Posted on 03/05/2005 4:39:40 AM PST by Libloather
What did the Dimms propose?
Higher taxes, lower benefits, extend the retirement age to 80 years. Problem solved. They are right, there is no social security crisis, it is just that some people will live too long. The demonRATs are going to promote smoking, unprotected gay sex, drinking while driving, invading china, free crack and meth and suicide clinics as a method of conrolling the aging population.
I like it when Rush goes back and plays Clinton, Gore, and all the other Demoncrats saying over and over back in the 1990s that Soc. Sec. NEEDED to be FIXED and NOW! and when I found out that FDR never meant for it to be the welfare plan/ponzi scam it is, I was really pi$$3d!
The old ranches in my family are still small family operations lived on and run by my cousins, and are not for sale to developers or anyone else.
We live in an area of acreage lots on what was "throwaway land" on a huge ranch-the land is exposed bedrock in places and useless for growing crops or grazing stock, but it is on a bluff above water and has a beautiful view. The usable part of the ranch is at the end of our road and still operated by the family that has owned it for over 100 years.
We lived in the city for years and hated it-we finally decided to build a house out here, sell the one in the city and bite the bullet on the 40 mile drive to work-we have no regrets.
Deer and rabbit are fine to eat-I'm a deer hunter myself-but not the rest of that stuff. I do like the occassional grilled rattlesnake though...
Has anyone mentioned that senior citizens of the USA is the wealthiest demographic in the world and that 85% of social security payouts go for greens fees, bingo, and trips to Vegas? It would be interesting to throw that bit of truth into this dishonest mess.
Mice and rats and if they were really good, an occasional bowl of milk.
The Social Security System contributions are estimated to be $575 biilon for 2005, paying out $515 billion for the same year. The federal government will "borrow" the $60 billion surplus and spend it. They've been doing this for over 40 years now. I want to know how much the federal government now owes the system after 4 decades of this.
If there will have to be deficit spending as the cost to implementing SS reform this spending can applied to the debt the government owes to the system. Besides there being no actual money there, what's wrong with my thinking.
When we didn't have no crawdad we ate dirt.
Hey, is that be you, Bubba Gump?
From - http://www.ssa.gov/history/hfaq.html
Q23: Was the original Social Security program designed to be self-supporting?
A: Yes. In fact the actuaries estimated the program would have a $47 billion reserve by 1980, and the Trust Fund balance hit $46 billion in 1974. However, the reserve declined after that so that the balance stood at only $26 billion in 1980. (Today the Trust Fund reserves are over $1 trillion.)
Over a trillion dollars is oewd the SS system. I have heard NO ONE mention this when wondering where the cost of transition will come from.
I think more and more people are on to the Dems. Last night, Fox News showed Schumer demanding that oil be released from the SPR. BUT, Fox News showed the room where Schumer made this demand. It was virtually empty - maybe one or two reporters. When Schumer asked if anyone had questions - there was NOT ONE question. Schumer sort of shrunk and left the briefing. Funny as hell!
I'd call Schumer a moron but why insult the intelligence of morons.
The entire SPR is about 600 million barrels. Schumer usually proposes 20 - 30 million barrels be released. At the same time he is 1 of the most vocal Senators opposing ANWR drilling which would produce 10 - 16 billion barrels
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