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Post by aztecwin on Feb 27, 2010 11:51:44 GMT -8
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Post by AztecWilliam on Feb 27, 2010 17:44:27 GMT -8
This is an enormously important problem. Unfortunately, the problem may very well remain unsolved due to intransigence of politicians and prominent private citizens who are simply incapable of challenging their most cherished assumptions.
One portion of the Parker piece really jumped out at me. She speaks of ". . . the inevitable failure of social engineering." Greece has experienced such a fate. So did ALL the communist economies. So has Argentina. So will, very shortly if not currently, Venezuela.
It's time to give real power to the people. To the people as individuals, not as interchangeable cogs in a giant machine.
We need new and innovative thinking. Right now I don't hear ANY new ideas coming from the Democrats. None! Not one single one. They continue to rely on 19th Century and mid-20th Century quasi-Marxists/socialist collective plans that have always failed and always will fail.
If the Left continues to checkmate any ideas not inspired by its government controlled, top-down, one-size-fits-all philosophy, what has happened to Greece and the communist countries before them will happen here, too.
In the final analysis, current Leftist nonsense (leavened by a lot of special interest, crony based economics) can be traced back to the 19th Century thinkers who were sure that an elite cadre of intellectuals could successfully substitute their values and decision making for those of the common citizen. It's a tired, uninspiring, and clearly unworkable collection of failed nostrums that have this in common. . . the belief that a Utopian civilization is within reach of mankind if only the masses would yield to their betters.
Hasn't worked in the past and won't work in the future. I only hope that the mass of citizens will come to realize that reality. Unfortunately, all too many of those citizens are quite susceptible to the siren song of the Left. . . We will take care of you. Just trust us!
AzWm
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Post by aztecwin on Mar 6, 2010 6:39:24 GMT -8
It seems to me that the best way to fix the Social Security problem is to privatize the entire program for new and rather young participants.
That is not very popular with most folks so the most workable solution is to eliminate the cap on earnings subject to the tax and a gradual increase in the early retirement age to 65 and the full retirement age to 70.
There are some other things that can be done to get the program solvent like making sure that no one draws benefits that has not legally put into the system.
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