tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11831128.post111233525037268369..comments2023-10-31T08:50:19.138-06:00Comments on Economics and Liberty: What Would Jefferson Say?Larry Eubankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15566964700226634137noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11831128.post-1112624129080360952005-04-04T08:15:00.000-06:002005-04-04T08:15:00.000-06:00monterey63 writes: ". . .I don't see social securi...monterey63 writes: ". . .I don't see social security as a question of one generation binding another."<BR/><BR/>I think it is beyond dispute that this is indeed an attribute of Social Security. The money for the monthly benefit checks sent to those now retired is the result of government's FICA payroll tax which is paid by current workers. Note also that the Social Security system was created Larry Eubankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15566964700226634137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11831128.post-1112478577687458212005-04-02T14:49:00.000-07:002005-04-02T14:49:00.000-07:00monterey63 has suggested a change in social securi...monterey63 has suggested a change in social security that may or may not be relevant. The original post explores the view of a different American President, Thomas Jefferson.<BR/><BR/>The suggestions of monterey63 seem to me to only become relevant if we first disagree with Jefferson. And, it is Jefferson's assertion that one generation does not have the right to bind a later generation that Larry Eubankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15566964700226634137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11831128.post-1112394262888012222005-04-01T15:24:00.000-07:002005-04-01T15:24:00.000-07:00If Thomas Jefferson were around today, he would be...If Thomas Jefferson were around today, he would be turning 262 on April 13th and would scream to have his feeding tube removed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com