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From: br@duke.UUCP (Balu Raman)
Newsgroups: net.taxes
Subject: Re: SS deduction
Message-ID: <5762@duke.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 19-Apr-85 12:17:05 EST
Article-I.D.: duke.5762
Posted: Fri Apr 19 12:17:05 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 21-Apr-85 05:34:39 EST
References: <121@pyuxh.UUCP> <632@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Reply-To: br@duke.UUCP (Balu Raman)
Organization: Duke University
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In article <632@ssc-vax.UUCP> tjj@ssc-vax.UUCP (T J Jardine) writes:
>> ...
>> I know, the poor retirees need more money on their fixed income and it
>> has to come from somewhere, so why not us. My opinion on this is most sour.
>> 
>> I am not my brothers keeper and these people have had their whole lives
>> to prepare for retirement and if they come up short at retirement time
>> they have only themselves to blame. 
>> ...
>
>You may believe that you are not your brother's keeper, I guess that's your
>decision to make.  But you sound an awful lot like the fellow, witnessing a
>pedestrian in a crosswalk who has been hit by a drunk driver, and grumbling
>that the pedestrian was at fault since he should have been driving instead
>of walking.  I guess I come from a different educational process -- one
>which emphasizes compassion and instills the remembrance that one day we
>may find ourselves in a position of needing someone else's compassion.
>Sorry to take up other folks' time with a posting, but this sort of attitude
>is really disgusting.
>-- 
I totally agree with you and I think I also had almost the same up-bringing
as you had.But, why not keep grandma and grandpa at home and taking care of
them instead of them being supported by SS. I would rather opt not paying the SStaxes but support the retirees directly. By leaving the responsibility to the
govt. we are creating a big mess here. I was really saddened when one old man
said: " One parent can take care of 10 children but not 1 of the 10 children
can take care of 1 parent". Sorry folks, I am really sad about the state of
old people. Its time we did something about that.
Balu Raman,      br!duke!.......