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    BA> It probably is.  Some time back somebody posted an article   
    BA> that noted that today   
    BA> there are more 'takers' (consumers of tax money) than   
    BA> 'makers' (people who actually   
    BA> produce things).   
      
    Of course takers includ every person in retail, every person in   
    the service sector, all teachers including private schools and   
    colleges, lawyers, doctors, other medical workers, janitors,   
    restaurant wait staff... etc. Everyone who doesn't actually   
    produce some*THING*.   
      
    BA> Probably 15 years ago a representative of the Futurist   
    BA> Society noted that one person   
    BA> in three in this country received a monthly government   
    BA> check.  That includes all government   
    BA> employees and retirees, Social Security recipieents and   
    BA> welfare recipients, plus contractors   
    BA> and their employees who work for the government.  I suspect   
    BA> that today it's more than   
    BA> one in three.   
      
    I doubt it. Aprox 15% of the people in this country are   
    children. About 20 to 40% of the pre-retirement age adults are   
    not getting any check from anyone. Yes, there are still   
    homemakers in this country. Of the retirees, unless they both   
    had incomes, only one of a couple gets a check. Same for   
    employees of any sort. One member of a couple getting a govt   
    check does not make both getting a govt check.   
      
      
      
      
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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