You're mistaken, but I apologize for my tone -- I see red when people say I should be penalized for working hard.
Like I said -- these are going to die of their own weight. They HAVE to. Better for them to die sooner than later.
But in NO circumstance should there be "means testing" of any kind. You paid in, you get out.
If anything, there should be REVERSE means testing -- the more you paid in, the more you get out.
Thanks for you reply. I think sometimes we all (myself included) tend to do more talking than listening.
I think in regard to means testing it's conservative in that it disqualifies anyone who should be ineligible. As I said to another FReeper it's the key component of the successful welfare reform of 1996.
I don't like entitlements but I say the reality is that as long as we're stuck with them let's make them as competitive and open to private individual control as possible.
I think some of the confusion was the result of not making myself clear. Because I want to REFORM entitlements that are already here -- it doesn't mean that I want more or favor a big government system that creates them. I don't. In fact, as I said, that's one of my biggest problems with Bush.