4. There will not come a day where we suddenly have to pay the Social Security Trust Fund back, because we've already been paying the Trust Fund back. The Social Security Trust fund can only invest in US Bonds. Those bonds have a maturity date where the money has to be paid back. And that maturity date has already passed for some of the bonds. (The principal and interest were used to buy more bonds initially, at the moment some of the interest is being paid as benefits. Just as planned)
The taxpayers paid into Social Security. The money paid was treated like general revenue and spent. In its place there is an IOU from the treasury called a US Bond. How does the treasury repay these bonds in the future? By getting money from future taxpayers or by rolling it forward by selling more bonds (i.e. borrowing more money). The scheme keeps working until China stops buying treasuries.
I bought a Pioneer Elite 50â 1080i plasma tv used for $60. It was probably over $5000 in its day.
Itâ(TM)s a beautiful picture, great black levels, excellent coatings for glare resistance, great sound built in. Has a separate media center so itâ(TM)s very way to mount cleanly on the wall.
Itâ(TM)s unfortunate plasma is no longer made.
I remember reading one of his books and hearing us radio show many years ago. People said he was nuts.
Nowadays he might have been called a "fat denier" for going against the mainstream.
If you live on Manhattan island or inside San Francisco - $150K barely covers rent.
Really?
You can't find a rental for less than $12,000 a month?
Well lets see.
150K income after federal, state, and city taxes for a NYC resident will net about 90K.
90K/12 = $7500/month
Figure there will be other deductions for medical and such, so 7000/mo
If you fund your 401K retirement plan, deduct 1500, so you have 5500
Median rent in Manhattan is $3350 so that leaves you $2150/mo for everything else.
Insurance, food, entertainment, clothes, medical expenses, transportation, and so on.
You will definitely be tight, and not saving much other than the retirement income
These court cases are crap and I'm sick of this argument that people are just incapable of getting an ID somehow.
Yes, yes, ignore the actual documented problems that were substantiated in a court of law. This is the biggest issue with the legitimacy of your argument, you rail and rant at the concerns, instead of solving them.
I said this to Mashiki, but you should realize it as well, a little contrition is what you need, not obstreperousness.
I didn't ignore them. I say they are anecdotal crap that liberal judges buy into.
Everyone should have an ID.
Then make it an obligation for the state to provide it, even if the Governor of the State has to walk around in EVERY single neighborhood with a camera and a printer.
No. Adults who want to vote have to go and get an ID. No one has to go hand it to them. If they can make it to the polls they can make it to get an ID.
Here's a list of reasons why, provided by the NYC government:
Yes, yes, there are good reasons to have ID. Which is why the City of New York set up a Municipal ID program, thank you for appreciating them.
I do appreciate it. The mayor is not however walking door to door. People still have to take action
If those vans were giving out free phones people would have waited on lines for hours.
Yes, yes, there were protests over providing people with phones too.
Irrelevant comment
Voters are supposed to be adults. Treat them accordingly.
Yes, yes, blame the voter, a common attitude, except the state's legitimacy only exists with the provision of the vote. Treat it accordingly.
Also irrelevant
I bet if you needed a photo ID to collect social security benefits the person named in that lawsuit would have had one for 20 years.
I bet if Social Security started doing photo ID, there'd be massive protests and objections about the mark of the beast.
These court cases are crap and I'm sick of this argument that people are just incapable of getting an ID somehow. Everyone should have an ID. Here's a list of reasons why, provided by the NYC government:
People object no matter how easy the local government makes it. People objected even when they were sending mobile voter ID vans into neighborhoods to make it easy. If those vans were giving out free phones people would have waited on lines for hours.
Voters are supposed to be adults. Treat them accordingly.
Read the letter, it is very clear:
In addition, in order for the Commission to fully analyze vulnerabilities and issues related to
voter registration and voting, I am requesting that you provide to the Commission the PUBLICLY AVAILABLE voter roll data for Alabama, including, if publicly available under the laws of your
state, the full first and last names of all registrants, middle names or initials if available,
addresses, dates of birth, political party (if recorded in your state), last four digits of social
security number if available, voter history (elections voted in) from 2006 onward, active/inactive
status, cancelled status, information regarding any felony convictions, information regarding
voter registration in another state, information regarding military status, and overseas citizen
information
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. We all know that there is a world wide movement on the right to establish fascist government, quite possibly driven by Russian propaganda money.
"We all" don't know any such thing.
