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June 25, 2007 at 3:31 PM #62007June 25, 2007 at 3:36 PM #61966
PerryChase
Participant” Excuse me to say.. but once they passed on, it will ease our social security and health care burdens. It sounds mean, but that’s the brutal truth.”
Maybe we should encourage the serving of transfat and high-sodium dishes in retirement centers. The food at Denny’s is so salty that I’m sure a few will die from it, haha.
June 25, 2007 at 3:36 PM #62009Participant” Excuse me to say.. but once they passed on, it will ease our social security and health care burdens. It sounds mean, but that’s the brutal truth.”
Maybe we should encourage the serving of transfat and high-sodium dishes in retirement centers. The food at Denny’s is so salty that I’m sure a few will die from it, haha.
June 25, 2007 at 3:44 PM #61968blahblahblah
ParticipantOf course there’s always the Logan’s Run solution.
Carousel! Carousel! Renew! Renew!
June 25, 2007 at 3:44 PM #62011ParticipantOf course there’s always the Logan’s Run solution.
Carousel! Carousel! Renew! Renew!
June 25, 2007 at 4:02 PM #62013Anonymous
GuestConcho, that is really funny, LOL You only turned 30 when you went to Carousel, so Construction Alt would be in trouble too LOL.
Construction Alt, the Boomers will die decades before you (hopefully of natural causes) then you will get your day in sun.
June 25, 2007 at 4:02 PM #61970GuestConcho, that is really funny, LOL You only turned 30 when you went to Carousel, so Construction Alt would be in trouble too LOL.
Construction Alt, the Boomers will die decades before you (hopefully of natural causes) then you will get your day in sun.
June 25, 2007 at 4:03 PM #61972DaCounselor
Participant“Stop whining and get back to work!”
_______________________Best advice so far.
June 25, 2007 at 4:03 PM #62015Participant“Stop whining and get back to work!”
_______________________Best advice so far.
June 25, 2007 at 4:06 PM #61976JJGittes
ParticipantWhat, ditch the boomers? Then who would we be able to depend upon to lose yet another war? Oops, sorry, I guess I have to give them the first gulf war, and Grenada…
June 25, 2007 at 4:06 PM #62019ParticipantWhat, ditch the boomers? Then who would we be able to depend upon to lose yet another war? Oops, sorry, I guess I have to give them the first gulf war, and Grenada…
June 25, 2007 at 4:15 PM #61984masayako
Participantmeadandale,
I never say the truth is not painful. It is, in a way, the inconvenient truth. Think about it, when you have 200 elders lining up for social security paycheck but you only have the money to cover 100 people, what would eventually have to happen to keep the balance?
1. Get more money.
2. When 100 of them are no longer in the line.People can say there are many alternatives to defer the payment, extend the ‘due’ date? But, really, at what cost? From whom are the money coming from? The next generation, the next-next generation, or the next-next-next generation.
June 25, 2007 at 4:15 PM #62027Participantmeadandale,
I never say the truth is not painful. It is, in a way, the inconvenient truth. Think about it, when you have 200 elders lining up for social security paycheck but you only have the money to cover 100 people, what would eventually have to happen to keep the balance?
1. Get more money.
2. When 100 of them are no longer in the line.People can say there are many alternatives to defer the payment, extend the ‘due’ date? But, really, at what cost? From whom are the money coming from? The next generation, the next-next generation, or the next-next-next generation.
June 25, 2007 at 4:50 PM #62043meadandale
ParticipantDon’t get me started on SS. I’d be happy if they kicked it and medicare to the curb and either replaced it with nothing or replaced it with private pension-like accounts.
I think of all the money I’ve given to SS and medicare and how big of a nest egg I’d have now if I was able to privately invest that money.
Hell, I could pay my mom’s SS benefits AND fund a nice retirement on the money that I’ve paid into the system.
What do you expect when you have a giant government sponsored ponzi scheme?
However, it’s not SS and medicare that are really the problem. It’s the city/county/state/federal employees themselves that are going to bankrupt this country. Mark my words, within 10-15 years, more than half of the general funds of cities, counties and states are going to be going to pay for current and future retirement benefits for their employees while services continue to degrade and they continue to tell you that “your taxes aren’t high enough, you need to pay more”.
New Zealand’s gonna be looking pretty good about then.
June 25, 2007 at 4:50 PM #62000ParticipantDon’t get me started on SS. I’d be happy if they kicked it and medicare to the curb and either replaced it with nothing or replaced it with private pension-like accounts.
I think of all the money I’ve given to SS and medicare and how big of a nest egg I’d have now if I was able to privately invest that money.
Hell, I could pay my mom’s SS benefits AND fund a nice retirement on the money that I’ve paid into the system.
What do you expect when you have a giant government sponsored ponzi scheme?
However, it’s not SS and medicare that are really the problem. It’s the city/county/state/federal employees themselves that are going to bankrupt this country. Mark my words, within 10-15 years, more than half of the general funds of cities, counties and states are going to be going to pay for current and future retirement benefits for their employees while services continue to degrade and they continue to tell you that “your taxes aren’t high enough, you need to pay more”.
New Zealand’s gonna be looking pretty good about then.
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