tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post2311745720826598708..comments2023-12-05T07:50:19.855-05:00Comments on No Oil for Pacifists: QOTD@nooil4pacifistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688417615117569825noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-36907243247964951692011-09-05T19:50:00.264-04:002011-09-05T19:50:00.264-04:00Providing benefits changes behavior, not because w...Providing benefits changes behavior, not because we humans are irresponsible, but because we are wired in generally known and predictable ways. Much of liberal restructuring of society has unacknowledged (and often unrealised) assumptions about the malleability of humans. We will become "better" (in their sense) people because the new order will require it. <br /><br />If that sounds like a vague version of the New Soviet Man, I congratulate you on seeing what so many others have missed.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-15833163698894876952011-09-03T17:54:10.904-04:002011-09-03T17:54:10.904-04:00>> Why not bail out the poor?
Look at the f...>> <i>Why not bail out the poor?</i><br /><br />Look at the freakin' NUMBERS, geenyus.<br /><br />The vast majority of the actual US DEBT is in the social security Ponzi Scheme, along with medicare/medicaid liabilities.<br /><br />I'd justify the above, with links, but you aren't about to believe me either way, and the numbers in question aren't hard to find on your own.<br /><br />You can't tax people that much, they'll move their money elsewhere... Or you'll need to tax such a wide swath of individuals that you'll be taking money from John to pay Paul's SS, and taking money from Paul to pay John's SS.<br /><br />In case it's not obvious, you CAN move the deckchairs on the Titanic around so as to make them go down LAST. What that WON'T do is to stop the Titanic from going down.OBloodyHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09992539380115488567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-81153639795833038272011-09-03T13:54:24.685-04:002011-09-03T13:54:24.685-04:00Why not bail out the poor? When did Republicans s...Why not bail out the poor? When did Republicans stop believing in capitalism and start bailing out incompetent capitalists?<br /><br />Increase Social Security payments by eliminating loopholes and other tax dodges of GE, ExxonMobil, Bank of America. Increase estate taxes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-38351935506891098562011-09-01T21:38:05.086-04:002011-09-01T21:38:05.086-04:00Roy said:
Have said for just over 3 decades that R...Roy said:<br />Have said for just over 3 decades that Roe would collide with OASDI. Looks like that train wreck not far away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-81083151444295622262011-09-01T17:53:18.880-04:002011-09-01T17:53:18.880-04:00The ultimate security in this world is one's f...The ultimate security in this world is one's family.<br /><br />I've had five kids, although it has almost broken me financially.<br /><br />But love every one of 'em!Whitehallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-85975436188670792932011-09-01T15:59:32.443-04:002011-09-01T15:59:32.443-04:00Anony: They may have had an expectation, but no l...Anony: They may have had an expectation, but <a href="http://nooilforpacifists.blogspot.com/2005/03/reasons-for-social-security-reform-74.html" rel="nofollow">no legal right to the money</a>. In any event, because SS is a "pay as you go" system, <a href="http://nooilforpacifists.blogspot.com/2010/08/compare-contrast_21.html" rel="nofollow">the money simply isn't there to hand out to future retirees</a>.@nooil4pacifistshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688417615117569825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-32114247148821790162011-09-01T15:35:57.955-04:002011-09-01T15:35:57.955-04:00"Entitlement" means people paid into the..."Entitlement" means people paid into the Social Security system while they worked (HAD JOBS....remember?)with the understanding they would receive a payout after years of work. If the numbers don't add up properly, change the input figures for the current workers and invest the funds in interest-yielding places. Also, put Capital Hill on Social Security and then watch how effective the system will become.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com