Some those dickheads are the same "people who paid off their crippling student debts and have disposable income". I was waiting to watch a movie when I heard a grandmother behind me shared her grandkid's pictures on Facebook via her cellphone. A moment later her five girlfriends were cooing over the pics on their own cellphones. Annoying as a hell.
1) An unemployment rate of 0% means full employment.
Uh, no. Full employment in a normal economy has a 5% unemployment rate, which is the current unemployment rate. Do we have full employment now? Maybe, maybe not.
From my perspective, the economy is firming up quite nicely. Then again, I work in government IT and the contract is paid out for the next three years. I'm planning to get another any time soon.
My employment contracts over the last 10+ years has explicitly stated that I'm not allowed to work more than 40 hours per week. Fortune 500 companies just don't want to pay for overtime. If I want to work extra hours, I have to get a part-time job somewhere.
If you pay attention to the official rate so far for this year, you will notice two things: more people are being hired and the official rate haven't changed. More people being hired should decrease the official rate. Unless more people are coming off the sidelines because employers can no longer make excuses not to hire the long-term unemployed..
When Chrome stopped issuing Mac updates for the 32-bit processor in 2014, it was the death knell for my venerable 2006 MacBook (now running Mint Linux). As the 8-Bit Guy demonstrated in his YouTube, the 32-bit MacBook can run the latest 32-bit Windows OS and 32-bit Chrome.
What percentage of people over 100 years old work now?
My grandmother worked until she dropped dead at 83. My father worked until he dropped dead at 75, working 50 years at the same company for three generations of owners. I can't rule out the possibility that medical advances will keep me working until I'm 120.
Who will employ you in those golden years?
Self-employment. Why climb the corporate ladder when you can own the corporate ladder?
If people in their 50's and 60's have as much finding decent work with 30 years experience, you're simply fucking stupid to not save for retirement and work until 120.
I wrote that I wasn't planning for Social Security to be around when I retire. I'm still saving money for the future.
Social security is probably for idiots like you who fail to plan.
Social Security are for idiots who didn't plan for their retirements to last 30+ years. A common problem these days.
Your opinion that people who have paid into a system for their entire lives based on a promise of security later in life are "lazy losers" is ridiculous, because they've done the work, given up the money, and deserve the return.
As a Generation Xer who paid into "the system" all my life, I'm planning on Social Security not to be there when I retire in 30 years when I'm 77. In fact, I expect to work until I drop dead at 120.
But you clearly don't care if you are a heartless bastard, so goodbye.
No, I'm an asshole. I wouldn't be working in IT if I wasn't.
Some users prefer the tactile feedback of a hardware button. When you press a hardware button, you get instant feedback that tells you that you pressed down. Swiping on the Kindle screen isn't the same, especially if the feedback isn't instantaneous.
No, that was from the Supreme Court ruling. It was a funny case. The government was kicking a communist out of the country and he wanted his money back from the government. The guy lost everything and got kicked out anyway.
Someone who has lived their lives with a promise from their government, a promise that was used to justify confiscation of income, has every right to expect the government to follow through on that promise.
But the government can change the rules at any time, especially if the Supreme Court goes along with it.
1 out of a 100 student loan holders are disabled to the point where they can't work at all, even the white collar jobs they should have trained for at university?
Not everyone is disabled from birth. Some people become disabled by circumstances beyond their control years after they graduated from school. A chemical accident at work disabled my friend, the insurance compensation was meager, and he can't hold a steady job. Fortunately, he filed for bankruptcy before the rules were changed and got his student loan discharged. Living on $1,000 per month is not fun.
Just because you didn't bother to apply doesn't mean the program doesn't exist.
Re-read my comment. I was referring to the Obama iPhone, not the 1985 program that Reagan signed into law. My tea party relatives in Idaho reassure me that the government was handing out iPhones like candy. I pay $80 per month for my iPhone. Sounds like a great deal to have the government pick up the tab. Unless, of course, it's not true.
I bet that you will be just as adamant then that the promises that were made to you while you were working and having money extracted from your paycheck based on those promises be honored, as you are adamant now that senior citizens who have had their money taken with the promise of benefits when they get old are "lazy losers".
