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March 30, 2005
Social Security ad ...
Over the last few days I've seen the crassest anti-Social Security reform ad and it's so insulting I've been unable to watch it all the way through to find out who is funding it.
It has a woman with a clogged sink, the plumber then tells her they'll have to destroy the house to fix the sink, then through scenes of heavy machinery wrecking the house (all furniture still in house, etc) one hears the narrator intone "why wreck Social Security when a few simple fixes ..."
It's at that point I grab the remote and change the channel before I chuck the remote through the screen.
F**kers.
More accurate analogy:
The "house" of Social Security is about to slide off the hill it was built on, because the hill was nothing but fill dirt and a heavy rainy season (which shows no sign of abating.. ie retiring boomers) has undercut the already questionable foundations. And the simple fix of few sandbags may delay the inevitable, but at what point does one rebuild on solid foundations or just demand every abled bodied person in the area to give up huge portions of their life to fill sandbags to save a house they'll probably never live in?
Posted by Darleen at March 30, 2005 06:47 AM
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You'll also see an image that will run something like this:
Hands, unidentified (lassaiz-faire?) with nice Tiffany's cufflinks (those rich bastards) cutting up your SoSec card...
Behold the power of Madison Ave.
Posted by: Taylor at March 30, 2005 09:38 AM
Taylor
Is that what you think of 401K's?
How about the fact that no government employee (that includes public school teachers) pays into Soc Sec... WE (notice I'm including myself) have retirement plans IN PLACE of Soc Sec that belong to each individual. My retirement is my ASSET. I die, it goes to my heirs.
Soc Sec does not.
It's a ponzi scheme.
Posted by: Darleen at March 30, 2005 12:59 PM