RE: Perry OpEd On Social Security (Full Version)

All Forums >> [Community Discussions] >> Dungeon of Political and Religious Discussion



Message

Sanity -> RE: Perry OpEd On Social Security (9/12/2011 7:44:41 PM)


Calling for an honest discussion about the Social Security issue is responsible. If Perry sees it as a ponzi scheme, as many people do, whats wrong with him saying so, and thereby starting a very necessary discussion?

Its a strange mindset that views calling for a dialogue on a serious issue as something that is totally evil, and by your demagoging Perrys call for dialogue you are actually the one who is using "scare tactics"

quote:

ORIGINAL: Owner59

So calling SS a scheme/ploy isn`t scare tactics?

Pah-leeeze...

Have had much sleep the last few days.


You don`t even know how rediculous you sound/look.



tazzygirl -> RE: Perry OpEd On Social Security (9/12/2011 7:49:09 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Sanity


Bullshit. One, you cant negate a dirty deed like Obamas' stab at scaring old people by finding something that you think might have been comparable, done by somebody somewhere else.  Thats insane logic...

And two, Sarah Palin was correct in warning about the death panels. How much was pulled out of Medicare to fund Obamacare? And are you seriously trying to claim that there are unlimited funds in a socialist system to treat every scrape, bump, bruise, every hypochondriacs imaginary disease indefinitely, AND give 90 or 100 year olds new hearts, etc?

No.

quote:

ORIGINAL: tazzygirl

quote:

As far as scare tactics go, that was the president telling old people they might not get their checks, thats a pretty high bar for you to find a comparable wrong that makes it an okay thing for him to do...


Death panels. No higher bar has been set.



Oh, is that what you think I am trying to do?

Tsk tsk, Sanity.

What you are trying to do is point the finger... middle one at that... at any Dem you believe has committed any slight, regardless of any Republican attempt to do the same.

I know both sides are doing it.

I know the fear the elderly have over BOTH money and health care.

Screaming at the elderly that Obamacare will set up death panels and kill them is deplorable.. especially when that myth has been debunked over and over.

Telling the elderly they wont get their checks if the budget isnt passed is just as deplorable....

"I cannot guarantee that those checks go out on August 3rd if we haven't resolved this issue. Because there may simply not be the money in the coffers to do it," Mr. Obama said in an interview with CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley, according to excerpts released by CBS News.

Mr. Obama told Pelley "this is not just a matter of Social Security checks. These are veterans checks, these are folks on disability and their checks. There are about 70 million checks that go out."

In that, he was partly right, Sanity.

Using a segment of the population for political leverage is deplorable... and its something both sides do it to varying degrees.

Jump off your partisan horse and join the rest of humanity.



Owner59 -> RE: Perry OpEd On Social Security (9/12/2011 7:53:06 PM)

It`s not honest.


Given that the cons are bent on destroying the SS system and the social safety net,............ and have been for the last 40 years kinda paints your "concern" as bullshit.


To say you didn`t care about the SS system would be understating.


You want it gone and ended and with nothing to replace it.


You`re anithetical to SS or any welfare.We know that.Trying to hide that fact only makes you look even more dishonest.


That`s where the discussion starts.....as far as any far rightists goes.



slvemike4u -> RE: Perry OpEd On Social Security (9/12/2011 8:02:14 PM)

Let us for a moment consider Perry's contradictory stance where SS is concerned.....on the one hand he says it is a monstrous lie,it is un constitutional and it is a ponzi scheme.
And than,and I would bet shortly after someone reminded the idiot that the elderly vote,he writes an op-ed wherein he describes how he would fix this monstrous,unConstitutional ponzi scheme.WTF if it is everything he says it is why doesn't he,as a candidate of conscious tell us how he will get rid of it ?
Which is it Gov.Perry a ponzi scheme or a well intentioned program that will need some tweaking to remain what it has come to be for generations of Americans....a bulwark against poverty in their old age.



farglebargle -> RE: Perry OpEd On Social Security (9/12/2011 8:24:47 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Sanity


Sometimes you trolls are amusing but very rarely are you upsetting. You think barglebargle calling me an addict,


The first step in getting better is admitting that you have a problem.

