tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post3383066628322837964..comments2024-03-18T06:41:03.841-04:00Comments on Facts & other stubborn things: Assault of Thoughts - 8/14/2010Evanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12259004160963531720noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-23164907718941600492010-08-15T01:54:04.972-04:002010-08-15T01:54:04.972-04:00With social insurnace programs like Social Securit...With social insurnace programs like Social Security, Medicare, workers' comp, unemployment insurance, etc., everybody pays into it and you get out of it a benefit commensurate with what you pay into it."<br /><br />What they (SSI and Medicare) really are is largely intergenerational wealth transfer programs - of course for propaganda purposes that terminology has less appeal. <br /><br />Workers' compensation looks much more like insurance, however, it was created largely in an effort to limit liability for employers though.Xenophonhttp://myob.myob.myob.myob.comnoreply@blogger.com