Posted on 08/29/2011 12:58:04 PM PDT by martosko
There goes Rick Perry again, saying things that make liberals’ heads explode.
Speaking to a crowd in Iowa this weekend, the Texas governor and GOP presidential hopeful doubled down on statements he made in his book, Fed Up!, that Social Security is essentially a pyramid scheme.
“It is a Ponzi scheme for these young people,” Perry said. “The idea that they’re working and paying into Social Security today, that the current program is going to be there for them, is a lie. It is a monstrous lie on this generation, and we can’t do that to them.”
The left reacted, predictably, with shock and outrage. Liberal blog Firedoglake called Perry’s rhetoric “wingnutty talk” and “crazy sh*t.”
Uh, the point of this thread is that Perry IS addressing “an elephant in the room” by pointing out that Social Security is a ponzi scheme (a major manifestation of runaway spending).
SS is worse than a ponzi scheme, it has the force of law requiring payment in to it.
Peter Schiff got the trustee of SS to admit as much on his radio show.
Those of you trying to control and censor what can and can't be said on these numerous Perry threads are going to drive yourselves batty trying, I guess.
Have never seen a group behave around here the way the Perry cheerleading squad behaves. And others are making the same observation.
LOL. Since you seem fond of circular reasoning and censorship, I refer you to:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2770508/posts?page=13#13
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2770508/posts?page=27#27
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2770508/posts?page=32#32
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2770508/posts?page=37#37
Perhaps then you will get what I implied and will8 specified.
I asked about the relevance of a non-sequitur and get attacked for “censorship”. Whatever. Begone, trolls.
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