From: John Cuccia 

On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:51:10 -0500, Bill Lucy  wrote:

>In article ,
>jcuccia{at}bigfoot.com says...
>> >I don't believe it should. It would make SS bureaucratic.  Right now,
>> >it's probably as efficient as any large organization could be --
>> >governmental or private.
>>
>> I would expect the savings from means testing SS recipients would more
>> than offset the costs of such.
>
>I suppose that's a possibility, and I'm all for saving money. But IMO,
>means testing creates a few problems:
>
>1. SSA must establish what "means" will be tested
>2. Staff must determine those who exceed those criteria
>3. Adjudication of disputes will involve more staff and require new
>regulations
>4. Adjustments to what "means" will be tested will be made

All true.  Still, I'd rather see people who really need the money get it. I
know, I know, you just pointed out that someone has to decide exactly what
that means and where the line might be, and, also as you said, that line
will be a moving target as economic changes occur, but it just seems silly
to pay SS benefits to multimillionaires.

>Do I expect we might save a few billion dollars? Possibly. I really
>don't believe it's workable within the administration though.

Maybe not.

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