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Originally Posted by albionmoonlight
Programs for the poor turn into poor programs.
The only reason that SS has managed to survive is that middle and upperclass people have a stake in it.
If giving a billionaire $3,500/month means that the program continues to exist, I'm OK with that.
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It would be tough but if I have a net worth of more than $7 billion, I feel I would forgo my monthly payments and whatever I money I put into the system to keep it sustainable. That mindset is probably why I don't have a net worth of $7 billion.
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"The blind soldier fought for me in this war. The least I can do now is fight for him. I have eyes. He hasn’t. I have a voice on the radio, he hasn’t. I was born a white man. And until a colored man is a full citizen, like me, I haven’t the leisure to enjoy the freedom that colored man risked his life to maintain for me. I don’t own what I have until he owns an equal share of it. Until somebody beats me and blinds me, I am in his debt."- Orson Welles August 11, 1946
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