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Old 06-13-2008, 11:37 PM   #11 (permalink)

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So my grandma doesn't need SS to buy groceries?

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SS is not welfare. your grandparents paid into their ss.
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Old 06-14-2008, 12:01 AM   #12 (permalink)

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freakanomics was a good book. the part in this article about the birds was like the chapter about nature preserves.
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Old 06-14-2008, 12:47 AM   #13 (permalink)

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SS is not welfare. your grandparents paid into their ss.
Welfare program or not, social security was never intended to be a retiree's sole source of income, and the program is in dire need of overhaul.
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Old 06-14-2008, 10:05 AM   #14 (permalink)

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Welfare program or not, social security was never intended to be a retiree's sole source of income, and the program is in dire need of overhaul.
Agreed. they mandated we pay yet they know it wont be there when we need it.
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I enjoy the sight of Repubs, neocons, rightwingers, etc in the WR praising the concept of government actions creating unintentional consequences.
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Old 06-14-2008, 10:33 AM   #16 (permalink)

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Anecdotes about poorly designed systems must mean that all systems are bad! Logic is for suckers!
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Old 06-14-2008, 10:36 AM   #17 (permalink)

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Anecdotes about poorly designed systems must mean that all systems are bad! Logic is for suckers!
Not sure what you are saying,more accurately which post or posts you are refering to.
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Old 06-14-2008, 06:02 PM   #18 (permalink)

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Ron Paul calls it Blowback. It happens all the time. Whenever humans interfere in the natural course of anything, shit gets fucked up. Like spitting in the fan, paddling upstream, or invading Iraq.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions and greased with bad assumptions.
I saw a sign in an office once that said,"To err is human, to really fuck things up, it takes a computer."

I think it's not the opposite.
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Old 06-14-2008, 07:21 PM   #19 (permalink)
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i cant wait to get all that cash in 2034 when im 70 yippee. im gonna get me some beer and beef jerky
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Old 06-14-2008, 07:24 PM   #20 (permalink)

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i cant wait to get all that cash in 2034 when im 70 yippee. im gonna get me some beer and beef jerky
Hell I cant afford beef jerky on my full salary. let alone ss
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