[maui_hawaii]

Ma and Pa Kettle... it depends. If they are living on social security checks thats one thing. If they have saved like hell and live on their investments thats another. If they are living on their investments social security isn't much.

Old people have a whooole lot of wealth.

About the only thing Ma and Pa would be complaining about is why they didn't have the same options to build wealth "back in their day".

[RobFromGa]

I jsut finished the Boortz book, it states that the retired people will come out ahead because the prices they pay will be the same, and they will get the prebate checks.

How is this any different than the Underground drug dealer? For them the prices will also be the same and they will also get a prebate. How does this system capture one extra cent from the undergrounder that is already contributing to embedded taxes with each purchase?