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To: Torie
Private accounts do nothing to reduce the actuarial deficit in the system.

They do because you still pay into the system but draw less from the system because you are withdrawing from your own savings!

1,021 posted on 04/28/2005 7:42:58 PM PDT by Evolution (Tolerance!? We don't need no stinking Tolerance ! ! !)
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To: Evolution; jwalsh07
Nope because money is being diverted from the system. It is a wash. Morever, Bush said this

"As a matter of fairness, I propose that future generations receive benefits equal to or greater than the benefits today's seniors get."

To that, I say there is no free lunch. The actuarial deficit cannot be closed for free. Either you increase risk to get higher expected returns, with a downside presented by the left side of the bell curve of results, or you raise taxes. Granted, I don't think Bush really meant what he said, but well, he said it.

1,024 posted on 04/28/2005 7:48:48 PM PDT by Torie (Constrain rogue state courts; repeal your state constitution)
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