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Xiggi: I agree that SS needs some tweaking, as any system would after many years of changing conditions - but the intent was to make retirement a time when people who worked their whole lives didn't need to worry about basic necessities, and we still need that. Too many people are not capable of...

Cl: the 'edit' you managed on Wiki doesn't prove your point, it refutes it. Because the people who use [and contribute to] Wiki aren't the ones who accept things at face value - they require actual verifiable sources. Without those, info added is viewed with skepticism until it's either verified...

While the underlying structural premise of SS may resemble a Ponzi scheme, the crucial [and definitive] element is absent: intent to defraud. SS may require adjustments as the workforce/beneficiary ratio changes, [thrown out of balance by the unanticipated loss of tremendous numbers of jobs -...

Um, how come any source/site referred to as a 'government watchdog' is presumed to be liberal/leftist? Don't conservatives care about what the government is actually doing? [Info that won't be found on any 'MSM' site]

Hi Tom! I just want to add to what the Star said: next time, tell 'em they drive for the wrong carrier, lol. It really is that simple: if it doesn't make enough profit [assuming there's no better runs to offset the occasional clunkers] then turn it down. If you turn down more than the occasional...

AMonger: there is no way you have proven that SS is a Ponzi scheme, because it's not - a Ponzi scheme is an illegal con game deliberately set up to defraud 'investors'. SS doesn't fit the definition, you are wrong when you say it does, period. Do you also consider it theft when people file an...

'President rick Perry'? I don't think we can take another ex cheerleader - one was more than enough. Perry is a way too ****y hypocrite: he takes credit for the new jobs in Tx, without mentioning they're mostly government jobs, slams the government but lines up with his hand out for the...

Greg: yes, they lived in a time of stricter class consciousness, when slaves and women didn't have any rights, but still, the whole idea behind 'no taxation without representation' was to express the belief that having the power to do it [tax the colonists or eliminate people's livelihoods in...

Do you suppose they envisioned an environment in which the managers earn 400x what the workers earn, and people who want to work [and have worked for 30 years] can't find a job that is better than minimum wage or part time? BoA got a bailout from our taxes, and they're about to lay off 40,000...

RLENT: as the 'Stolen Valor' thread illustrates, the difference between a symbol and the thing it represents is a tough one to grasp for some folks. which makes me wonder: if a mugger took their wedding ring, would they still be married? :confused:

Why would we want invisible vehicles, when idiots can't keep from hitting the ones they CAN see?! :confused:

Wasn't Kool Aid a concert, like Farm Aid & Band Aid? :confused:

People [established drivers, rookies and wannabes] used to ask me whether they could make money driving a S/T - the last couple years they mostly just ask me to give them money instead. :(