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I can agree that there is some self interest in common among the groups opposing the tax and trust fund measures. The ususal motivation, I suspect, is just what you said--they believe that the more gov’t. grows the more in a gov’t. budget for them to take a piece of for themselves.  AARP has found that their future lies in advocacy of various groups so their appeal is broad based--grass roots, so to speak.  There are many senior citizens, and I am one, who do not like AARP, nor do we belong to the organization anymore.  They have turned into a “left leaning group” because their agenda is big gov’t. and they see themselves as the prime advocate for the millions of grateful seniors who will and are clients/dependents of big gov’t. This gov’t. took money from me for many years for my SS--yet they say they do not have one dime of my money--it is through their generosity that they pay me SS each month.  I am so damn lucky!

PS to te previous post.  Do not assume that all seniors are are in love with this dole system: many of the seniors that I know are the best advocates for responsible government, and they take the time and the effort to work on behalf of a good future for our next generations.

I think it’s time to frame this contest as between the state employees and the citizens.

Thank you for the gift.

What’s going to happen to US industry when the global warming extremists like John McCain double the price of electricity?  I would think all these factories will close and set up in countries where they aren’t scared of technology.

On one side is the newly formed Partners to Protect North Dakota’s Future, a coalition of the AARP, North Dakota Education Association, North Dakota School Board’s Association, and the Association of Federal State and Municipal Employees.

The usual group of slackers, whose worst fear is losing their access to taxpayer income and assets and having to earn a living in the private sector.

Do not assume that all seniors are are in love with this dole system: many of the seniors that I know are the best advocates for responsible government, and they take the time and the effort to work on behalf of a good future for our next generations.

That is the hard part.  Many seniors do not need or want these entitlement programs, but were forced to pay into them their whole lives and thus are actually entitled to at least getting that investment out.

Personally, I favor phasing things like Social Security out.  Set an age limit.  Everyone below a certain age doesn’t get social security.  Everyone above does.

Unfortunately, that means many working Americans today would have to pay to fund benefits for retired Americans without themselves getting anything.  But that’s a small price to pay for being rid of that colossal waste of moeny.

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

-- Thomas Jefferson

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Oh, how much easier all this would be if retirement choices were left to the INDIVIDUAL rather than to government bureaucrats or sanctimonious insurance marketers.  And how much cheaper as well!  Private retirement accounts, anyone? 

(Hell, we could even open them up to allow investment in crude oil futures contracts!)

“Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of the mind is irreparable.”

Gee, Rob, I already thought there was an age limit to Social Security. Everyone below a certain age can’t get it and those above it do get it.  Glad we finally agree on this.