Larry wrote:
If the rate of devaluation continues to halve the value of the worthless
dollars every 2 years, or worse, THEN we'll all starve. This payment
will be about 1 loaf of cheap bread.....


Maybe. Think Weimar Republic.... those who do not learn from history
are condemned to repeat it.


Bill Gates pays SSI, but only on the first $50K of his billion dollar
income

Not quite. IIRC the cap on Social Security taxable income is in the
$95K neighborhood. So Uncle Bill (your friend & mine, a benefactor to
humanity) is kicking in twice as much as you give him credit for.

.... Is that fair?....
No, it's NOT.

Agreed.

DSK