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freedom fighter jh

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2. Yep. Young people haven't paid much into the system yet,
Mon Aug 13, 2012, 09:10 AM
Aug 2012

so they don't have much to lose -- directly.

But their parents have paid in for decades. Money the parents could have saved for retirement went to social security tax. If that safety net goes away, many will have no source of support but their kids.

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