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| Without government, how will 90% of the populace smoke weed all night and sleep all day? | |
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| ringotuna | Apr 26 2016, 07:38 PM Post #141 |
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That's nice Tik, but is it a marketable commodity? A product which will lift one above the basic government sustenance allowance?
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| Ringoism: Never underestimate the advantages of being underestimated. | |
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| Opinionated | Apr 26 2016, 08:46 PM Post #142 |
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Is it enough to elevate me above the basic government sustenance allowance? Edited by Opinionated, Apr 26 2016, 08:46 PM.
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| clone | Apr 26 2016, 09:11 PM Post #143 |
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Pretty sure you will always be on the gov't teat... |
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Only liberals can choose not to go down the road to widespread, systematic violence. | |
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| ringotuna | Apr 26 2016, 09:24 PM Post #144 |
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Rattle your cup...I'll drop another quarter in it.
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| Ringoism: Never underestimate the advantages of being underestimated. | |
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| Opinionated | Apr 26 2016, 10:20 PM Post #145 |
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Eventually, pretty much all of us will, unless you're going to refuse to accept your social security check.
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| clone | Apr 26 2016, 10:24 PM Post #146 |
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Who the heck is counting on Social Security....that's a fools errand... Edited by clone, Apr 26 2016, 10:25 PM.
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Only liberals can choose not to go down the road to widespread, systematic violence. | |
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| Drudge X | Apr 26 2016, 10:26 PM Post #147 |
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Take away the free ambulance ride and I'll guarantee you drug related death and OD will decline. |
| Kate Steinle was separated from her family permanently but leftists didn't seem to mind. | |
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| Opinionated | Apr 26 2016, 10:40 PM Post #148 |
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Yeah, but you'll STILL take the money. You're that kind. You'll come up with excuses to justify it, but you'll be on the teat just like everyone else.
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| Mr. Tik | Apr 26 2016, 11:07 PM Post #149 |
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Uhhh..what are you babbling about? |
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You may be a conservative republican..if you are pro life until you get your mistress knocked up | |
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| Robert Stout | Apr 27 2016, 12:34 AM Post #150 |
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I agree...The addict is usually already dead when his buddies throw him out on the curb and call the Fire Department.............
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| Jesus can raise the dead, but he can't fix stupid | |
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| ringotuna | Apr 27 2016, 05:30 AM Post #151 |
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Social Security is now the government teat? |
| Ringoism: Never underestimate the advantages of being underestimated. | |
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| Robert Stout | Apr 27 2016, 05:53 AM Post #152 |
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The government took our "contributions" and turned them into a flat tax that the rich were not subject to....Then they spent it like general revenue and gave the trust fund questionable Treasury bonds that cannot be sold...As victims of massive theft many will be on the government teat...........
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| Jesus can raise the dead, but he can't fix stupid | |
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| ringotuna | Apr 27 2016, 05:58 AM Post #153 |
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It seems a lot less like a 'gubmint teat' than it does a mandatory investment with a pretty piss poor ROI. Funny how it's a sugar teat when it fits the narrative though...right? |
| Ringoism: Never underestimate the advantages of being underestimated. | |
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| Opinionated | Apr 27 2016, 07:29 AM Post #154 |
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Your fellow conservatives frequently characterize all "entitlements" as being on the "government teat". Social Security is an entitlement. One of which many of your fellow conservatives claim is "insolvent" and which needs to be massively scaled back, eliminated, or better yet from their perspective, privatized. Because if there is one group you can trust with your retirement money less than the government, that's Wall Street. |
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| estonianman | Apr 27 2016, 01:02 PM Post #155 |
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For some it would be - especially those collecting disability long before 67 or whatever the cut off age is. For the rest I would say that it is legitimate retribution for taxes payed. that said I believe a majority would cash in their SS and place it in funds, like they do in the libertarian country of Sweden.
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| clone | Apr 27 2016, 01:11 PM Post #156 |
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Or allow unused portion to go to your heirs... |
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| Harambe4Trump | Apr 27 2016, 01:14 PM Post #157 |
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Let's be honest. If social security were done away a significant number wouldn't save for retirement and would blow their money on weekend flights to Vegas |
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Skipping leg day is the equivalent of a woman having an abortion. You're ashamed of it, and it was probably unnecessary. #MAGA #wallsnotwars | |
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| estonianman | Apr 27 2016, 01:49 PM Post #158 |
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If anything - government retirement should be handled by individual states. If I do not want to pay into government retirement, then I vote with my feet. Social security at the federal level is insolvent like everything else, and will be paid using funny money/t-bill transactions. |
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| ringotuna | Apr 28 2016, 04:41 AM Post #159 |
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States and municipalities had that option until Congress closed the opt-out loophole in 83. |
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| ringotuna | Apr 28 2016, 04:46 AM Post #160 |
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Not unlike how your compatriots characterize it as "Welfare" when comparing Red & Blue state federal tax ratios. Believe me my "Wall Street" run portfolio is a hell of a lot fatter than my government run account. |
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