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how about respond to a post with logic and civility instead of being a troll for once? moondog Send a noteboard - 05/03/2013 11:03:00 PM

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1a: What part of "mathematical exercise to show how bad social security is" do you not comprehend?

at least you finally admit to trying to make SS look like a bad thing. good thing joel and i are apparently the only ones with a political agenda in this thread.... :rolleyes:


View original post1b: Social security is not a pre-tax withholding SURPRISE

now that is a surprise, since the SS withholding is calculated on base salary, and not base salary after other taxes have been withheld. but you seem to think you're an expert so i guess i will wait for you to prove this one for us too....


View original post1c: Social security is already taking 7.5% (employer contributes another 7.5%) and you are complaining about my 4% (wich results in a much higher return at the end)... go figure

SS withholding is actually 6.2%. or are you adding in medicare too? they are two separate programs after all. and i am not complaining about your 4%, i am saying that you are using faulty math -- which you agreed to at the start by saying "mathematical exercise to show how bad social security is".


View original post2: And if you leave it alone, it will all be back (with a decent fund). You did notice the thing about leaving it alone for 5 years didn't you? 95% of all 5 year periods in the history of the market have been an increase. When you get within 5 years of intending to draw money out, you do different things, but this is not a discussion on market strategies. You can believe me or no, I really don't care.

yeah, if i was actually going to use the IRA to retire there is not a doubt i would have done things to get my shit in order. if i was in retirement, i still would have taken a hit, regardless of whether it was in my account for 5 years or 50 years. and the point still stands that SS is now the only thing most seniors can count on in retirement. we need to go back to guaranteed company pensions if you want to do away with some forms of SS, otherwise you're just saying you want old, poor and disabled people to fuck off and die.


View original post3: BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH snort Rich family... heh... yeah, riiiiight. It is "BAD" because it is. The math absolutely SUCKS. I would damn nearly do better if the government forced me to bury the money in my back yard. Does the term "negative return" mean anything to you? If you are 45 or under, you will spend more on social security than you will ever receive in benefits. It is a bad plan. It isn't the social welfare aspect I object to, it is the waste of my money versus what it could do for me.

which makes you more of a parasite of the system than you attribute to the people who collect SS now, and who pay into it now. you'd rather see people do without SS than acknowledge it serves a useful purpose. and you'd rather make up numbers to support your case rather than give concrete examples of alternatives you'd rather see to replace social security. you should probably stop responding until you can actually prove your case with real numbers, otherwise your agenda is even more blatant than what you try to put on me and joel

