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September 28th, 2005Mom, Dad, What Happened to You?
September 28th 12:42:08 AM
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Get Whitey
September 28th 12:31:47 AM
If you watch as much TV as I do you, you're probably familiar with the Fox drama House, about a straight talking doctor, Gregory House, played by Hugh Laurie. I was already a big fan of the show, but my admiration grew even larger when House delivered this line:
"If you really want to stick it to whitey, be one of the few blacks who lives long enough to actually collect some Social Security."
Even Hollywood gets the need for reform.
Special thanks to Kerry Kerstetter for getting the quote.
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Simple Fact
September 28th 12:20:02 AM
Every two year election cycle that passes without reform costs future retirees $320 BILLION.
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September 26th, 2005Don't Get Screwed by the Man
September 26th 11:38:52 PM
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Upcoming Baseball-Themed Boston Events!!!
September 26th 11:31:54 PM
Hey Kids, S4 is gonna touch down this weekend in Boston for events tied into the end of the baseball season. We're going to ask, if Yankee fans and Red Sox fans can come together to support necessary reform, why can't Democrats and Republicans do the same thing???
Here is the tenative schedule:
Friday, September, 30
Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
Media event: 1pm
S4 folks should show up by Noon to prepare.
We're going to let the media know about our presence, hoping they will tie us into the saturation Yanx/Sox coverage they'll be doing that day. We hope to have a celebrity joining us, which will ratchet up the coverage, but that is far from confirmed. Trust us, we're thinking big.
Otherwise, the event will revolve around us setting up a table and raising awareness in the liberal haven of Cambridge. After the media event, we'll go around talking to people for as long as its productive.
Saturday, October 1
Fanueil Hall (???), Boston, MA
Media event: Noon
S4 kids should show up around 11
This will be another event similar to Friday. Basically, we're hoping to make life easy for the media in the event of a slow news day. We're also working on a smaller-scale VIP for this event.
Once again, after the event, we'll go around the city talking to people for as long as it makes sense to do so.
With the walkarounds, I'm hoping to collect video footage along the theme of the events so we can do something else fun in the future.
Finally, in almost all liklihood, the top 2 chapter heads who bring the most people to the events will get free tix to Sunday's game at Fenway Park!!!
That's right, FREE TIX AT FENWAY PARK!!! You need to bring as many people as possible.
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Simple Fact
September 26th 11:27:08 PM
Nearly 80 percent of Americans pay more in Social Security taxes than they do in federal income tax. How do you create an ownership society and close the wealth gap in America? By letting that 80 percent invest their hard-earned dollars, not be penalized by taxes.
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ponzi vs. fonzi
September 26th 12:52:25 PM
THE BATTLE BEGINS...
A Ponzi scheme is a type of pyramid scheme named for Charles Ponzi, an Italian immigrant who duped thousands of Americans in the early 1900s. The scam includes paying returns to investors from the money raised from later investors, rather than from profits created by any actual investment.
Our present Social Security system is, technically, a large-scale Ponzi scheme. Incoming payments - your taxes - are neither saved nor invested. Instead, current contributions (from one set of individuals) are used to pay for current retirees (to another set of individuals), just like a Ponzi scheme.
The inherent flaws of this "pay-as-you-go" system is revealed by our changing demographics. Due to declining birth rates and increasing life expectancy, we now have more retirees and fewer workers paying in, and the system is heading for an utter collapse.
Actually, the present SS system is even worse than a Ponzi scheme, because at least Ponzi victims have a right to their losses when/if returned. Workers paying into Social Security have absolutely NO legal claim on their contributions. According to the 1960 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Flemming v. Nestor: the court explicitly ruled that paying into the system does not make receiving benefits a "contractual right". Congress can legally spend our retirement money and never have to give it back!
We NEED personal accounts to save our retirement contributions from (A) a system continually effected by population changes, and (B) to protect our money from a fiscally irresponsible congress.
Evenutally, Ponzi was convicted of fraud and sent to prison for two years. When he came out, he returned to Italy, where he became a top economic adviser to Benito Mussolini.
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On the flipside, Arthur 'Fonzie' Fonzerelli, of the 70's sitcom Happy Days, got all the chicks, wore a leather jacket, rode a motorcycle, and had total control of the rock n' roll jukebox. Fonzi was the absolute epitome of 1950's cool.
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September 25th, 2005Working Americans Waiting on Reform
September 25th 11:42:39 PM
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"Instead of Social Security personal accounts just hire a financial advisor to invest your surplus income."
"That's a very generous tip sir."
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The Results Are In!!! Americans want reform
September 25th 11:27:18 PM
A group called Seniors Against Federal Extravagance conducted a survey this weekend. The results would not surprise anyone but the AARP.
Ninety-two percent of participants said Social Security should be addressed now.
When asked if Congress should fix Social Security for good fifty-four percent said yes, sixteen percent said no, and thirty percent were not sure. Several of the undecideds did not think Congress could be trusted to fix Social Security right.
Ninety percent of respondents wanted to end the raid and said that all Social Security taxes should be spent on Social Security.
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Reform Remains on Track
September 25th 06:28:34 PM
Senator Jim DeMint recently said, "I've been here long enough to know that this is about as close as it gets to getting something done."
Representative Paul Ryan: "We're planning on moving this bill... It's a jump-start bill because it's a consensus bill"
Tom Delay: "There is plenty of time to do everything we want to do."
President Bush: "My job is to confront problems, not pass them on to future presidents. And I'm going to continue to confront that Social Security problem."
Scott McClellan: "The president is fully committed to the priorities he has outlined in his agenda." "We know it's headed on a course toward bankruptcy and it needs to be fixed, and the sooner we do it, the better and the less expensive."
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