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Duped by Congressional Lies

gwharpo Wrote: Jun 13, 2012 10:33 AM

The SS "Fund" is SUPPOSED to be separate from the "General" fund. When the scum in DC found out how much was in it, they couldn't resist. It seems that You and people like joycey do not understand what is happening. The people in SS were FORCED to pay into this fund ALL their working lives. The politicians stole the money, just like obama is stealing $500,000,000,000 from medicare, and now everyone is blaming the victim. Many that have paid into SS DIED before collecting a cent. Go after the real money sinks.

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Duped by Congressional Lies

Some of the responses to my column last week, titled "Immoral Beyond Redemption," prove that Americans have been hoodwinked by Congress. Some readers protested my counting Social Security among government handout programs that can be described as Congress' taking what belongs to one American and giving to another, to whom it doesn't belong -- legalized theft. They argued that they worked for 45 years and paid into Social Security and that the money they now receive is theirs. These people have been duped and shouldn't be held totally accountable for such a belief. Let's look at it.

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