There you go again, trying to personalize a discussion when nobody gives a flip about your stupid retirement plans, or mine, and you making all kinds of stupid irrelevant assumptions, when what you “gather” is completely wrong and irrelevant. What you don’t quite get is that SS (and Medicare) are politically popular prgrams that the majority of voters do want to see continue, whether they benefit by not having to worry about their parents medical and daily needs and independence, or by knowing there is a last-resort for them if their 401k does disappear so they don’t wind up eating dog-food like you probably do out of ignorance. It is you who is on the wrong board because you don’t have the sense to be able to discuss what is simple political reality, thinking it’s genius to cite the 80 year old origin of the program-in-question, without resorting to name-calling, which is what you started out doing in your first post.
>>here you go again, trying to personalize a discussion when nobody gives a flip about your stupid retirement plans, or mine, and you making all kinds of stupid irrelevant assumptions, when what you “gather” is completely wrong and irrelevant. <<
OK, although fun, that is a content-neutral statement. (btw: PPHs are our friends)
>>What you don’t quite get is that SS (and Medicare) are politically popular prgrams that the majority of voters do want to see continue, whether they benefit by not having to worry about their parents medical and daily needs and independence, or by knowing there is a last-resort for them if their 401k does disappear so they don’t wind up eating dog-food like you probably do out of ignorance. <<
So, you think it is better for your parents to eat dog food than support them as a good child should. The bigger the government, the less family responsibility is needed. Next up: let them die in he summer heat while we take vacation like the French did a few years ago.
Not that I don’t think we should not give the people who paid in back their money — read my post. Give it back, end the program, be done with it.
You sure sound like a New deal supporter who thinks SS is a good idea. Well, at least we know where you stand.
>>It is you who is on the wrong board because you don’t have the sense to be able to discuss what is simple political reality, thinking it’s genius to cite the 80 year old origin of the program-in-question, without resorting to name-calling, which is what you started out doing in your first post.<<
I use the term “stupid” in terms of “not intelligent.” banking on SS is Not Intelligent. SS, in general was stupid, dependence on it IS stupid (um, I mean Not Intelligent), continuing it is IDIOCY, bordering on madness.
And it was you who tried to use my 401(k) strategy and issue against me — so you can discard it, but I discard it from the discussion as well.