OK, I'll back off my "dismantling" language a bit. I agree we need some form of safety net, but that is not what we have today. We have a system that pays retirees to play golf in swanky places like Palm Springs on the government dime, and takes care of their medical bills to boot. It isn't sustainable, and we will 100% guaranteed go bankrupt if we continue down the path we are on. I fear, however, that the political will to do anything about it will not manifest itself until we are already bankrupt.
BTW, for anyone who wants the President's plan to work, consider buying lots of Chinese made goods from now on, because the Chinese could put an end to this social experiment at any moment by simply refusing to loan us money. On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > I think the welfare (and other gov't assistance) system needs to be > revamped > rather than abolished. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:292569 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
