>> >> Eric: I asked where you were coming from and you have explained >> that you >> were "red baiting." That helps to know. I explained no such thing. Read it again. I made a joke about red- baiting and nothing more. I understand your reasoning for your view. Social Security is not a hot-button issue with me and I brought it up only to point out that conservatives who give lip service to small federal government haven't even brought the legitimate idea of ending Social Security to the national table for debate. Like most people who follow politics I have my philosophical principled beliefs and my pragmatic outlook of what can actually be accomplished. Clearly SS is on the philosophical side of the ledger. ~Brian~ ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html