Packo,...

[MORTARDUDE]

The Social Security "smoke and mirrors" magic trick, is one of the most shameful exercises that BOTH political parties have been involved in, in the past 70 years.

Larry

[Packo]

Larry,

AMEN!

(feeling very Baptist today)

Pack

[reconeil]

Thank you very much. Always glad knowing that not alone always just disgustingly pissin-into-the-wind about what has evolved into a Big Brother Officialdom for The American Citizen/Worker/Taxpayer,...and quite differently a truly Benevolent Government for all foreign nationals, politicians, elected officials and any and all fairing well,...totally due The American Taxpayer.

Plus, Boats. You nailed-it-on-the-head and/or good and proper with that: "Government will continue to manipulate its people because they can".

Seeming more USSR than USA aside, not even career-politicians or career-religiously devout political hacks can deny that, since actually do exactly as you have stated,...and day-in & day-out to-boot.

In fact, America's Politicos & Affiliated benefitting greatly from such typical people-dividings and/or daily pittings of one American against the other solely for political gain & supremacy (amazingly even during wartimes),...just WILL NOT PERMIT IT being any other way.

Sure, such socialistically of great merit and liked by Societal Engineers, beholding minorities and foreign nationals (here legally or illegally),...since takes care of all alluded to's wants, needs or demands. But,...SO WHAT???

Shouldn't our so-called: "Elected Leaders & Reprsentatives" (actually Lords, Rulers and/or Backroom Makers of Political Decrees to ONLY "Their" likings) be SOLELY CONCERNED ABOUT The American Citizen/Worker/Taxpayer...INSTEAD!!!???
Such actually what paid for...and actually what oaths taken for.

Also, aren't all other governments responsible for THEIR Citizens?
Is The American Taxpayer responsible for every national of every
nation on earth? Isn't that a-bit-much for: "We The ($chnook$)"?

Whatever,...Thanks again to all you free & similarly sensible thinking and speaking for YOURSELVES (ie. not as dictated), Americans.
Hey, Boats,...maybe: "There is (some) hope",...after all?
Also, if politicians stop giving away Social Security Monies from Americans' weekly collected & accrued accounts,...SS might no longer need perpetual: "FIXING". Don't you think???

Neil