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Oh yes. I said politicians are very unlikely to make the tough choices

required -- both for this reason and in the way we approach things like social security (pay as you go rather than building up reserves for future use by those paying in).

(In response to this post by Capital City Hoo)

Posted: 09/27/2021 at 5:47PM

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