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On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:41:34 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:19:47 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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What is the model you want to follow then? UK? Germany? Japan? Taiwan?

I'd like us to find/create our own model that actually works. None of
those
cited would work well in our system. It will need to be some sort of
hybrid.

The first thing that all of those other countries have and we are not
very comfortable with is rationing. Unfortunately as the entitlements
start to overwhelm the GDP, we will all have to get used to that.

As I've said before, SS and Medicare are fixable, and we have time to do
that, even if Chick Little's don't think so!


There is nobody willing to even talk about reform. That means it won't
get fixed until it crashes. A few politicians suggest we might have to
look at the retirement age and get suddenly tagged as wanting to kill
SS. They quickly say they were misquoted.
(I am watching one of those ads as we speak)

That's completely untrue. Perhaps it's true in an election year, but after
that's over, the serious people talk about it and try to do something.
Please show us some serious people from the far right.

I bet this announcement that we are not getting a COLA this year is
really going to hurt incumbents. I saw that ad last night. "Your
congressman voted himself a raise but he won't let you have one".

Well, inflation is pretty low, so it should be much of an actual hardship,
but you're right. Nobody in Congress should get a raise until the people get
a raise. Sounds like Socialism to me!

We are just proving the Alexander Tyler prophecy. People have
discovered that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the
public treasury.

Whatever.