Go to a meeting.



Lucylastic -> RE: Perry OpEd On Social Security (9/12/2011 8:25:24 PM)

Saying its a ponzi scheme is in itself a scare tactic. look how much interest it has sparked. Ponzi scheme is sposed to be "illegal' now its gettin the elderly panicked about getting it cut off when its something they rely on..
Not having a reality plan to reform doesnt add to a tranquil mind or trust in the man.
I hope this blows up in his face big time, people who subscribe to the "ponzi scheme" crap are paranoid feeble minded scum sucking ditch pigs.



farglebargle -> RE: Perry OpEd On Social Security (9/12/2011 8:27:07 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Sanity


Calling for an honest discussion about the Social Security issue is responsible. If Perry sees it as a ponzi scheme, as many people do, whats wrong with him saying so, and thereby starting a very necessary discussion?


Here's your discussion:

Perry is wrong.

Did that get through the opiate haze?




slvemike4u -> RE: Perry OpEd On Social Security (9/12/2011 8:34:57 PM)

How did he do in the Debate tonight,I'm just now watching a delayed broadcast of it(Miami against New England took precedent over these clowns....lol)?
It being in Florida and all I'm sure some of his co candidates raked him over the coals on this loon stance.



Lucylastic -> RE: Perry OpEd On Social Security (9/12/2011 8:42:21 PM)

A bit of a startling moment happened near the end of Monday night's CNN debate when a hypothetical question was posed to Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas).

What do you tell a guy who is sick, goes into a coma and doesn't have health insurance? Who pays for his coverage? "Are you saying society should just let him die?" Wolf Blitzer asked.

"Yeah!" several members of the crowd yelled out.

Paul interjected to offer an explanation for how this was, more-or-less, the root choice of a free society. He added that communities and non-government institutions can fill the void that the public sector is currently playing.

"We never turned anybody away form the hospital," he said of his volunteer work for churches and his career as a doctor. "We have given up on this whole concept that we might take care of ourselves, assume responsibility for ourselves ... that's the reason the cost is so high."

The answer may have struck a truly libertarian tone but it was clearly overshadowed by the members of the crowd who enthusiastically cheered the prospect of letting a man die rather than picking up the tab for his coverage



Raiikun -> RE: Perry OpEd On Social Security (9/12/2011 8:51:16 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: farglebargle


Here's your discussion:

Perry is wrong.

Did that get through the opiate haze?




I agree and disagree. People who call SS a Ponzi scheme generally do it on the basis that the younger generations are paying for the SS obligations to the elder...which is remarkably like a Ponzi scheme operates.

I don't believe it's original incarnation was intended as one, but it does certainly feel a lot like one now. Enough so that I'd give up everything I put into it if they'd just let me opt out.

(And really that'd solve my one issue with SS. Let me opt out and I'd have no issue with it.)



tazzygirl -> RE: Perry OpEd On Social Security (9/12/2011 9:04:35 PM)

LOL

Honestly, you believe they, R's D's or I's, are going to let anyone opt out of the biggest borrowing pot they have?



rulemylife -> RE: Perry OpEd On Social Security (9/12/2011 9:06:28 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Sanity


Far left liars and propagandists are out bullying the elderly, trying to convince them that Texas Governor and GOP Presidential candidate Rick Perry wants to do away with their Social Security., and "push granny off a cliff... "

In an OpEd in todays USAToday Governor Perry set the record straight:

Rick Perry: I am going to be honest with the American people


The first step to fixing a problem is honestly admitting there is a problem. America's goal must be to fix Social Security by making it more financially sound and sustainable for the long term. But Americans deserve a frank and honest discussion of the dire financial challenges......

