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Recent content by armor99

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    Social Security. Get Rid Of It.

    No... there is NOT a finite amount of money. The GDP grows and shrinks all the time. I just showed you the way to become wealthy. I used real numbers, real facts, and real ways to achieve it. And STILL, you go on to tell me how impossible it is. How only a very small percentage can actually do...
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    Social Security. Get Rid Of It.

    Is it not also a risk to live most of your life without saving enough to retire on?
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    Social Security. Get Rid Of It.

    Why did people who make minimum wage choose to have a family they could not afford? For every bad situation out there.... there are a whole host of bad decisions that went along with it. Why do you assume that a couple would only be capable of making minimum wage? Seems a bit of a stretch....
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    Social Security. Get Rid Of It.

    Ok.... so you beleive force is completely acceptable as long as the "greater good" is served. So under that definition we could also ban all unheathy foods, tobacco, alcohol, and begin mandatory excercise programs so that people do not become obese. And if you did all of those things, people...
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    Social Security. Get Rid Of It.

    Yes... I do.... If you save enough.... and have enough time. Almost anyone can do it.... really... I know that past performance of the stock market is not a guarantee of things to come in the future. But.... if you take any 30 year period of the stock market(about the span of a persons working...
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    RACIST: What's in a name?

    Those who have traded their individuality for the embrace of the collective. And in so doing.... have placed chains about themselves.
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    Social Security. Get Rid Of It.

    Your arguements are good ones. Being out of work for such a long time.... I can see the appeal. I am not always sure the best course of action. But I do resent having to take care of people that have chosen to be irresponsible for their entire lives. At the same time.... I do not have a problem...
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    RACIST: What's in a name?

    Good points.... I think many also seem to forget that racism is ALSO the belief that all members of a particular group that shares skin color, or religion, etc, will all act, think, and feel the same way about any given situation. It is the removal of the individual in place of the collective...
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    Social Security. Get Rid Of It.

    I think your example of loosing 70% is a bit far fetched. Most people that did not push the panic button on their investments are now all the way back where they started... if not a bit up. It also sounds like your are wanting to create a society that is completely safe. I think that while your...
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    Social Security. Get Rid Of It.

    Just a question here.... Is is possible that the reason retirees who didn't save and now have nothing did that because of the false belief that SS would take care of all of their needs? Perhaps if it was made known that absolutely the govt is NOT going to save you... then peoples behaviors would...
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    Social Security. Get Rid Of It.

    Ok... because I was curious... I found the actual document online. It is from a .gov web site... and involves various charts etc. Of particular interest are tables 17 and 20. http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/45222.pdf Table 17 shows that lower wage earnes actually get back a...
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    Social Security. Get Rid Of It.

    I hear your arguements... and they are good ones. I guess there are some things that I do not WANT to believe. But they may in fact be true. Perhaps by and large the majority of the US population is literally not smart enough to plan for their own retirement. That even with more education on...
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    Social Security. Get Rid Of It.

    I agree with you completely. SS is one of the worst retirement programs that has ever been devised. Let us look at the math of it for just a moment. Forgive me that I do not have the numbers in front of me (but I did look them up before), but from what I remember the amount you get back from SS...
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    Voter Identification Thoughts

    Or you could take the other point of view. If your freedoms are that important to you... it would be worth it to go through a (very small) amount of trouble to get an ID. Seriously.... It is not a "burden" to get a drivers licence for your car. Nor is it a burden to get a passport to travel...
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    Welfare spending tops one trilllion dollars.

    Two words... "gold standard"
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