Maru Dubshinki contributed: 

> Last I heard, SS was not a pension; so apparently they have 
> no problem living off charity.

It was you, not me, who suggested giving the excess crops to retirees.




> ~Maru
> 
> On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 14:54:35 +0100, God <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Maru spoketh:
> > 
> > > whether it is in money or other financial instruments.  I 
> hear that 
> > > farmers are paid really large sums to deliberately curtail crop 
> > > production; why not take that wasted money, use it to buy 
> the excess 
> > > crops and give it to those retirees in some way or other (so they 
> > > don't starve- an important thing)?
> > >  That would appear win-win.
> > 
> > Retirees might find this objectionable, claiming that they 
> do not wish 
> > to live off charity.


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