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Originally Posted by aklim
Question: How did it achieve that? Did they consider all the costs or did they simply consider the office costs and not figure out all the congressional time expended on it, making the rules, etc, etc? Do they have to pursue fraud as diligently as say a private system or do they just raise taxes to cover it?...
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Dunno.
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...It has given them a fish but not taught them how to fish. I guess that is a great achievement.  Shouldn't Americans keep THEMSELVES out of poverty? It does keep the govt out of poverty since it is a slush fund they can tap from so that is an achievement.
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IMHO, there is a simple answer to those comments - Without social security, we have poverty. With it, we have less poverty. For cheap. What's not to like?