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3Hotdogs

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4. This reminds me of McChimp and the SS bonds.

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Mon Mar 12, 2018, 08:02 AM

Mar 2018

Roosevelt explained that the bank does not keep your deposited money in a vault. It loans the money.

McChimp, if you recall, showed a couple of pieces of paper from a drawer, somewhere in West Virginia, and explained how these were the value of your SS account. Therefore, we need to change SS.

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