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If you refer to the article I quoted a couple posts back, SS is currently taking in $0.75 in revenue for every $1 that gets paid out. The predations of congress have just made the lost cause a little more epic.
If that chess term means the ponzi scheme is guaranteed to fall apart at some point (exact point still to be determined) in the future because you can't get there from here, then you've just about got the idea. Although it would be political suicide, they could raise FICA taxes on current workers to cover the expenses of current retirees. Two problems with that solution--if you take a look at the original post from Mr. Ellis, you'll notice that the biggest problem is the shrinking base. The number of workers paying into the system is already insufficient to support the people using the benefits and that crevasse just keeps getting wider. Second, back when FDR set the system up, people generally died within a few years of retiring simply because life expectancy wasn't as good. So, they pay in for a few decades and then draw out for a few years. That's sustainable. Now, people pay in for a few decades (at a total of 12.4%) and then draw out for a few decades as well (at somewhere around 33%). That's simply not sustainable in any way, shape, or form.
Already been posted. Really doesn't amount to much beyond a lot of unsubstantiated accusations. I'm sure the lefties loved having their preconceptions supposedly validated, though.Another link especially for you, dteowner.
Truth-out.org, Mike Lofgren:
http://www.truth-out.org/goodbye-all-reflections-gop-operative-who-left-cult/1314907779
Lots of assumptions about my position on Iraq. Would have been far cheaper to turn the country into an oversized parking lot and rented it to Wal-Mart, but what can ya do... To make no mention of Barack's flat out campaign lie that he'd pull the troops out within 12 months which added to the cost, but why confuse the issue with facts when we can blame Bush?Also, check out, "Fast Facts" in the link below which details what we could have bought with the money spent for the Iraq war. Interesting, to say the least.
http://www.ourfuture.org/makingsense/factsheet/iraq-war-costs
dteowner, I hope you read this , too.
). Being a veteran, it makes me angry that so many Americans lost their lives there…..and then the war bill for our children and their children. 
Once again, you're making (incorrect) assumptions about my position. It's becoming a habit and making the conversation pretty pointless.
Rolling out the false platitudes already? While there certainly are some righties that have those positions, it's not all of them by any stretch, nor even a significant minority. But, if it makes your blind hate taste better, by all means go right ahead.
Since we seem to be trying to impress folks with impressive words, allow me to play along. That there would be one of them false dichotomy logical thingies, perfesser. But thanks for playing.
Some truth to that, but remember that democrats controlled both houses of congress for Obama's first 2 years. Either the excuse doesn't hold up in this case, or the campaign promises were such a complete load of crap that not even his own party could support them (which says something about the people that fell for them, me thinks).
Without question that's a major problem, although I would cite that as evidence for why a whole generation actually believes the world owes them something that they don't have to earn.
