 Errand_boy
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011 9:34:47 PM
They forgot senior citizen MMA. Pic has nothing to do with this.
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 Fleaman1797
Male, 18-29, Southern US
719 Posts
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Monday, August 15, 2011 3:42:10 AM
This is so drating awesome LOL |
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 markust123
Male, 40-49, Western US
3783 Posts
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Sunday, August 14, 2011 11:15:22 PM
I don't know if I should laugh or cry. Why are people having a serious discussion in an Onion News video post? Maybe this site should be renamed to I-am-so-brainwashed-
by-political-pundits- that-I-can-no-longer- find-the-humor-in-anything. |
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 intrigid
Male, 18-29, Canada
894 Posts
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Sunday, August 14, 2011 10:45:26 PM
DO A BARREL ROLL!
Almost missed it. |
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jpfu220
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
65 Posts
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Sunday, August 14, 2011 7:07:52 PM
ooooor....we could just implement the fair tax... |
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 Fatninja01
Male, 18-29, Australia
23998 Posts
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Sunday, August 14, 2011 2:57:47 PM
Tax.... The easiest way to make money! |
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 the_phantom
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
509 Posts
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Sunday, August 14, 2011 10:38:13 AM
aw... i was hoping it'd be serious :( |
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 Cajun247
Male, 18-29, Southern US
9496 Posts
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Sunday, August 14, 2011 10:18:40 AM
My point was socio-enviromental factors ARE considered when calculating life expectancy. So a high murder rate can mean a lower life expectancy. |
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 November_Rai
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
322 Posts
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Sunday, August 14, 2011 8:49:23 AM
Is there a serious discussion happening in this thread? I heart IAB.... |
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 madest
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
6411 Posts
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Sunday, August 14, 2011 8:15:59 AM
Mugabe has nothing to do with Social Security. WTF are you talking about? |
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Cajun247
Male, 18-29, Southern US
9496 Posts
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Sunday, August 14, 2011 7:20:14 AM
@madest
Oh yeah tell that to the people who lived under Mugabe's reign. |
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madest
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
6411 Posts
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Sunday, August 14, 2011 6:08:53 AM
"Life Expectancy" doesn't take into account accidental deaths or murder. |
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 Klamz
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
693 Posts
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Sunday, August 14, 2011 5:53:01 AM
Just create a disease that attacks people with a calcium deficiency and their won't be any need to pay it back. |
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Cajun247
Male, 18-29, Southern US
9496 Posts
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Sunday, August 14, 2011 5:34:09 AM
Of course you could pass a law that prohibits such borrowing.
The other big problem with social security is that it's not a solid promise like a treasury note. They can pay less back than what you put in nominal-wise. People also have different needs than others and it's best that they choose how much out of their paycheck they wish to put in a retirement account (401(k) anyone?). |
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Cajun247
Male, 18-29, Southern US
9496 Posts
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Sunday, August 14, 2011 4:53:55 AM
because Uncle Sam owes that 3.5 trillion back
That's the problem it's made it easier to tax people, and easy to swindle an entire generation of people. If they keep up this trend social security will be unsustainable. |
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 Sachi001
Male, 30-39, Asia
598 Posts
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Sunday, August 14, 2011 3:12:49 AM
@techgeek07
Madest is correct it is sustainable. The fact that the US government was loaned by the Social Security Managing Board of Trustees 3.5 trillion since the Regan administration is proof. In fact if it were not for Social Security Trust Fund this country would not be able to cover it's interest payments and default would have occurred long ago.
This country is actually close to 18 trillion in debt because Uncle Sam owes that 3.5 trillion back. As long as the managing trustees, who are appointed every 4 years by the president, continue to loan our trust fund to the likes of government bank, corporate, housing bailouts, military industries, subsidies, etc... you will always hear the call of the ignorant politician who will whine SS is making us broke. When in fact it does not. It's those idiots who keep borrowing from the piggy bank, and not paying it back. |
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 tehbionic
Female, 18-29, Western US
314 Posts
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Sunday, August 14, 2011 2:09:20 AM
I drating love the Onion. |
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I-See-U
Male, 18-29, Southern US
354 Posts
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Saturday, August 13, 2011 11:00:46 PM
All for it. Who doesn't wanna die a mother f***ing legend. |
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 Solvent
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
2759 Posts
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Saturday, August 13, 2011 10:08:04 PM
Is it really so hard to abolish social security altogether? |
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 almightybob1
Male, 18-29, Europe
4278 Posts
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Saturday, August 13, 2011 9:24:27 PM
Yeah that's how they con you by using the "life expectancy" line as if "expectancy" is the average age of death. It's not. There's millions of people who pay into the system and die before ever seeing a dime.
But that IS what life expectancy is - the mean lifetime in the population. Obviously yes some people will fall short, but equally some people will live long past it too. |
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madest
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
6411 Posts
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Saturday, August 13, 2011 8:51:46 PM
It is a sustainable model. The Social security act was signed in 1935. Even with politicians spending it, it's solvent until 2029. You know how the government works, they'll get busy fixing it in 2028. |
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dude21862004
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
778 Posts
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Saturday, August 13, 2011 8:36:13 PM
Tsk tsk, the "Grab Life By The Balls" bill outlaws helmets and the "Pussy Tax" taxes them? Which is it? You can't tax something that's illegal. |
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 techgeek07
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
2560 Posts
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Saturday, August 13, 2011 8:14:17 PM
There's also a lot of people who've never paid into social security that get. Special needs, disabled, children of disabled. The whole thing is a mess. But, to put it so simplistically is just off the mark. I'm by no means a right winger, in fact, I'm a lot closer to hippy. The government has borrowed money from it. But, it wasn't a sustainable model to begin with. |
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 NATattack
Female, 18-29, Southern US
286 Posts
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Saturday, August 13, 2011 8:10:06 PM
Hahahaha |
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whyme73
Male, 18-29, Western US
468 Posts
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Saturday, August 13, 2011 8:09:48 PM
no tech geek Congress was using social security to fund other things because there was a lot of money there and they figured they would be able to do that and still have enough for people needing social security but they were wrong. |
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