Re: HOMESTEAD: Latest revision of the Homestead Summary

[Deborah Groban Olson <dgo@esoplaw.com>]

Dear John:

        I, for one, think privatization of social security is a completely 
misdirected idea. Social Security is a transfer payment system between 
generations. It was never meant to be an arrangement where individuals have 
individual investment accounts. This concept is obscured by politicians for 
political convenience. But in our discussions we should not get caught up in 
this misconception.

        Does anyone have any corrections to my description of the Capital 
Homesteading Act?
Thanks,
Deb
At 10:17 AM 4/19/01 -0500, you wrote:
>At 02:02 AM 4/19/01 -0400, Deborah Groban Olson wrote:
>>Homesteaders: Sorry I forgot to attach the summary the last time. Its 2:00 
>a.m.
>>After reading the other summaries, I decided to try to cram more ideas into 
>mine. I do not know if this version will meet our page limitations, but I 
>thought I'd try to mention most of the ideas.
>
>Deb,
>
>Excellent stuff, but would it not be a good time to take up the question in 
>relation to the inevitable crises in the Social Security fund, and to 
>specifically link some or all of these proposals to the "privatization" that 
>is part and parcel of the current administration's strategy? This provides, 
>does it not, an excellent opportunity for speaking to power at a time when 
>power is genuinely seeking solutions.
>
>
>John C. Médaille
>
>"A dead thing can go with the stream...
>but only a living thing can go against it."
>        -G. K. Chesterton
>http://www.medaille.com/distributivism.htm
>john@medaille.com
>