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Skriven 2005-02-10 05:20:03 av John Hull (1:379/1.99)
   Kommentar till text 8908 av Ed Hulett (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: Tsunami Disaster Reli
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10 Feb 05 02:27, Ed Hulett wrote to VERN HUMPHREY:

 EH> VERN HUMPHREY -> ED HULETT wrote:
 VH>>>> I'm debating with a committed Democrat in another forum who 
 VH>>>> can't understand the time value of money.  She dared me to post 
 VH>>>> the calculations that show how a person on minimum wage could be 
 VH>>>> a millionaire if allowed to keep what they pay in FICA taxes.

 EH>>> Heh heh heh... she must not have a very large bank account.

 VH>> My conscience is bothering me -- one of the most vociferous is an 
 VH>> old lady, who is slowly realizing how much the government has 
 VH>> stolen from her.  It will be a painful day when she finally 
 VH>> realizes that if she had been allowed to save her own money, she 
 VH>> wouldn't have all the financial worries she constantly complains 
 VH>> about.

 EH> A friend of mine came over to pick up an old computer printer I 
 EH> had for his son's computer. We chatted for a while since I hadn't 
 EH> seen him and his wife for months. He was telling me how the VA had 
 EH> increased his disability benifits (he has diabetes, congestive 
 EH> heart disease, and who knows what else) to 100% so he gets VA, a 
 EH> percentage of military retirement and SSDA. In the very next 
 EH> breath he commented that he was worried about what Bush was going 
 EH> to do with Social Security. I told him that he didn't have to 
 EH> worry since he wouldn't see any change in his benifits, but that 
 EH> those who are just starting out in the job market will have the 
 EH> option to use part of their FICA to invest on their own in  a 401k 
 EH> or mutual fund for their retirement.

 EH> He thought about it for a while and then told me he was still 
 EH> worried because of what he heard from the news. I told him that 
 EH> the MSM has an agenda of attacking anything and everything Bush 
 EH> wants to do in an attempt to sabotage his second term. They don't 
 EH> want people to know the truth so they will be scared out of their 
 EH> wits that Bush will somehow take their money away.

 EH> By the time he got ready to leave he was almost ready to believe 
 EH> me. He's in his 60s and is a life long Democrat and wants to 
 EH> believe that the Democrats today aren't really as far left as they 
 EH> seem.

Being a Democrat is like having malaria.  You have periodic bouts of fever and
delirium, but you never really shake it.  My grandmother was an old time
Democrat.  It took her from FDR to Carter to realize being a Democrat wasn't
all it was cracked up to be.  She voted for Reagan the next time.  I'm glad she
saw the light before she died.

John 

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