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Zebulon Donating Member (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-05 11:20 PM
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64. Re: It's called being a free thinker, you should try it sometime.
Gosh, could I make snide comments then, too?

So far, all you've done is claimed there is a problem. You haven't provided any evidence to support your assertion that SS will go bankrupt in 15 years. You'll forgive me if I don't simply take your word for it.

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  -Has bush*Co done the math to show how piratization saves SS? tk2kewl  Feb-03-05 08:09 PM   #0 
  - Tee-hee: I like that "piratization"  Liberal Veteran   Feb-03-05 08:10 PM   #1 
  - You don't *really* think  Zebulon   Feb-03-05 08:10 PM   #2 
  - No  tk2kewl   Feb-03-05 08:15 PM   #4 
     - Re: you'd think that if that is the claim it would have to be supported  Zebulon   Feb-03-05 08:18 PM   #5 
        - Well, I think they need to be called on that  tk2kewl   Feb-03-05 08:21 PM   #7 
           - Here's another question:  Zebulon   Feb-03-05 08:23 PM   #8 
  - That is sweet. Piratization.  KC21304   Feb-03-05 08:12 PM   #3 
  - Fuzzy math?  Blue State Native   Feb-03-05 08:20 PM   #6 
  - Well, I expect  Zebulon   Feb-03-05 08:24 PM   #9 
     - Exactly!  Blue State Native   Feb-03-05 09:11 PM   #10 
  - Of course not  BamaGirl   Feb-03-05 09:17 PM   #11 
  - Why The Fear?  visceral   Feb-03-05 09:33 PM   #12 
  - Why don't you first explain  Zebulon   Feb-03-05 09:35 PM   #13 
  - The problem.......  visceral   Feb-03-05 09:43 PM   #14 
     - You do realize  Zebulon   Feb-03-05 09:46 PM   #15 
     - The question is: "How and when does the plan pay for itself?"  tk2kewl   Feb-03-05 09:50 PM   #17 
  - I didnt' say anything about fear. Do you always put words in others mouths  tk2kewl   Feb-03-05 09:46 PM   #16 
  - Under the privatization scenario...  visceral   Feb-03-05 09:57 PM   #19 
     - and the $2 trillion?  tk2kewl   Feb-03-05 09:59 PM   #20 
     - Hell, take it out of foreign aid, the military budget, or .......  visceral   Feb-03-05 10:07 PM   #24 
        - bush's plan is not B  tk2kewl   Feb-03-05 10:08 PM   #26 
        - also... that is a pretty cavalier attitude regarding trillions of dollars  tk2kewl   Feb-03-05 10:19 PM   #29 
           - Or...  visceral   Feb-03-05 10:58 PM   #50 
              - Re: we could just open up the ANWAR and drill our own damned oil.  Zebulon   Feb-03-05 11:00 PM   #53 
              - Well I have voted for Democrats in the past 4  visceral   Feb-03-05 11:14 PM   #58 
              - Re: It's called being a free thinker, you should try it sometime.  Zebulon   Feb-03-05 11:20 PM   #64 
              - I hope you stick with the Dems  tk2kewl   Feb-03-05 11:39 PM   #73 
              - now, did you ever really believe he was?  tk2kewl   Feb-03-05 11:14 PM   #59 
                 - Re: now, did you ever really believe he was?  Zebulon   Feb-03-05 11:21 PM   #65 
              - oh brother  tk2kewl   Feb-03-05 11:13 PM   #57 
                 - Whats in the proposed Anwar site?  visceral   Feb-03-05 11:16 PM   #61 
                    - i was also talking about reducing our dependence on fossil fuels  tk2kewl   Feb-03-05 11:21 PM   #66 
                       - Who's putting words in whose mouth now?  visceral   Feb-03-05 11:32 PM   #70 
                          - i didn't say you did. I said I did.  tk2kewl   Feb-03-05 11:44 PM   #76 
     - Two questions  Zebulon   Feb-03-05 10:01 PM   #22 
     - Answers.  visceral   Feb-03-05 10:52 PM   #46 
        - Re: What's your point?  Zebulon   Feb-03-05 10:58 PM   #49 
        - I agree, but my point is SS has always been funded on a ...  visceral   Feb-03-05 11:06 PM   #54 
           - In 15 years  Zebulon   Feb-03-05 11:08 PM   #55 
              - http://www.cbpp.org/1-11-05socsec.htm  visceral   Feb-03-05 11:30 PM   #69 
              - i don't think that's bankruptcy  tk2kewl   Feb-03-05 11:33 PM   #71 
