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I think willpower is just the upper limit of desire.
No way Trump wrote this himself. The spelling and sentence structure are all too complex for him.
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
No way Trump wrote this himself. The spelling and sentence structure are all too complex for him.
This is a surprisingly good article. Thanks for the link.
September 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This is a surprisingly good article. Thanks for the link.
How the f*ck did this happen. It's all under Biden's administration. What did he do to cause this increase?
September 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
How the f*ck did this happen. It's all under Biden's administration. What did he do to cause this increase?
Come on, she's just being efficient. She can tell just by looking who the bad people are. Being racist is her superpower.
July 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Come on, she's just being efficient. She can tell just by looking who the bad people are. Being racist is her superpower.
Bébé looks resigned to her fate of being a handled model.
July 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Bébé looks resigned to her fate of being a handled model.
Yes, I was half way through doing that when the guilt got to me and I bailed. I've donated to some of the other links you've posted and I'm sorry you don't have control over that. I guess I'm overly sensitive.
June 7, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Yes, I was half way through doing that when the guilt got to me and I bailed. I've donated to some of the other links you've posted and I'm sorry you don't have control over that. I guess I'm overly sensitive.
Sadly, I did not donate. I hate the tips things, preallocated tips even worse, and worse yet preallocated percentage based tips. Makes me fee too guilty for not wanting to tip. I don't want any more guilt.
June 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Sadly, I did not donate. I hate the tips things, preallocated tips even worse, and worse yet preallocated percentage based tips. Makes me fee too guilty for not wanting to tip. I don't want any more guilt.
I agree. Removing the cap should be the first and the minimum step to make SS solvent for the future. The second is to allow limited investment of the fund. Across a lifetime that hurts it quite a bit. These two may be enough in themselves.
April 11, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I agree. Removing the cap should be the first and the minimum step to make SS solvent for the future. The second is to allow limited investment of the fund. Across a lifetime that hurts it quite a bit. These two may be enough in themselves.
I don't think I do completely misunderstand any of that. The "hill" is real and after the boomers are gone the next hill will start. Again, originally set up to be PAYG. There's one part of the problem that needs fixing.
April 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I don't think I do completely misunderstand any of that. The "hill" is real and after the boomers are gone the next hill will start. Again, originally set up to be PAYG. There's one part of the problem that needs fixing.
I'll point out one more subtlety. The Govt (both parties) didn't borrow the money. That's illegal. They borrowed against the value of the money in the fund. All the SS money is still there to be spent as usual. The amount borrowed just went into the national debt column to be figured out later.
April 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I'll point out one more subtlety. The Govt (both parties) didn't borrow the money. That's illegal. They borrowed against the value of the money in the fund. All the SS money is still there to be spent as usual. The amount borrowed just went into the national debt column to be figured out later.
Also, if they remove the cap it still won't come close to paying for this "downhill boomer run". It still leaves the Govt with figuring out how to pay for the upcoming deficit.
April 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Also, if they remove the cap it still won't come close to paying for this "downhill boomer run". It still leaves the Govt with figuring out how to pay for the upcoming deficit.
Yes and no. The govt borrowed from the excess. The excess is only there because we were going up the hill of boomers. That made a surplus. The problem is we're going down the hill now. Too many people taking money out and not enough going in. SS is pay as you go, not really a bank account.
April 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Yes and no. The govt borrowed from the excess. The excess is only there because we were going up the hill of boomers. That made a surplus. The problem is we're going down the hill now. Too many people taking money out and not enough going in. SS is pay as you go, not really a bank account.
True for now. But in 2023 more starts being paid out than comes in. That's when it becomes deficit spending. How/who pays for that upcoming deficit is the bulk of the argument.
April 11, 2025 at 9:48 PM
True for now. But in 2023 more starts being paid out than comes in. That's when it becomes deficit spending. How/who pays for that upcoming deficit is the bulk of the argument.
Except it's not "your money". No set amount that's "yours". Your money is only defined by how long you live. A 401k is all yours. You know how much you put in and how much you'll get out. With Soc Sec, how much you've put in has nothing to to do with how much you'll take out.
April 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Except it's not "your money". No set amount that's "yours". Your money is only defined by how long you live. A 401k is all yours. You know how much you put in and how much you'll get out. With Soc Sec, how much you've put in has nothing to to do with how much you'll take out.
