RE: I think I

[Ed Von Ruden <ed_itor@desertlinc.com>]

After an exhaustive line by line study of Jeremy Kidd's post, and Bill 
Larsen's partial reply, I'm left with at least one golden nugget of 
information (paraphrasing) "the money is gone".  Were that the MOC's who 
manage our crises were also gone, complete with their private pension 
plan and not SS, courtesy of FICA and Income taxes awarded by themselves 
to themselves.  Public service indeed.  I cannot get past the notion that 
millions of citizens have found a way to avoid FICA, set up their own 
efficient, untouchable, economically wise retirement systems, and call 
themselves public servants. Please defend those who have opted out of SS 
except for some self employment contributions and maybe a little work 
history back when FICA appeared on virtually all pay stubs. Then I can 
get past this thorny issue and propose other ideas.  This is a one liner, 
so have at it.  Thanks.
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