                 - Try paying only 70% of your bills ...  visceral   Feb-03-05 11:36 PM   #72 
                    - thats why we shouldn't have had tax cuts and an unwarranted war  tk2kewl   Feb-03-05 11:43 PM   #74 
                    - that isnt the same as taking in less than paying out  tk2kewl   Feb-04-05 12:15 AM   #79 
              - Frankly, I'm bored of your one-liners ...  visceral   Feb-03-05 11:44 PM   #75 
                 - Re: Frankly, I'm bored of your one-liners ...  Zebulon   Feb-03-05 11:49 PM   #77 
        - even the boy king give SS to 2048  tk2kewl   Feb-03-05 11:16 PM   #60 
     - and what happens when . . .  tk2kewl   Feb-03-05 10:07 PM   #25 
  - ???????????? SS is "insurance" not "savings"  Coastie for Truth   Feb-03-05 10:37 PM   #37 
  - Democrats have alot of ideas  TheFarseer   Feb-04-05 12:05 AM   #78 
  - No. Social Security has Weapons of Mass Destruction!!!!  devilgrrl   Feb-03-05 09:53 PM   #18 
  - Something i'm not clear on...  ben_packard   Feb-03-05 10:00 PM   #21 
  - There is no 'increased return'  Zebulon   Feb-03-05 10:03 PM   #23 
  - and that is exactly what SS is intended to prevent  tk2kewl   Feb-03-05 10:13 PM   #27 
  - Anyone who knows anything about our market economy  visceral   Feb-03-05 10:15 PM   #28 
     - That's fine as long as  Zebulon   Feb-03-05 10:23 PM   #30 
     - yeppers  tk2kewl   Feb-03-05 10:28 PM   #32 
     - Let's Be Optimistic  visceral   Feb-03-05 10:30 PM   #34 
        - Sorry, but  Zebulon   Feb-03-05 10:32 PM   #36 
           - Maybe we could also pray to Jesus for a bull market  tk2kewl   Feb-03-05 10:37 PM   #38 
           - Maybe we could CONTRIBUTE to a Bull Market!  visceral   Feb-03-05 10:42 PM   #40 
              - visceral  Zebulon   Feb-03-05 10:45 PM   #42 
              - Look . . .  tk2kewl   Feb-03-05 10:47 PM   #43 
                 - My father paid in for 30 years......  visceral   Feb-03-05 10:55 PM   #47 
                    - its better than a big fat nuffin if he were unlucky enough to be disable  tk2kewl   Feb-03-05 10:59 PM   #52 
                       - Thanks.  visceral   Feb-03-05 11:19 PM   #63 
           - You fail to see the "risk" inherent in Social Security as well......  visceral   Feb-03-05 10:40 PM   #39 
              - "So what's wrong with taking your OWN risks . . . ?"  tk2kewl   Feb-03-05 10:51 PM   #45 
              - E ho'opohole 'oe i ko'u mai'a  PapaJoe   Feb-04-05 01:05 AM   #81 
                 - That is just like taking 2nd and 3rd mortgages on your house  tk2kewl   Feb-04-05 09:28 AM   #85 
     - it isnt simply an issue of "not losing money"  tk2kewl   Feb-03-05 10:26 PM   #31 
  - It's like the flight attendant says before an emergency landing  Coastie for Truth   Feb-03-05 10:43 PM   #41 
  - Sorry, thought we were talking 'bout....Hmmmm...  Zinfandel   Feb-04-05 02:20 AM   #84 
  - Norm Ornstein, on Al Franken's show,  Coastie for Truth   Feb-03-05 10:29 PM   #33 
  - yup . . . (see #17) *bush has been after SS since the 80s  tk2kewl   Feb-03-05 10:32 PM   #35 
  - Humorous vid clip from Countdown-Bush doin' the math  liveoaktx   Feb-03-05 10:51 PM   #44 
  - LMAO . . . "The a-thousand grows"  tk2kewl   Feb-03-05 10:56 PM   #48 
  - It's funny how some people on the left still argue that he really is  Cadence   Feb-03-05 11:12 PM   #56 
     - he hasn't been underestimated . . .  tk2kewl   Feb-03-05 11:18 PM   #62 
        - Re: he hasn't been underestimated . . .  Zebulon   Feb-03-05 11:23 PM   #67 
           - lol  tk2kewl   Feb-03-05 11:25 PM   #68 
           - LOL! Maybe we'd see his hidden "genius" if "gynecologists  Cadence   Feb-04-05 01:12 AM   #82 
  - too funny  bpilgrim   Feb-03-05 10:59 PM   #51 
  - piratization? That's it!  PapaJoe   Feb-04-05 01:00 AM   #80 
  - These Cons just  obnoxiousdrunk   Feb-04-05 10:28 AM   #86 
     - They definitely want to take the "Social" out of it too  tk2kewl   Feb-04-05 10:45 AM   #87 
  - Does it matter? If the corporate media debates it as fact...  Zinfandel   Feb-04-05 01:30 AM   #83 
 

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