tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post6157505769315707705..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: UnsustainableDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-68118952916652625612012-02-12T17:31:41.828-08:002012-02-12T17:31:41.828-08:00Hmmmm, gee, what to do?
Well, we could start by t...Hmmmm, gee, what to do?<br /><br />Well, we could start by the admission that politicizing retirement inevitably leads to catastrophe since the equally inevitable result of discovering you can stick your hand into someone else's wallet is the discovery of an endless series of reasons why the take has to increase.<br /><br />Then we could start disarming the ticking time bomb of Social Security bequeathed to us by the marvelous humanitarian and would-be first emperor of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.<br /><br />I think that's a good start. Isn't admission that you've got a problem the first step toward dealing with the problem? <br /><br />We really do have to try to bring our addiction to other people's money under control. There just isn't enough of it to satisfy the demand.allen (in Michigan)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-13492921305353521922012-02-09T17:37:57.204-08:002012-02-09T17:37:57.204-08:001. Social security is *not* a drop in the bucket,...1. Social security is *not* a drop in the bucket, even when compared to the military.<br />2. Good non sequitur, by the way.<br />3. I usually don't "whing", but I discuss the waste of taxpayer no matter who is in the White House. Unlike lefties, I have values that transcend party.<br /><br />Thank you for playing. Now back under the bridge you go.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-35354878203713890862012-02-09T17:23:56.502-08:002012-02-09T17:23:56.502-08:00A drop in the bucket compared to military waste.
...A drop in the bucket compared to military waste.<br /><br />BTW, what solution did W provide during his 8 long years? Were you whinging about the problem back then? Or is this old problem only a crisis when a Democrat is in office?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-45879722284285821262012-02-09T05:29:40.421-08:002012-02-09T05:29:40.421-08:00Why not start with clamping down on the SSDI fraud...Why not start with clamping down on the SSDI fraud that is rampant? I wonder how many millions or billions are sent out to these fraudsters?Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00733052333228699268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-26260237401258119232012-02-08T17:16:59.456-08:002012-02-08T17:16:59.456-08:00Gee, hmmmm, what to do?
Means test benefits, adju...Gee, hmmmm, what to do?<br /><br />Means test benefits, adjust the index increases, and raise the FICA threshold from 112,000 to 250,000?<br /><br />Nah, that would be too easy.<br /><br />Not to mention unworkable with an intransigent GOP.mmazenkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06602797515366983639noreply@blogger.com