Helen Thomas: Privatizing Social Security Was An Idea Whose Time Never Came

Hearst Syndicate Chief Economic Analyst ^ | October 16, 2008 | Helen Thomas

[ari-freedom]

just wait for the govt to go broke and we’ll be dealing with zimbabwe dollars.

[presidio9]

[tumblindice]

Both parties deprecated the war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish,
and the photos of Helen Thomas came.

[BenLurkin]

Cash me out.

I want back all my money plus interest compounded.

Then close the entire thing down.

[sickoflibs]

Bush is a disaster. How could one man screw up so much. I now think he is a closet Marxist sent to destroy any belief in freedom in this country

[weegee]

Helen Thomas: “Has anyone heard conservative critics complain about ‘socialism’ as they watch Uncle Sam partially nationalize some of the nation’s big banks with an injection of $250 billion?”

Yes you bitter old *itch. Turn on talk radio. Rush, Laura Ingraham, and Michael Savage have all opposed it. The public resents the bailout too.

[weegee]

I know it is Halloween, but did you HAVE to show a troll?

[Oldpuppymax]

Somehow Helen Thomas and Halloween just go together.

[DoughtyOne]

Like so many other wanna-be brain trusts, poor Helen thinks a social security system that doesn’t accrue any interest on the contributions a person makes over their work lifetime, and pays out far more than the person pays in, is a marvel of efficiency.

Someone find Helen a couch. She must be tired after taxing her brain long enough to come up with that nonsense.

[DemforBush]

Helen Thomas & unidentified friend.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Is Helen still alive or did she just come back to vote for Obama?

[mass55th]

What the hell does she think Social Security is? It’s an entitlement, and entitlements are socialistic programs. What a jerk.

[illiac]

Helen Thomas....a reporter....whose time never came....

[Arkinsaw]

The candidates should tear a page out of the New Deal blueprint for economic recovery by putting people to work repairing the nation’s infrastructure -- roads, bridges, harbors, and schools. The nation also should return to producing saleable items instead of outsourcing production -- and American jobs.

I am actually in favor of repairing the infrastructure and having people work and I am also definitely in favor of the United States producing THINGS instead of outsourcing production (particularly technical components necessary for national defense).

A very rare moment of agreement with the old bat.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Romantic involvement with Helen Thomas is another idea whose time never came.

[derllak]

Oh, come on....we all know you came here for pictures! ;)

[Sloth]

Has anyone heard conservative critics complain about “socialism” as they watch Uncle Sam partially nationalize some of the nation’s big banks with an injection of $250 billion?

Yes, you fetid old whore. Get out of your echo chamber once in a while.

[Arkinsaw]

Cash me out.

I want back all my money plus interest compounded.

Then close the entire thing down.



Yes, the privatization plan would simply bubble the stock market with social security (tax) dollars. Better than turning it into an IOU, but still dangerous.

Your suggestion is the best one. Just stop taking the money and start paying it back. I would be satisfied with just the principal even if I didn't get interest.

[KarlInOhio]

Cash me out.

I want back all my money plus interest compounded.

Then close the entire thing down.

Forget about being cashed out. I would come out way ahead if I could just get out of the system right now, keep my 15.3% in taxes I pay every year and abandon what I already put into Uncle Sam's Super Lucky Pyramid Game.