RE: A Fundamental Question

[RRand98163@aol.com]

Dear Paula Walters,

	Your complaints are based on two anecdotes and not on an overall view 
of how well the system is working. You did not give sufficient detail to 
judge the validity of either case. If the first case you cite is a disabled 
person, his disability is periodically reviewed. The second case sounds like 
a wealthy retiree. The present system pays benefits to wealthy persons who 
have paid SS taxes regardless of their wealth. Lower income retirees receive 
benefits proportionately larger in relation to their active wages.

	You can discuss any complaints with your Congressmen and Social 
Security employees. The present system can only be changed by laws passed by 
Congress.