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Can You Name the Largest US Program to ANNUALLY Collect More Than It Spent for 75 Straight Years? Joel - 28/02/2013 11:03:18 PM 1303 Views
Medicare? *NM* Aisha - 28/02/2013 11:38:22 PM 521 Views
No, Medicare has only been around about half as long. Joel - 28/02/2013 11:56:32 PM 808 Views
Medicare has its own problems, and caused many more. You really do not want to have this debate. HyogaRott - 03/03/2013 03:03:15 PM 726 Views
No, I do not, because Medicare and torts are invariably scapegoated for all problems with healthcare Joel - 04/03/2013 12:52:37 AM 792 Views
I can argue with anyone on this (and have) btut first we need to break out that dictionary HyogaRott - 04/03/2013 04:45:06 AM 715 Views
I am sure you can and have; ability to form arguments does not automatically grant them validity. Joel - 11/03/2013 09:56:11 PM 782 Views
Like I said, short conversation, once everyone uses the same definitions. HyogaRott - 13/03/2013 03:28:52 PM 775 Views
From the way you're shitting yourself with glee, I'm going to say Social Security. Cannoli - 01/03/2013 12:45:50 AM 901 Views
Hot dog, we have a wiener! Joel - 01/03/2013 01:40:18 AM 847 Views
Also unlike Ponzis, Social Security was not meant to profit—it just did anyway. For 75 years. Joel - 01/03/2013 01:55:46 AM 749 Views
It is a "Ponzi" by definition, any argument to the contrary just makes you look ignorant. HyogaRott - 02/03/2013 12:02:46 PM 819 Views
Wait: An insurer is saying insurance is a Ponzi scheme? Joel - 04/03/2013 12:56:30 AM 784 Views
You are making even lese sense than usual... Quite an acomplishment. *NM* HyogaRott - 04/03/2013 03:31:39 AM 488 Views
Maybe, but my math usually checks, and I never have to explain what I omitted. Joel - 11/03/2013 09:55:50 PM 874 Views
My math ALWAYS "checks" - it isn't personal, you are just making absolutely no sense, *NM* HyogaRott - 13/03/2013 03:27:11 PM 429 Views
It's the world's greatest Ponzi scheme, since the government forces us to give money to it. Anonymous2000 - 01/03/2013 01:05:05 PM 741 Views
Yes, "government forcing people to give money" defines a Ponzi; speeding tickets are Ponzis. Joel - 01/03/2013 03:53:02 PM 867 Views
Good lord my friend..... Anonymous2000 - 02/03/2013 04:19:35 AM 782 Views
I will just link what Isaac said; maybe then you will pay attention to it. Joel - 02/03/2013 04:56:34 AM 824 Views
I really think you terribly misread what I said *NM* Isaac - 02/03/2013 06:59:56 AM 430 Views
Yes he did. He has very poor reading comprehension skills. *NM* Anonymous2000 - 03/03/2013 01:07:59 AM 457 Views
I really do not think I did. Joel - 04/03/2013 01:43:02 AM 861 Views
I'm pretty confident you have Isaac - 04/03/2013 11:49:19 AM 846 Views
We evidently disagree on what constitutes a Ponzi scheme. Joel - 11/03/2013 09:56:27 PM 767 Views
No, I agree with a clear definiton, you seem not to want to absorb that Isaac - 11/03/2013 10:24:47 PM 911 Views
It is neither an investment nor fraudulent. Joel - 12/03/2013 02:34:09 AM 982 Views
Re: Yes, "government forcing people to give money" defines a Ponzi; speeding tickets are Ponzis. HyogaRott - 02/03/2013 12:22:34 PM 837 Views
Fraud="money contributed is NOT invested for the contributor, but instead redistributed to others"? Joel - 04/03/2013 12:51:30 AM 768 Views
You can try and misrepresent what I have said all you want, you are still wrong. HyogaRott - 04/03/2013 03:45:24 AM 842 Views
Dude, how is QUOTING you misrepresenting you?! And why must I ALWAYS ask that in these threads? Joel - 11/03/2013 09:56:18 PM 811 Views
Well, can you get more wrong? HyogaRott - 13/03/2013 03:45:08 PM 723 Views
Okay, that's a really weird or naive standard to judge SS by Isaac - 01/03/2013 05:25:11 PM 789 Views
Great; will you put that on a postcard to Cannoli, A2K, Rick Perry and the rest of your party? Joel - 01/03/2013 07:39:44 PM 816 Views
I don't think I'd be telling them anything they don't already know... I mostly agree with them Isaac - 02/03/2013 05:38:56 AM 926 Views
Means testing is flat out WRONG, and the contribution limit is a sticky debate HyogaRott - 02/03/2013 12:43:09 PM 739 Views
Tell that to him not me, I didn't express an opinion and my implied one obviously doesn't favor it Isaac - 02/03/2013 05:28:14 PM 873 Views
I was, I just hit the repy under the wrong post. He was the first to bering the two topics up. *NM* HyogaRott - 03/03/2013 04:09:34 AM 426 Views
It is insurance against old age poverty, not a longevity lottery. Joel - 04/03/2013 02:00:24 AM 844 Views
