ML>ml>nice story but it still does not answer the questions i posed...   
   ML>ml>everyone who is working has to pay into the system... if they do   
   ML>ml>not  use the monies they paid in by participating in the system,   
   ML>ml>then why cannot others use those monies?? if you allow no one can   
   ML>ml>to them,  then you are wasting your monies and showing a very   
   ML>ml>negative  charitable side...   
   ML>    
   ML> JB> The government is not in the charity business.   
      
   ML>i never said it was but it does (and has for many years) given money   
   ML>to those who do/have not paid into the system...   
      
   ML> JB> If the extra money stays in the system then the government   
   ML> JB> decides  who  gets the excess.  If the government returns the   
   ML> JB> money to the  people,   
   ML>     
   ML>since when?    
      
   I think that is the very debate we are having.  You are suggesting that    
   we might as well use it since the government will keep it and I am    
   suggesting the government give it back.   
      
      
   ML> JB> then the people decide.  The choice for me is easy.  I trust the   
   ML> JB> people  over the government to make wise decisions with their    
   ML> JB> money.    
      
   ML>once it is given to the government, it is the government's money to   
   ML>do with as it sees fit... once it is out of your hands, it is "out of   
   ML>your hands"... think about it ;)   
      
   It is always our money, never the government's.     
      
      
   Jeff   
      
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