Posted on 09/18/2009 12:08:32 PM PDT by sanserve
The current methodology is simple: it takes money out of our pockets (and our employers) puts it though governmental blenders, and spits out a meager benefit at retirement. Why not let the private sector provide pension benefits to all employees under the direction of a trimmed down Social Security bureaucracy?
(Excerpt) Read more at californiachronicle.com ...
Just give me all the money, and I promise to spend it.
Better Idea: Abolish Social Security.
They’ve shown that they are NOT responsible stewards and treat it as a giant slush-fund; the mob’s accountants are probably green with envy at the practices the government uses.
Start with an immediate end to;
Post office
Federal Transportation Grants
Dept. of Education
EPA
DEA
Federal grant programs
Congressional Earmarks
All Czars and shadow government operations
Permit younger workers to use payroll taxes for individual retirement accounts
Institute a Balanced budget amendment to the Constitution
We should be very careful about a balanced budget amendment. The rats ideas are much different than ours. The rats are using this idea known as PAYGO to hide behind their Marxist ways. PAYGO exempts a large part of the government. PAYGO requires tax increases. We should focus on a Taxpayer Bill of Rights limiting government growth and requiring a super majority of Congress to raise taxes. In Colorado, the TABOR law requires voter approval to raise taxes. TABOR has had a last impact despite rat attempts to undermine it. The rats here are very subdued compared to their DC counterparts.
Nonononononononono...
A true Balanced Budget...
Paygo is a scam that allows projected cuts to be counted as REAL MONEY.
A balanced budget will be heavily skewed towards tax increases. Taxpayer bill of rights with limits on government growth, overall spending, and tax increases is a much better approach.
“A balanced budget will be heavily skewed towards tax increases. Taxpayer bill of rights with limits on government growth, overall spending, and tax increases is a much better approach.”
That would be a much tougher get though, wouldn’t it?
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