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Dammit, Jim, I'm An Actor, Not An Advocate for Federal Entitlement Programs!

Peter Suderman | 7.6.2011 11:53 PM

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So, this exists:

Presumably, programs like Social Security are only necessary until the Federation comes along and outlaws money entirely. 

(Via Amanda Carpenter.)

Read Reason's Tim Cavanaugh on Star Trek's 40th anniversary here. I reviewed J.J. Abrams's 2009 Star Trek reboot here. 

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Peter Suderman is features editor at Reason.

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