I'm planning that Social Security won't be around and I'll be working until I drop dead at 120.
People paid into social security their whole life and they have a right to expect the benefits from that.
A 1950's Supreme Court ruling stated that Social Security is a government program and no one has a right to claim benefits. If Congress decides to shut down Social Security and keep the money, tough luck.
My understanding that the Social Security records will be cross-referenced for disability qualification, eliminating a more cumbersome process that existed before and discouraged many people from applying before.
What's going to happen then is anyone's guess but I bet it wont be pretty.
If nothing is done. The quickest — and perhaps easiest — solution is to abolish the wage cap at $118,500, tax all earned income for social security and build up the trust fund for future generations.
people paid into social security their whole life, they have a right to expect the benefits
The taxes taken out of your paycheck today pays for today's retirees. It takes three workers to pay for one retire today. In 2030, retirees will outnumber workers and two workers will have to pay more in taxes to pay one retiree.
taking my money to pay for lazy losers is the problem
Which article of or amendement to the Constitution puts the president in charge of student loan payments?
The Administration (i.e., the officials in the executive branch of government under a particular chief executive) is responsible for implementing the law and regulations that Congress approves.
That's the whole point when applying for financial aid. If you're going to Harvard Law school, you're guarantee to get a job despite the glut of lawyers throughout the US.
Amen its my money going into Social Security not a freaking handout!
That's not correct. Your money in Social Security is paying for today's retirees. When you retire tomorrow, tomorrow workers will be paying for your benefits. Unfortunately, 20 years from now, there won't be enough workers to pay for retirees.
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Some those dickheads are the same "people who paid off their crippling student debts and have disposable income". I was waiting to watch a movie when I heard a grandmother behind me shared her grandkid's pictures on Facebook via her cellphone. A moment later her five girlfriends were cooing over the pics on their own cellphones. Annoying as a hell.
1) An unemployment rate of 0% means full employment.
Uh, no. Full employment in a normal economy has a 5% unemployment rate, which is the current unemployment rate. Do we have full employment now? Maybe, maybe not.
From my perspective, the economy is firming up quite nicely. Then again, I work in government IT and the contract is paid out for the next three years. I'm planning to get another any time soon.
Is there some problem with Reuters or CNBC that these government statistics 'news' stories need to be repeated here?
Not every nerd lives in his mother's basement. Some of us are out in the real world, read the business pages and like to discuss statistics.
My employment contracts over the last 10+ years has explicitly stated that I'm not allowed to work more than 40 hours per week. Fortune 500 companies just don't want to pay for overtime. If I want to work extra hours, I have to get a part-time job somewhere.
If you pay attention to the official rate so far for this year, you will notice two things: more people are being hired and the official rate haven't changed. More people being hired should decrease the official rate. Unless more people are coming off the sidelines because employers can no longer make excuses not to hire the long-term unemployed..
Front page exposure always results in a Slashdotting. Oh, wait. Never mind.
I had my wireless mouse hijacked last night. Battery committed suicide.
When Chrome stopped issuing Mac updates for the 32-bit processor in 2014, it was the death knell for my venerable 2006 MacBook (now running Mint Linux). As the 8-Bit Guy demonstrated in his YouTube, the 32-bit MacBook can run the latest 32-bit Windows OS and 32-bit Chrome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJw8aSxEFwQ
[...] so long as folks understand the money is being spent now and has to be repaid later.
A point most politicians don't mention and most voters don't want to acknowledge.
What percentage of people over 100 years old work now?
My grandmother worked until she dropped dead at 83. My father worked until he dropped dead at 75, working 50 years at the same company for three generations of owners. I can't rule out the possibility that medical advances will keep me working until I'm 120.
Who will employ you in those golden years?
Self-employment. Why climb the corporate ladder when you can own the corporate ladder?
If people in their 50's and 60's have as much finding decent work with 30 years experience, you're simply fucking stupid to not save for retirement and work until 120.
I wrote that I wasn't planning for Social Security to be around when I retire. I'm still saving money for the future.
Social security is probably for idiots like you who fail to plan.
Social Security are for idiots who didn't plan for their retirements to last 30+ years. A common problem these days.
This game is over.
