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"Unsustainable"=/="meeting monthly obligations for 75 YEARS and still having $2.5 trillion left." Joel Send a noteboard - 04/03/2013 01:03:09 AM

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Now that we have descended to kindergarten level can we stop with the name calling and have a rational discussion?

So you tell me whether we can have a rational discussion, or must instead debate whether a plan that paid its legally mandated return each month for three-quarters of a century, with more than the GDP of Britain to spare, is a "Ponzi scheme." If you want to talk about ways to improve it, I am all for that, but as long entitlement "reform" is just code for specious excuses to abolish SS as unsustainable, that discussion is impossible. Note: Saying I cannot do third grade math is NOT a good way to avoid descent to kindergarten level. ;)
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Can You Name the Largest US Program to ANNUALLY Collect More Than It Spent for 75 Straight Years? - 28/02/2013 11:03:18 PM 1315 Views
It's the world's greatest Ponzi scheme, since the government forces us to give money to it. - 01/03/2013 01:05:05 PM 749 Views
Yes, "government forcing people to give money" defines a Ponzi; speeding tickets are Ponzis. - 01/03/2013 03:53:02 PM 876 Views
Good lord my friend..... - 02/03/2013 04:19:35 AM 788 Views
I will just link what Isaac said; maybe then you will pay attention to it. - 02/03/2013 04:56:34 AM 828 Views
I really think you terribly misread what I said *NM* - 02/03/2013 06:59:56 AM 433 Views
Yes he did. He has very poor reading comprehension skills. *NM* - 03/03/2013 01:07:59 AM 459 Views
I really do not think I did. - 04/03/2013 01:43:02 AM 866 Views
I'm pretty confident you have - 04/03/2013 11:49:19 AM 852 Views
We evidently disagree on what constitutes a Ponzi scheme. - 11/03/2013 09:56:27 PM 777 Views
No, I agree with a clear definiton, you seem not to want to absorb that - 11/03/2013 10:24:47 PM 924 Views
It is neither an investment nor fraudulent. - 12/03/2013 02:34:09 AM 991 Views
Okay, that's a really weird or naive standard to judge SS by - 01/03/2013 05:25:11 PM 799 Views
Great; will you put that on a postcard to Cannoli, A2K, Rick Perry and the rest of your party? - 01/03/2013 07:39:44 PM 822 Views
Your attacks on republican ideals would have more credit if you understood them - 02/03/2013 04:27:34 AM 808 Views
An ironic charge, since their defenses of those ideals typically suffer from the same defect. - 02/03/2013 04:51:32 AM 786 Views
I'm rubber you're glue, whatever you say bounces of me and sticks to you. nyah, nyah, nyah - 02/03/2013 12:58:10 PM 729 Views
"Unsustainable"=/="meeting monthly obligations for 75 YEARS and still having $2.5 trillion left." - 04/03/2013 01:03:09 AM 847 Views
Ironic that you would make my point while arguing against - 04/03/2013 06:12:29 PM 695 Views
? - 11/03/2013 09:56:59 PM 862 Views
aH yes the great liberal investmetn/retirement plan that offers me a NEGATIGVE rate of return... - 02/03/2013 11:51:50 AM 723 Views
Do you sincerely believe people earning $14,560/year can afford investing 4% of it? - 04/03/2013 12:53:30 AM 883 Views
*sigh* - 04/03/2013 03:43:08 AM 716 Views
I tried it with compound interest; $44.80/month at 4% for 50 years still does not get to $1.25 mill. - 04/03/2013 04:24:51 AM 797 Views
Here are some clues. - 04/03/2013 04:37:39 AM 662 Views
It is math, not the Riddle of the Sphinx: EIther it adds up or does not. - 04/03/2013 05:02:39 AM 814 Views
Math is simple - Either you know how to calculate it or you don't - 04/03/2013 11:55:24 AM 896 Views
Indeed. - 11/03/2013 09:53:59 PM 798 Views
Re: Indeed. - 13/03/2013 05:00:10 PM 981 Views
SS is supposed to supplement a proper pension, not provide your sole income after retirement - 05/03/2013 03:53:03 AM 676 Views
Did you bother to actually read anything? - 05/03/2013 02:32:16 PM 747 Views
do *YOU* know what "living in poverty" means? - 05/03/2013 05:49:14 PM 810 Views
Re: do *YOU* know what "living in poverty" means? --- yeah, I've BEEN there. - 05/03/2013 08:01:33 PM 786 Views
how about respond to a post with logic and civility instead of being a troll for once? - 05/03/2013 11:03:00 PM 871 Views
All I have used is civility and logic, or least as much civility as was warrented. - 06/03/2013 04:28:04 AM 822 Views
yeah, it's my fault for stooping to your level.... - 08/03/2013 07:22:24 PM 860 Views
Re: yeah, it's my fault for stooping to your level.... - 10/03/2013 01:42:26 PM 733 Views
i'm not going to keep going in circles so i will finish with this.... - 11/03/2013 10:08:53 PM 1079 Views
No loss. - 13/03/2013 04:37:41 PM 673 Views
"Rah! Rah! Rah!" Can we please cut out all this blather and bile? - 05/03/2013 11:53:41 PM 751 Views
spoken like a true enemy of the state! - 06/03/2013 12:54:38 AM 718 Views
Re: spoken like a true enemy of the state! - 08/03/2013 03:04:37 PM 777 Views
I was not trolling, but clarifying. - 11/03/2013 09:53:48 PM 800 Views

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