Perry has never endorsed Texas seceding from the union, either...  [;)]



Speaking of liars.

The problem is that Social Security was raided by the politicians to fund other programs.

The problem is we subsidize big corporations, finance expensive wars, then complain we cannot fund social programs.

And as far as your link goes, this is from it in his own words:

Reporter Kelley Shannon: "Some have associated you with the idea of secession or sovereignty for your state..."

Perry: "Oh, I think there’s a lot of different scenarios. Texas is a unique place. When we came in the union in 1845, one of the issues was that we would be able to leave if we decided to do that.

"You know, my hope is that America and Washington in particular pays attention. We’ve got a great union. There is absolutely no reason to dissolve it. But if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people, you know, who knows what may come out of that? So. But Texas is a very unique place and we’re a pretty independent lot to boot."








farglebargle -> RE: Perry OpEd On Social Security (9/12/2011 9:10:11 PM)

Now, you might know I hate DJ's, ( and as a DJ, this one is no exception ) but do you think this video is too lowbrow?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yo8YBIQ5Uk




Raiikun -> RE: Perry OpEd On Social Security (9/12/2011 9:14:00 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: tazzygirl

LOL

Honestly, you believe they, R's D's or I's, are going to let anyone opt out of the biggest borrowing pot they have?


And people wonder why it's compared to a Ponzi scheme. ;)



slvemike4u -> RE: Perry OpEd On Social Security (9/12/2011 9:17:05 PM)

Forgive me the slight derail...but did I just see Bachmann bitch slap Perry over his ties to a certain drug company and an executive order requiring 12 year old girls to get a vaccine [8|]
And did that same Candidate Perry claim that though he made a mistake at the end of the day he is always going to err on the side of life...this same Gov. Who refused to grant a stay and allowed an innocent man to be executed [8|]



rulemylife -> RE: Perry OpEd On Social Security (9/12/2011 9:18:17 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Raiikun


quote:

ORIGINAL: farglebargle


Here's your discussion:

Perry is wrong.

Did that get through the opiate haze?




I agree and disagree. People who call SS a Ponzi scheme generally do it on the basis that the younger generations are paying for the SS obligations to the elder...which is remarkably like a Ponzi scheme operates.

I don't believe it's original incarnation was intended as one, but it does certainly feel a lot like one now. Enough so that I'd give up everything I put into it if they'd just let me opt out.

(And really that'd solve my one issue with SS. Let me opt out and I'd have no issue with it.)



For fuck's sake.

Do you ever read history.?

That was exactly the way rhe program was designed to operate.

Ponzi scheme my ass.



tazzygirl -> RE: Perry OpEd On Social Security (9/12/2011 9:19:50 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Raiikun


quote:

ORIGINAL: tazzygirl

LOL

Honestly, you believe they, R's D's or I's, are going to let anyone opt out of the biggest borrowing pot they have?


And people wonder why it's compared to a Ponzi scheme. ;)


Comparing it too.. and calling it identical too one.. are two different things. [;)]



Lucylastic -> RE: Perry OpEd On Social Security (9/12/2011 9:21:47 PM)

theres that hanlons razor again!!!!!!!!!!!!!![;)]



slvemike4u -> RE: Perry OpEd On Social Security (9/12/2011 9:22:42 PM)

Perry,with a straight face...."I've been the most pro-life Governor of the State of Texas"
WTF didn't he just take a round of applause the other night in celebration of just how many men the state of Texas put to death during his watch ?



farglebargle -> RE: Perry OpEd On Social Security (9/12/2011 9:25:17 PM)

Well, we know Perry went out of his way to execute a man he knew was innocent. The real question is "How many MORE innocent men has Rick Perry executed?"




Page: <<   < prev  3 4 [5] 6 7   next >   >>

Valid CSS!




Collarchat.com © 2025
Terms of Service Privacy Policy Spam Policy
0.046875