If Republicans could do that they would! They hate Social Security. "Dog eat Dog", they shout. They would pay out a lump sum and be done with it in the future and taking us back to the days of millions of old people living and dying in the streets.
April 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
If Republicans could do that they would! They hate Social Security. "Dog eat Dog", they shout. They would pay out a lump sum and be done with it in the future and taking us back to the days of millions of old people living and dying in the streets.
Social Security is not a bank account of money you've saved that the Govt. is holding for you. It's a pool of money paid by everyone designed with the expectation with enough people will have died before the pool is drained. SS is half way between insurance and a tontine.
April 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Social Security is not a bank account of money you've saved that the Govt. is holding for you. It's a pool of money paid by everyone designed with the expectation with enough people will have died before the pool is drained. SS is half way between insurance and a tontine.
Privatizing schools, forcing religion, and effectively giving tax breaks to the wealthy. Great. Would be interesting to have a religious group like TST come in and open a dozen schools. I wonder how many vouchers bucks go their way?
April 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Privatizing schools, forcing religion, and effectively giving tax breaks to the wealthy. Great. Would be interesting to have a religious group like TST come in and open a dozen schools. I wonder how many vouchers bucks go their way?
Why are they all wearing Crocs? Is that govt. issue deportation footwear?
January 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Why are they all wearing Crocs? Is that govt. issue deportation footwear?
Piss off. You vilify an entire generation? Would you do that for race, gender, etc. Young males tipped 6% toward Trump this election. Harris would have won if young voters came out in percentage numbers like the boomers and if the young voters didn't slide towards Trump.
January 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Piss off. You vilify an entire generation? Would you do that for race, gender, etc. Young males tipped 6% toward Trump this election. Harris would have won if young voters came out in percentage numbers like the boomers and if the young voters didn't slide towards Trump.
Doesn't look like the bill made it very far. A couple minor actions in the senate. It was also fairly tame with the big thing being labeling. Companies would have to advertise the "bad" changes when made Sort of like requiring labels that say, "Now smaller servings for the same great price".
January 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Doesn't look like the bill made it very far. A couple minor actions in the senate. It was also fairly tame with the big thing being labeling. Companies would have to advertise the "bad" changes when made Sort of like requiring labels that say, "Now smaller servings for the same great price".
>> "The guy's worth 450 billion as of today, you know today in this month," Sununu replied. "So, I don't think he's doing it for the money."
Bull. Musk want's to be the world's first trillionaire. That's what he wants for his legacy. Musk will do anything he can to increase the rate he makes money
Bull. Musk want's to be the world's first trillionaire. That's what he wants for his legacy. Musk will do anything he can to increase the rate he makes money
December 29, 2024 at 10:20 PM
>> "The guy's worth 450 billion as of today, you know today in this month," Sununu replied. "So, I don't think he's doing it for the money."
Bull. Musk want's to be the world's first trillionaire. That's what he wants for his legacy. Musk will do anything he can to increase the rate he makes money
Bull. Musk want's to be the world's first trillionaire. That's what he wants for his legacy. Musk will do anything he can to increase the rate he makes money
No worries, The Big Bang Theory was popular for years. Those engineers should start graduating any time now.
Not to mention the huge backlog of detectives we still have from all the never ending cop procedurals.
Not to mention the huge backlog of detectives we still have from all the never ending cop procedurals.
December 26, 2024 at 5:51 PM
No worries, The Big Bang Theory was popular for years. Those engineers should start graduating any time now.
Not to mention the huge backlog of detectives we still have from all the never ending cop procedurals.
Not to mention the huge backlog of detectives we still have from all the never ending cop procedurals.
Capitalism sure seems to optimize the concentration of wealth and power in the hands of fewer and fewer people. The government should be checking that power. We'll see how it turn out with this administration giving them free rein. We've seen periods of this before and it wasn't pretty. We'll see.
December 3, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Capitalism sure seems to optimize the concentration of wealth and power in the hands of fewer and fewer people. The government should be checking that power. We'll see how it turn out with this administration giving them free rein. We've seen periods of this before and it wasn't pretty. We'll see.
I ponder this too. I've come to the conclusion that they don't vote against their own self interest. I think we just don't understand what their self interests really are.
December 3, 2024 at 2:59 PM
I ponder this too. I've come to the conclusion that they don't vote against their own self interest. I think we just don't understand what their self interests really are.