On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 14:03:42 -0400, "Leslie Swartz"
wrote:

No, Ed, you paid for somebody else's Social Security/Medicare etc.

C'mon, you're pulling our legs now, right?

You do understand how the "Social Safety Net" [sic] is funded, right?

Steve Swartz

(This whole "I paid for my social security" thing is a real Gore-ism . . . )

No, Steve, the "I paid for my Social Security" is merely a correction
to the often held erroneous belief that the military doesn't pay
income tax or FICA or Medicare. We do. We pay the same as every other
working person. And, we have the same entitlement as any other
qualified person--no more, no less.

Yes, I know the way Social Security is funded. And, no it isn' a
"Gore-ism". The concept of an "account" was foisted upon the people by
Roosevelt, when the program was established. It wasn't true then and
it isn't true today. Gore is more responsible for the ephemeral
"lock-box."

And, I don't back up to the pay window. I want exactly what I've
earned, just like everyone else.


Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
Smithsonian Institution Press
ISBN #1-58834-103-8