[justin4bush]

Answer: Their family.

It's not my job to support anyone except myself and my family. Why is it that everyone seems to think those that have money should support those that do not??

Justin

[liberallarry]

Noblesse oblige. Charity. Old, old concepts deemed necessary for a decent society.

In the old days, when most people lived on farms and the family was extended and close, family support made a lot more sense than it does now. But life expectancy wasn't too good. It wasn't paradise.

We're searching for something better, something more in keeping with the way we actually live.

[WillaJohns]

Perhaps you took my post wrong. I'm not advocating that the government dole out charity, as they already do. However, to change Social Security items such as these must be taken into consideration as the majority of Americans have come to expect this. Social Security will never be changed in any form unless these problems are addressed. This is a thread about solving the problem of getting rid of SS.

[arete]

It's not my job to support anyone except myself and my family. Why is it that everyone seems to think those that have money should support those that do not??

I agree with that but that isn't the point. Most people are missing the hidden agenda of big government and that is to keep as many people dependant as possible and never ever let people have control of their own money. We have very corrupt people sitting in both the House and Senate. They are about two things -- staying in office and holding on to and expanding their power. Keeping SS on the edge works for them. Fixing it doesn't, so I expect that 10 years from now, we'll be having the same empty conversation about the broken SS system.

Richard W.