SS is a scam (giant Ponzi scheme)

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Post #266,189

by tonytib

8/28/06 7:10:03 PM

SS is a scam (giant Ponzi scheme)

Post #266,203

by imric

8/28/06 9:24:38 PM

That HAS benefited many worthy people.

I personally have a good friend for which it is a true lifeline.

Medicare, too.

We can do better with it, I'm sure.

Hell - let's do away with SS tax altogether, and just print the currency as needed. That would devalue the currency by the exact amount of the cost of SS, effectively taxing everybody equally.

[image|/forums/images/warning.png|0|This is sarcasm...]

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Post #266,205

by bepatient

8/28/06 9:35:57 PM

While sarcastic

it probably has crossed the minds of politicians everywhere.

I've no faith in either party to fix it...it will be the downfall of this empire.

Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}

Post #266,207

by boxley

8/28/06 9:41:48 PM

no one has the balls to declare it old folks welfare

needs based. If I fall disabled I would be getting 1180 a month. That doesnt cover the house pmt so would need to trailerize real fast. Folks with no dependants that have income of 60k plus annually dont "need" the extra 12k or so. But they consider it an annuity and would stalk washington with guns in order to keep collecting it. This is why all older folks (myself included) need to learn spanish.
thanx,
bill

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Post #266,306

by Ashton

8/29/06 4:03:21 PM

'Doesn\ufffdt anything socialistic make you want to throw up? -

Like great public schools or health insurance for all?"

--Kurt Vonnegut

It's going to suck when we have to pay the piper - (lincoln) - (43) - Aug. 28, 2006, 01:58:54 PM EDT

You must be a Republican - (bepatient) - (33) - Aug. 28, 2006, 02:06:06 PM EDT

And interest on the National Debt is not mandatory? - (lincoln) - (25) - Aug. 28, 2006, 03:23:16 PM EDT

What he's done in the past 2 years - (bepatient) - (24) - Aug. 28, 2006, 03:28:29 PM EDT

So raise the cutoff. -NT - (Silverlock) - Aug. 28, 2006, 03:32:36 PM EDT

Beep says: - (lincoln) - (17) - Aug. 28, 2006, 03:33:43 PM EDT

Check your numbers - (bepatient) - (16) - Aug. 28, 2006, 03:51:32 PM EDT

US budget is nearly useless - (JayMehaffey) - (15) - Aug. 28, 2006, 05:15:36 PM EDT

Nice use of statistics. - (bepatient) - (14) - Aug. 28, 2006, 06:56:37 PM EDT

Wot, no sarcasm sign? - (warmachine) - (12) - Aug. 28, 2006, 07:57:21 PM EDT

You seem to not understand - (bepatient) - (11) - Aug. 28, 2006, 09:34:26 PM EDT

Who says so? Congress. Who will demonstrate if they renege? - (warmachine) - (10) - Aug. 28, 2006, 09:42:35 PM EDT

It is not that simple - (bepatient) - (2) - Aug. 29, 2006, 12:06:13 AM EDT

Then explain it! -NT - (warmachine) - (1) - Aug. 29, 2006, 02:38:42 AM EDT

Its not relevent, so no. -NT - (bepatient) - Aug. 29, 2006, 07:14:35 AM EDT

Everybody who has paid into SS. - (imric) - (6) - Aug. 29, 2006, 07:21:54 AM EDT

Thank you for doing what bepatient has refused - (warmachine) - (5) - Aug. 29, 2006, 08:41:40 AM EDT

What was the point? - (bepatient) - (1) - Aug. 29, 2006, 12:28:34 PM EDT

A counter argument, at last - (warmachine) - Aug. 29, 2006, 02:03:15 PM EDT

Heehee. - (imric) - (2) - Aug. 29, 2006, 02:08:09 PM EDT

Even the middle aged? - (warmachine) - (1) - Aug. 29, 2006, 02:32:27 PM EDT

Yup. -NT - (imric) - Aug. 29, 2006, 03:51:11 PM EDT

Sigh - (JayMehaffey) - Aug. 29, 2006, 10:19:23 AM EDT

Great. So starvation and plague is mandatory. - (imric) - (4) - Aug. 28, 2006, 04:04:14 PM EDT

There's another way. - (Another Scott) - Aug. 28, 2006, 04:16:56 PM EDT

It has nothing to do with class - (bepatient) - (2) - Aug. 28, 2006, 04:27:17 PM EDT

Oh, aye. - (imric) - (1) - Aug. 28, 2006, 04:44:22 PM EDT

Regardless of who is trying to "insert your verb here" - (bepatient) - Aug. 28, 2006, 05:07:45 PM EDT

Not quite. - (imric) - (6) - Aug. 28, 2006, 03:49:33 PM EDT

Proposals versus message - (bepatient) - Aug. 28, 2006, 03:55:29 PM EDT

SS is a scam (giant Ponzi scheme) -NT - (tonytib) - (4) - Aug. 28, 2006, 07:10:03 PM EDT

That HAS benefited many worthy people. - (imric) - (3) - Aug. 28, 2006, 09:24:38 PM EDT

While sarcastic - (bepatient) - (2) - Aug. 28, 2006, 09:35:57 PM EDT

no one has the balls to declare it old folks welfare - (boxley) - (1) - Aug. 28, 2006, 09:41:48 PM EDT

'Doesn\ufffdt anything socialistic make you want to throw up? - - (Ashton) - Aug. 29, 2006, 04:03:21 PM EDT

welcome to 1980 - (boxley) - Aug. 28, 2006, 02:42:00 PM EDT

Need Medicare or Social Security? Run! Get out while... etc - (warmachine) - Aug. 28, 2006, 03:26:47 PM EDT

I have an actual *cough* solution - (Ashton) - (4) - Aug. 28, 2006, 09:38:32 PM EDT

So your suggestion to solve the 2025 spend crisis is - (bepatient) - (3) - Aug. 29, 2006, 12:18:21 AM EDT

no, when the elder patient asks a doc for a script - (boxley) - (1) - Aug. 29, 2006, 07:50:34 AM EDT

Well, he won't be doing that up here - (jake123) - Aug. 29, 2006, 09:17:09 AM EDT

A little reductio goes well with the - (Ashton) - Aug. 29, 2006, 03:49:54 PM EDT

economics according to the brothers Grimm - (cforde) - (1) - Aug. 29, 2006, 01:07:43 PM EDT

Some of those are interesting - (bepatient) - Aug. 29, 2006, 01:29:18 PM EDT

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