankrupt system for many people who can afford their fix. As far as my toys and programs, you really lose me. I am on no welfare programs, do not work for the governement on any level, operate my own business, and live a very modest life. This stuff about paying fair share is all relative. Many people today are paying a FAR greater proportion of their income to taxes than these people ever did. I am talking about real estate taxes, surcharges, excise taxes, gas and energy taxes, etc. The overall burden is overwhelming for younger and middle age people and now is not the time to add the problem by giving out entitlelments that will only make the situation worse.
129 posted on 01/31/2004 7:00:36 AM PST by chris1
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