Jim wrote <<Isn't the federal government now the largest single employer in existence?>>
Yep - something like 54% of employees get their pay from some form of govt. BTW, if someone is disabled and being given back some of the money paid *to* the govt over a 40+ working lifetime means no vote I'd have a problem with that. IMO when the govt takes money from us we are owed something in return. If they had not taken the money in the 1st place I could have put it into savings and not need SS Disability Insurance - which I had no choice but to fund nor do I have a choice of how it is invested. The dirty secret about why they did not want to see us get the ability to manage our own SS savings (a measley 5% IIRC) is because there is no money - they spend it as fast as it comes in. And they'd rather not admit it because it would affect the national debt which affects all kinds of things. Instead of the US being $5 Trillion in debt it's more like $20 trillion --more than the value of everything in the US. Sad, very sad. Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net 800-583-8601 Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Cathey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 9:10 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT alternative forms of voter franchise >> dole for more than 2 months of the previous year then you should not be >> allowed to vote. That does not include the verifiably disabled > > I would not be quite so generous. IMHO, dole == no vote, > and I'm so sorry if that's a trouble. If there are loopholes, > the natural tendency is to open them up, defeating the whole > purpose. > > In fact, I _just_ might be convinced to add those on public > salary to the same list! Isn't the federal government now > the largest single employer in existence? Have they reached > self-sustaining critical mass yet? "Vote for Johnson, keep > your job!" > > -- Jim > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