4. There will not come a day where we suddenly have to pay the Social Security Trust Fund back, because we've already been paying the Trust Fund back. The Social Security Trust fund can only invest in US Bonds. Those bonds have a maturity date where the money has to be paid back. And that maturity date has already passed for some of the bonds. (The principal and interest were used to buy more bonds initially, at the moment some of the interest is being paid as benefits. Just as planned)
The taxpayers paid into Social Security. The money paid was treated like general revenue and spent. In its place there is an IOU from the treasury called a US Bond. How does the treasury repay these bonds in the future? By getting money from future taxpayers or by rolling it forward by selling more bonds (i.e. borrowing more money). The scheme keeps working until China stops buying treasuries.
I bought a Pioneer Elite 50â 1080i plasma tv used for $60. It was probably over $5000 in its day. Itâ(TM)s a beautiful picture, great black levels, excellent coatings for glare resistance, great sound built in. Has a separate media center so itâ(TM)s very way to mount cleanly on the wall. Itâ(TM)s unfortunate plasma is no longer made.
Like every other vending machine owner they will need to strike deals to place their machines and deal with restocking and broken machines.
I remember reading one of his books and hearing us radio show many years ago. People said he was nuts. Nowadays he might have been called a "fat denier" for going against the mainstream.
Afterwards spent the week in Myrtle Beach.
All in all it was a great trip.
Really?
You can't find a rental for less than $12,000 a month?
Well lets see.
150K income after federal, state, and city taxes for a NYC resident will net about 90K.
90K/12 = $7500/month
Figure there will be other deductions for medical and such, so 7000/mo
If you fund your 401K retirement plan, deduct 1500, so you have 5500
Median rent in Manhattan is $3350 so that leaves you $2150/mo for everything else.
Insurance, food, entertainment, clothes, medical expenses, transportation, and so on.
You will definitely be tight, and not saving much other than the retirement income
These court cases are crap and I'm sick of this argument that people are just incapable of getting an ID somehow.
Yes, yes, ignore the actual documented problems that were substantiated in a court of law. This is the biggest issue with the legitimacy of your argument, you rail and rant at the concerns, instead of solving them.
I said this to Mashiki, but you should realize it as well, a little contrition is what you need, not obstreperousness.
I didn't ignore them. I say they are anecdotal crap that liberal judges buy into.
Everyone should have an ID.
Then make it an obligation for the state to provide it, even if the Governor of the State has to walk around in EVERY single neighborhood with a camera and a printer.
No. Adults who want to vote have to go and get an ID. No one has to go hand it to them. If they can make it to the polls they can make it to get an ID.
Here's a list of reasons why, provided by the NYC government:
Yes, yes, there are good reasons to have ID. Which is why the City of New York set up a Municipal ID program, thank you for appreciating them.
I do appreciate it. The mayor is not however walking door to door. People still have to take action
If those vans were giving out free phones people would have waited on lines for hours.
Yes, yes, there were protests over providing people with phones too.
Irrelevant comment
Voters are supposed to be adults. Treat them accordingly.
Yes, yes, blame the voter, a common attitude, except the state's legitimacy only exists with the provision of the vote. Treat it accordingly.
Also irrelevant
I bet if you needed a photo ID to collect social security benefits the person named in that lawsuit would have had one for 20 years.
I bet if Social Security started doing photo ID, there'd be massive protests and objections about the mark of the beast.
More irrelevance.
Even if you provide the ID free of charge.
Thanks in no small part to the States failing to provide the ID free of charge. Like in Pennsylvania
I bet if you needed a photo ID to collect social security benefits the person named in that lawsuit would have had one for 20 years.
You mean the thing that is actually a discriminatory burden?
These court cases are crap and I'm sick of this argument that people are just incapable of getting an ID somehow. Everyone should have an ID. Here's a list of reasons why, provided by the NYC government:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/id/htm...
People object no matter how easy the local government makes it. People objected even when they were sending mobile voter ID vans into neighborhoods to make it easy. If those vans were giving out free phones people would have waited on lines for hours.
Voters are supposed to be adults. Treat them accordingly.
Read the letter, it is very clear: In addition, in order for the Commission to fully analyze vulnerabilities and issues related to voter registration and voting, I am requesting that you provide to the Commission the PUBLICLY AVAILABLE voter roll data for Alabama, including, if publicly available under the laws of your state, the full first and last names of all registrants, middle names or initials if available, addresses, dates of birth, political party (if recorded in your state), last four digits of social security number if available, voter history (elections voted in) from 2006 onward, active/inactive status, cancelled status, information regarding any felony convictions, information regarding voter registration in another state, information regarding military status, and overseas citizen information
Looks very reasonable to me. https://apps.npr.org/documents...