It is not insurance, it is a pension plan, that also contains an overpriced LT disability insurance. HyogaRott - 04/03/2013 04:00:42 AM 845 Views
Social Security Insurance; says so right on the label. Joel - 11/03/2013 09:53:33 PM 984 Views
You can call it BedroomWindowVitamins but it does not change what it acutally IS. HyogaRott - 13/03/2013 04:34:42 PM 764 Views
"Sustainable"=/="profitable;" bankruptcy was not always a given, as your fellows claim.. Joel - 04/03/2013 01:35:04 AM 742 Views
Sustainable often means profitable, they are not universally synonmous but both at once is ideal Isaac - 04/03/2013 12:25:45 PM 745 Views
That is the IDEAL, but NOT point: Sustainability needs no profit, yet profit ensures sustainability. Joel - 11/03/2013 09:56:48 PM 1198 Views
Your attacks on republican ideals would have more credit if you understood them random thoughts - 02/03/2013 04:27:34 AM 799 Views
An ironic charge, since their defenses of those ideals typically suffer from the same defect. Joel - 02/03/2013 04:51:32 AM 775 Views
I'm rubber you're glue, whatever you say bounces of me and sticks to you. nyah, nyah, nyah HyogaRott - 02/03/2013 12:58:10 PM 723 Views
"Unsustainable"=/="meeting monthly obligations for 75 YEARS and still having $2.5 trillion left." Joel - 04/03/2013 01:03:09 AM 842 Views
Please look up the definition of sustainable. Hint: "its worked so far" isn't it. HyogaRott - 04/03/2013 04:25:19 AM 802 Views
"As it is currently constructed/funded" is one HELL of a qualifier. Joel - 04/03/2013 04:41:30 AM 863 Views
You just don't get it, or apparently are so in love with your political ideology you won't. HyogaRott - 04/03/2013 04:58:15 AM 673 Views
I believe if you check civilizations record you will find the human population has steadily risen. Joel - 04/03/2013 05:08:38 AM 781 Views
*sigh* HyogaRott - 04/03/2013 12:15:22 PM 731 Views
Birth RATES have fallen; POPULATION steadily rose in every period except the Black Deaths peak. Joel - 11/03/2013 09:56:36 PM 1003 Views
Re: Declining birth rates are the key HyogaRott - 13/03/2013 04:47:41 PM 830 Views
Ironic that you would make my point while arguing against random thoughts - 04/03/2013 06:12:29 PM 687 Views
? Joel - 11/03/2013 09:56:59 PM 848 Views
you mistate his posistion and then rationalize that you know what he really meant random thoughts - 13/03/2013 12:06:44 PM 696 Views
aH yes the great liberal investmetn/retirement plan that offers me a NEGATIGVE rate of return... HyogaRott - 02/03/2013 11:51:50 AM 712 Views
Do you sincerely believe people earning $14,560/year can afford investing 4% of it? Joel - 04/03/2013 12:53:30 AM 876 Views
*sigh* HyogaRott - 04/03/2013 03:43:08 AM 706 Views
I tried it with compound interest; $44.80/month at 4% for 50 years still does not get to $1.25 mill. Joel - 04/03/2013 04:24:51 AM 789 Views
Here are some clues. HyogaRott - 04/03/2013 04:37:39 AM 651 Views
It is math, not the Riddle of the Sphinx: EIther it adds up or does not. Joel - 04/03/2013 05:02:39 AM 804 Views
Math is simple - Either you know how to calculate it or you don't HyogaRott - 04/03/2013 11:55:24 AM 880 Views
Indeed. Joel - 11/03/2013 09:53:59 PM 789 Views
Re: Indeed. HyogaRott - 13/03/2013 05:00:10 PM 974 Views
SS is supposed to supplement a proper pension, not provide your sole income after retirement moondog - 05/03/2013 03:53:03 AM 670 Views
Did you bother to actually read anything? HyogaRott - 05/03/2013 02:32:16 PM 737 Views
do *YOU* know what "living in poverty" means? moondog - 05/03/2013 05:49:14 PM 804 Views
Re: do *YOU* know what "living in poverty" means? --- yeah, I've BEEN there. HyogaRott - 05/03/2013 08:01:33 PM 777 Views
how about respond to a post with logic and civility instead of being a troll for once? moondog - 05/03/2013 11:03:00 PM 862 Views
All I have used is civility and logic, or least as much civility as was warrented. HyogaRott - 06/03/2013 04:28:04 AM 811 Views
yeah, it's my fault for stooping to your level.... moondog - 08/03/2013 07:22:24 PM 853 Views
Re: yeah, it's my fault for stooping to your level.... HyogaRott - 10/03/2013 01:42:26 PM 723 Views
i'm not going to keep going in circles so i will finish with this.... moondog - 11/03/2013 10:08:53 PM 1069 Views
No loss. HyogaRott - 13/03/2013 04:37:41 PM 664 Views
"Rah! Rah! Rah!" Can we please cut out all this blather and bile? Stephen - 05/03/2013 11:53:41 PM 738 Views
spoken like a true enemy of the state! moondog - 06/03/2013 12:54:38 AM 711 Views
Re: spoken like a true enemy of the state! Stephen - 08/03/2013 03:04:37 PM 766 Views
I was not trolling, but clarifying. Joel - 11/03/2013 09:53:48 PM 787 Views
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