> From: Erik Reuter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: What Social Security (and Its "Reform") Say About America > > > This was absolutely pathetic. Way to totally avoid any worthwhile > consideration of social security. And to throw in the absurd claim about > "failed completely to make sense when held up to the light of basic > arithmetic" just completes the irony. Here is someone who lives in their > own separate world of bleeding heart compassion without any concept of > reality. Sure, there are many miserable people in the world. Let's help > them all! Let's give everyone in the world $30,000 a year and they can > all be happy! Amen! Hallelujah! >
Actually, that might be a pretty interesting idea... that would be what, say 180 trillion dollars ($180,000,000,000,000) that doesn't sound like all that much, and think of the trickle down effect ! Inflation might be an issue of course, but geez, there would be some pretty happy folks out there, for some $30 would be pretty impressive. > > Pathetic. Absolutely pathetic. Way to live in fantasy land. Almost > unbelievable that you consider this a worthwhile article. Let's be all > polite and cutesy and compassionate and tearful and ignore anything > close to reality or practicality. That's the way to get something done. > Yup. > It's not my social security policy, so it's a debate I have stayed out of, but the way I read that article was not "Lets do nothing" but "This is the Governments responsibility and they can't palm it off". And since when has privatizing anything cut costs to the consumer. Yea, always sounds great up front, but a few years down the track, there is always some excuse, and by then there is no one to appeal to, cos the government just throws its hands up and says sorry, not our business. We have a system here that forces ones employer to put aside 9% of your wages, and it is invested on your behalf, by any approved investment dude you choose, or even by yourself. You can top it up with your own dough if you like. And you know what, it's been great seeing all the new Porches and Ferrari's that the investment guys are driving. Now that's efficiency for you ! Funny how my fees keep going up though. It's actually not a bad system, but it's a back up to pensions, and I want my government to guarantee a basic living allowance to all retiree's no matter what. And I don't care if the Government fucked it up and underfunded it, they can get the money from elsewhere, cos I don't want old people starving on the streets (well, any more than there are now anyway). I don't think the method is all that important, it's the principle. Is the proposed system over there anything like ours? A sort of forced savings scheme, run by private industry? Andrew _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