Wait 20 years and find out.
Your opinion that people who have paid into a system for their entire lives based on a promise of security later in life are "lazy losers" is ridiculous, because they've done the work, given up the money, and deserve the return.
As a Generation Xer who paid into "the system" all my life, I'm planning on Social Security not to be there when I retire in 30 years when I'm 77. In fact, I expect to work until I drop dead at 120.
But you clearly don't care if you are a heartless bastard, so goodbye.
No, I'm an asshole. I wouldn't be working in IT if I wasn't.
But the man above was not Secretary of State and Washington insider for 30+ years.
The rules are different for political appointees than civil workers and non-governmental civilians.
How is a hardware button better?
Some users prefer the tactile feedback of a hardware button. When you press a hardware button, you get instant feedback that tells you that you pressed down. Swiping on the Kindle screen isn't the same, especially if the feedback isn't instantaneous.
You said they have no "right to claim".
No, that was from the Supreme Court ruling. It was a funny case. The government was kicking a communist out of the country and he wanted his money back from the government. The guy lost everything and got kicked out anyway.
Someone who has lived their lives with a promise from their government, a promise that was used to justify confiscation of income, has every right to expect the government to follow through on that promise.
But the government can change the rules at any time, especially if the Supreme Court goes along with it.
1 out of a 100 student loan holders are disabled to the point where they can't work at all, even the white collar jobs they should have trained for at university?
Not everyone is disabled from birth. Some people become disabled by circumstances beyond their control years after they graduated from school. A chemical accident at work disabled my friend, the insurance compensation was meager, and he can't hold a steady job. Fortunately, he filed for bankruptcy before the rules were changed and got his student loan discharged. Living on $1,000 per month is not fun.
Just because you didn't bother to apply doesn't mean the program doesn't exist.
Re-read my comment. I was referring to the Obama iPhone, not the 1985 program that Reagan signed into law. My tea party relatives in Idaho reassure me that the government was handing out iPhones like candy. I pay $80 per month for my iPhone. Sounds like a great deal to have the government pick up the tab. Unless, of course, it's not true.
I bet that you will be just as adamant then that the promises that were made to you while you were working and having money extracted from your paycheck based on those promises be honored, as you are adamant now that senior citizens who have had their money taken with the promise of benefits when they get old are "lazy losers".
I'm planning that Social Security won't be around and I'll be working until I drop dead at 120.
People paid into social security their whole life and they have a right to expect the benefits from that.
A 1950's Supreme Court ruling stated that Social Security is a government program and no one has a right to claim benefits. If Congress decides to shut down Social Security and keep the money, tough luck.
No need to actually provide any proof.
My understanding that the Social Security records will be cross-referenced for disability qualification, eliminating a more cumbersome process that existed before and discouraged many people from applying before.
What's going to happen then is anyone's guess but I bet it wont be pretty.
If nothing is done. The quickest — and perhaps easiest — solution is to abolish the wage cap at $118,500, tax all earned income for social security and build up the trust fund for future generations.
people paid into social security their whole life, they have a right to expect the benefits
The taxes taken out of your paycheck today pays for today's retirees. It takes three workers to pay for one retire today. In 2030, retirees will outnumber workers and two workers will have to pay more in taxes to pay one retiree.
taking my money to pay for lazy losers is the problem
I have the same feeling about senior citizens.
News article: Drone wipes out Afghanistan wedding party.
Hillary Clinton, in email: Damn those desk jockeys at the CIA!
FTFY
Which article of or amendement to the Constitution puts the president in charge of student loan payments?
The Administration (i.e., the officials in the executive branch of government under a particular chief executive) is responsible for implementing the law and regulations that Congress approves.
Buying a luxury car does make you poorer though.
That's the whole point when applying for financial aid. If you're going to Harvard Law school, you're guarantee to get a job despite the glut of lawyers throughout the US.
Amen its my money going into Social Security not a freaking handout!
That's not correct. Your money in Social Security is paying for today's retirees. When you retire tomorrow, tomorrow workers will be paying for your benefits. Unfortunately, 20 years from now, there won't be enough workers to pay for retirees.
Sprint doesn't offer enough bling to bring in the money.