Social Security isn't *investment*, it's *insurance*. It's a gaurentee that you won't have to spend your retirement years under a bridge.
I don't think it's either. If it were insurance, it would only pay people who got in trouble.
As a group, retirees are the wealthiest americans, and yet *every single one of them* receives Social Security benefits - not just people who would be on the streets without them.
If you get rid of Social Security, how are you planning to prevent elder poverty?
We've got elder poverty right now. Social Security alone doesn't keep people above the poverty line if they have no other source of income (read: some kind of retirement account).
You can't prevent poverty, but you can ameliorate the effects. We've got this thing called 'welfare' that does just that for those who are unable to work.
There's nothing wrong with it that can't be cured by allowing destitute senior citizens to starve to death on the streets.
This is what they call a false dichotomy. There is no reason why letting Americans control a larger portion of their retirement investments means old people must starve in the street.
As it stands right now, anyone who wants something approaching a comfortable retirement should be saving anyway - social security alone won't cut it at all as it's designed to be a supplement rather than the sole source of retirement income. It's either save now, have successful children who can support you in your dotage, work 'till you die, or live on dog food when you retire.
Actually, "Sagan" was the internal Apple code name for the Power Mac 8100/80. The other prototypes at the time were code named "Piltdown Man" (6100/60) and "Cold Fusion" (7100/66). Carl Sagan's problem was, IIRC, that the other code names referred to famous frauds, and that Apple was implying something by the association. Thus the code name was changed from Sagan to BHA.
Public utilities will never force you to pay online. They may offer the opportunity, and it may require.NET, but they'll always accept a check. Imagine requiring internet access to get a phone or electric service! Won't happen. Ever.
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The point the article made was that, in order to justify it's high stock price, Microsoft needs large yearly increases in revenue. The chart shows that it hasn't been happening lately and is unlikely to happen in the future.
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Identification wasn't the problem here - these jokers seem to have used their real names. The FBI recognized a name on a manifest as that of a suspect in a previous bus bombing. (Which raises the question of how he got into the country).
I wouldn't even say Airplanes were the problem. They were just a convenient weapon. Take them away, and there are still other weapons available.
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Shooting in an airplaine can be done without penetrating the hull - provided you're using the proper ammo. Glaser Safety slugs were developed for the original Sky Marshalls - instead of steel-jacketed lead, they're buckshot suspended in (I think) teflon - something like a shotgun shell for your pistol. The point is: they expend all of their energy on impact, so they won't go through the guy you shoot and breach the hull.
Granted, a crowded airplaine isn't the best shooting gallery, but a trained professional will know when to take the shot.
>coordinated schedule. It's likely that each cell >had NO IDEA that other planes were involved.
There's a report that the guy flying flight 11 said something like "We've got more planes" just before it hit. Hopefully this implies lax security among the cells, or no cells at all - making it easier to trace them back to their origin.
I have a 250 disk CD carousel. Very nice, but it's a pain to pull out an individual CD to play in the car, discman or boombox. So, I habitually make copies of my current favorites for "portable use". Not to mention the mix CD's I make with tracks from legitimately purchased discs.
Also, my car's been broken into a couple of times, so I'm leery about carrying around the originals...
So, no piracy here. Nevertheless, Sony is going to blow up my stereo? They better put a big, fat, red warning label on their "Cactus" CDs so I can make an informed decision.
I once did some freelance work for a guy that ran his own payphone business. He bought the phones, negotiated for the business owners for location rights, installed them and collected buckets of quarters every week. Pretty much anyone can run a payphone business - be it a network of 5 or 500 payphones - if there's money in it, someone will do it, whether it's US West or your neighbor. One of the (seemingly few) bennies of telco deregulation.
Seems to me that the first audit would be the burden. On subsequent audits you would just hand over updated documentation. If you were being audited every month, it would be a snap (and you would have a big incentive) to keep your compliance documentation up to date.
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That's a false dichotomy. I see no reason why partially privatizing social security must condemn people to freeze/starve, etc.
Then why not design a system that helps those who need it rather than *everyone*? It would certainly cost less.
I'm hoping I won't have to. I've been saving for retirement since I started working.
