Ross Cassell -> Bob Klahn wrote:
 RC> Hello Bob!

 RC> 20 Sep 08 14:37, you wrote to me:

 RC>>> Mimi over the course of her working life contributed to
 RC>>> both SS and the General Fund as a taxpayer...

 RC>>> Sauer has not.

 BK>>  That is a false statement. Since everyone knows Ross was in the
 BK>>  military, he did pay taxes. And I do believe he has held other
 BK>>  employment in the past. So he did pay into both funds.

 RC> You think 65 days in the military is a extensive record of taxable
 RC> employment?

If he had *ANY* money taken out of his checks for those 65 days, because of
the low amount of income he'd have gotten every penny of it back.

 RC> Point is a much more sizeable portion of Mimi's life has been spent
 RC> contributing, as has yours, mine and many others.

 RC> Therefore if you are going to remotely question Mimi by any stretch of
 RC> the imagination by citing the fact that she is in a wheelchair and you
 RC> are going to goto work to help earn her benifit, then you should also be
 RC> questionning Sauer, regardless if he shares your viewpoint. Saying that
 RC> Sauer is always being attacked is no excuse, you seem to overlook that
 RC> he often cultivates his own weeds.

Neither my SS or my SSDI is predicated on the wheelchair, I get them
because of my short term memory disorder. I can't work in my chosen field
for the same reason that I use a chair and learning to do completely new
jobs is difficult enough with a good memory. Add that to the fact that I'm
nearly 54 years old and getting any job past 50 is much more difficult than
it is when one is 20. :)

 RC> But such as it is, you make the looniest of comparisons to defend Sauer,
 RC> as if this 48yo man into Spiro the Dragon, cant fight his own battles.

 RC> You even try to justify the mans 65 day military career and say it is
 RC> better than someone whom served according only to you, 12+ years.

On behalf of David (my husband), Vern, Stan, John M, John H and everyone
who actually *HAD* a military career (meaning more than 4 years at least) I
find it terribly insulting to call Otto's 2 month camp trip a career.

-- 
L'Chaim,
Mimi

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