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Scary Hilary Quote
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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
By that point, we'd have to be sticking it to them like Robert Mugabe. That might fly in Africa, but not around here.
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Or we run a deficit, and stick it to their kids.
Once we get this cold fusion thing working, none of this is going to be a problem.
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IF you're going to call it only an intergenerational transfer then, yes, there's not much benefit, except some limited admin savings costs, that privatization will get you. But that's not the only debate--part of the debate is whether people should be forced to take some responsibility for their retirement savings in the form of investing themselves in a limited set of options.
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The people who are proposing this pretend it will be cheaper, because no one -- save for a few wild-eyed reactionaries in libertarian think tanks -- cares enough about instilling responsibility in the American public to pay what it would cost.
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Last edited by Tyrone Slothrop; 06-30-2004 at 07:16 PM..
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