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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Nov 9, 2008, at 10:27 AM, bob ford wrote:

> The SS thing completely evades me .. There is no money, 'None', in  
> SS.  'None'.

There was also no money in the bailout coffers a couple months ago.  
Today, 700 billion and more to come.

>  I read that by 2016 there will obnly be 2.5 people working and  
> paying into SS for every person drawing from SS.  I just don't see  
> how it is sustainable.  If it is not sustaines; it won'y just be  
> people now collecting, or people looking to collect soon, who will  
> suffer.

Do some research. Very little tweaking is needed to keep SS solvent  
indefinitely.

>  SS going bust would cause a societal meltdown.

Yes. And that is why it is not going to happen.