If You’re a Moocher, Common Sense Should Tell You Not to Kill all the Producers

Townhall.com ^ | January 14, 2013 | Daniel J. Mitchell

[Elsie]

I’m sure it is still in the lockbox.

[Elsie]

It should be obvious to anyone in this forum who does think, that the problems of programs like Social Security, Medicare, etc. will NEVER be “fixed” until the system has collapsed and the payments literally stop being paid.

You may be correct; but if we can just bump up the borrowing limit this one more time...

[rolling_stone]

doesn’t anyone in the administration remimber about killing the goose that laid the golden egg? I guess thats their plan

[i_robot73]

Do you expect to get your $$ back when you’re mugged/robbed?

Why is gov’t any different? ‘Cuz they SAID so??

You payed into a Ponzi scheme for ~40yrs. $$ is gone and long spent. How about they give you the nice IOU print-out instead?

[DJ Taylor]

“...you’ll be making it all too easy for folks to feel good about cutting you off from their money.”

This statement and your insulting “Moocher” label in reference to my generation identifies you as a probable member of Generation X, and my only regret is that I probably won't live long enough to see you Generation Xers get your just rewards.

[DuncanWaring]

I’m surprised it took that long for someone to bring up that story.

[RFEngineer]

Sorry to disappoint, not a Gen X-er

I’m just looking at the numbers, and you can feign insult all you want, but the numbers don’t care.

We’re broke.

[Elsie]

You do not deserve other people’s money.

While this may be true; we were TOLD that OUR money was INVESTED somewhere and it would be the INTEREST on this money that would sustain us; NOT 'other peoples money'.

Were we LIED to?

I doubt it; as the implementers of the system probably NEVER envisioned the money being looted by those later who wished to 'help' other folks out: mainly those who NEVER paid into the 'system'.

All I know is that not one single 'moocher' wrote ANY of the 'law' that we now have.

Sadly; life; like football; penalizes the WHOLE team when a foul is committed.

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Do we want to punt; or try to make up the yardage?

[Elsie]

What if you take more out than you put in?

The SYSTEM was designed for that.

Is was corrupted by those who came along later and CHANGED THE RULES.

[RFEngineer]

“Do we want to punt; or try to make up the yardage? “

Localities and states should try to figure out how they are going to take care of the Elderly that families cannot assume responsibility for when the government cannot pay as they do now.

I don’t see any other course of action.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

-— That is ultimately the only reasonable solution. But government is not reasonable. The solution Government has in store for us will take one of two forms: 1. Default on Debt, or 2. Hyperinflate. Either of those will be a defacto end to “benefits as we know them” -—

Sad but true.