jhp, define tanstaafl. it is a well known economic term.
oh, and why do you not answer the question regarding taking $1.00 and returning $0.50 and saying "you benefited $0.50."
you would disagree b/c it isn't true. taking a $1.00 and returning $0.50 is not summed up as "benefiting by $0.50."
not honestly, anyway.
btw, you can benefit even more... think how great that would be... twice the great benefits. just send me the half million + check and i'll double your benefits.
but you won't. why? you will benefit $600 a month. just like ss. hey, i'll do it for your whole family. just have them send me a half million and they'll get an $800/month check, too. think of the tremendous benefit. you won't. i know why. everyone knows why. go ahead, ignore it again. let others decide whether you are being intellectually honest.
btw, my father will in NO WAY benefit more than his lifetime of contribution. NO WAY. IMPOSSIBLE. perhaps my grandfather as i don't know how long he paid in. if he had paid his whole life he wouldn't get a net benefit, either.
try net loss. BIG LOSS. much more than $500k and $1600 a month in todays dollars. net LOSS. once you look at both sides of the equation like any honest person would.
it is intellectually dishonest to look at benefits and not address costs. i address both and let the facts fall where they do. based on those facts, i reach a conclusion. the math paints a grim picture of ss as a HUGE, MASSIVE fiscal waste that threatens the financial integrity of this nation. you won't discuss the math b/c you can't wrap up the TRUTH it reveals and repackage it as something it isn't. so you IGNORE it. nobody is fooled.
the ss system sucks. you REFUSE to talk about the MATH. fuzzy math? try no math. ;-) |
