RE: Question on Charity

["Robin & Nancy Strother" <strother@cyberport.com>]

1. No  2. yes  3. no
People with higher incomes are more able to put money in an IRA, Keogh, etc.
and can thus supplement their retirement income.

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> Subject: Question on Charity
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> 			QUESTION ON CHARITY
>
>
> Many of those advocating privatization have argued that both charity
> and family should play a greater role in a reformed Social Security
> system.
>
> 1. Do you favor a privatized system which eliminates the current
> system's redistributive benefits formula (which gives relatively
> higher benefits to lower-income people)?
>
> 2. Under the present system or some of the proposed alternatives,
> will some people be forced to choose between food, lodging or
> medicine in their daily budgets?
>
> 3. Will charitable organizations be able to fill the gap between
> the needs of the poorest sector of the population and the benefits
> provided by government programs?  Should this be the solution to
> this problem?
>
>
> Bob Carlitz, moderator
> Information Renaissance
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