Re: [PEN-L] bush & SS

[Joel Blau]

Or in other words (and this is true across all welfare states), if we don't pay give the affluent some money,  the poor will never get theirs.

Joel Blau

Michael Perelman wrote:

If you use a means testing, SS becomes a welfare program, an entitlment.  What
happens to entitlements?

On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 04:26:57PM -0700, David B. Shemano wrote:

If SS is insurance against poverty in old age, how come people who are not in poverty in old age receive SS?

David Shemano

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