My dad's still working at 68. He'd prefer not to, I guess, but he pretty much has to.
I'm not suggesting that there shouldn't be a safety net for those who can't afford retirement and yet can't continue to work.
Social Security isn't *investment*, it's *insurance*. It's a gaurentee that you won't have to spend your retirement years under a bridge.
I don't think it's either. If it were insurance, it would only pay people who got in trouble.
As a group, retirees are the wealthiest americans, and yet *every single one of them* receives Social Security benefits - not just people who would be on the streets without them.
Why not keep working after 65 if you can't afford to retire?
If you get rid of Social Security, how are you planning to prevent elder poverty?
We've got elder poverty right now. Social Security alone doesn't keep people above the poverty line if they have no other source of income (read: some kind of retirement account).
You can't prevent poverty, but you can ameliorate the effects. We've got this thing called 'welfare' that does just that for those who are unable to work.
There's nothing wrong with it that can't be cured by allowing destitute senior citizens to starve to death on the streets.
This is what they call a false dichotomy. There is no reason why letting Americans control a larger portion of their retirement investments means old people must starve in the street.
As it stands right now, anyone who wants something approaching a comfortable retirement should be saving anyway - social security alone won't cut it at all as it's designed to be a supplement rather than the sole source of retirement income. It's either save now, have successful children who can support you in your dotage, work 'till you die, or live on dog food when you retire.
Actually, "Sagan" was the internal Apple code name for the Power Mac 8100/80. The other prototypes at the time were code named "Piltdown Man" (6100/60) and "Cold Fusion" (7100/66). Carl Sagan's problem was, IIRC, that the other code names referred to famous frauds, and that Apple was implying something by the association. Thus the code name was changed from Sagan to BHA.
Public utilities will never force you to pay online. They may offer the opportunity, and it may require .NET, but they'll always accept a check. Imagine requiring internet access to get a phone or electric service! Won't happen. Ever.
The point the article made was that, in order to justify it's high stock price, Microsoft needs large yearly increases in revenue. The chart shows that it hasn't been happening lately and is unlikely to happen in the future.
Identification wasn't the problem here - these jokers seem to have used their real names. The FBI recognized a name on a manifest as that of a suspect in a previous bus bombing. (Which raises the question of how he got into the country).
I wouldn't even say Airplanes were the problem. They were just a convenient weapon. Take them away, and there are still other weapons available.
Shooting in an airplaine can be done without penetrating the hull - provided you're using the proper ammo. Glaser Safety slugs were developed for the original Sky Marshalls - instead of steel-jacketed lead, they're buckshot suspended in (I think) teflon - something like a shotgun shell for your pistol. The point is: they expend all of their energy on impact, so they won't go through the guy you shoot and breach the hull.
Granted, a crowded airplaine isn't the best shooting gallery, but a trained professional will know when to take the shot.
>coordinated schedule. It's likely that each cell >had NO IDEA that other planes were involved.
There's a report that the guy flying flight 11 said something like "We've got more planes" just before it hit. Hopefully this implies lax security among the cells, or no cells at all - making it easier to trace them back to their origin.
Interesting. Today was likely chosen by the terrorists for just this reason.
...but I just had to say:
My wife, Juanita, likes to browse the web Hispanicly
Also, my car's been broken into a couple of times, so I'm leery about carrying around the originals...
So, no piracy here. Nevertheless, Sony is going to blow up my stereo? They better put a big, fat, red warning label on their "Cactus" CDs so I can make an informed decision.
I once did some freelance work for a guy that ran his own payphone business. He bought the phones, negotiated for the business owners for location rights, installed them and collected buckets of quarters every week. Pretty much anyone can run a payphone business - be it a network of 5 or 500 payphones - if there's money in it, someone will do it, whether it's US West or your neighbor. One of the (seemingly few) bennies of telco deregulation.
I was thinking that, in last week's Sopranos, the writers got lazy and substituted boobs for plot.
Seems to me that the first audit would be the burden. On subsequent audits you would just hand over updated documentation. If you were being audited every month, it would be a snap (and you would have a big incentive) to keep your compliance documentation up to date.