The buzz word of Ponzi scheme is such a cursory level analysis it’s hard to even engage.
It’s failed because we sent our jobs overseas / healthcare costs have exploded because we have 50m illegal as in the country in ER rooms / we’ve spent our treasure “fighting” overseas so MIC can buy more yachts.
But keep throwing out “Ponzi scheme”.
Natural Immunity Croc
[QUOTE=thethe;940615]That's fine
So he was an amazing candidate.
He then made a statement that alligned with Donald trump on Ukraine
And now he's a terrible candidate
That's fine. We've all gotten things wrong. But you keep bragging about your real time judgement and I'm wondering if you just got it wrong with RDS
[QUOTE=sturg33;940619]Aligned with trump? Sure thing.
If you think that well then I’m not sure what to say.
Trump say in front of the world and refused to condemn outin for crimea. He told reporters that the US has done shady ****. There is no prominent political that is aligned with trump on foreign policy. Well maybe except Ron Paul.
Natural Immunity Croc
Not really.
This one is particular is a literal ponzi scheme
I invite you to really embarrass me, and explain in your own words how social security is not a ponzi scheme
In order to help you, here is the definition of a ponzi scheme
"A Ponzi scheme is an investment fraud that pays existing investors with funds collected from new investors."
Natural Immunity Croc
There are funds earmarked but a government budget can be reworked to allocate funds as needed. So yes it is like any other government expenditure.
And as noted exploding healthcare costs are a result of awful domestic policy - mainly unfettered illegal immigration. You wouldn’t be saying a word about any of this because there wouldn’t be a crisis if not for illegals sucking this country dry.
Natural Immunity Croc
This isn't a gotcha question.
You claim basically daily about how amazing your judgement is
You very recently (like 5 min ago) claimed that RDS would be an amazing president
Today you call him mediocre, irrelevant, and the same as Romney and McCain
I disagree with your current real world judgement. But what's clear is you have shifted.
That's fine. That's good! We should evolve with new info
But is it fair to say your real world judgement of RDS 5 min was horribly flawed?
The difference between the two is quite straight forward.
In one program, the person paying in does it with the expectation they’ll be directly paid out on the backend.
The other two are public utilities with positive externalities, which I would argue aren’t exactly managed well by government. FEMA especially has been quite disastrous.
Interesting side note - new developments in my county require HOA because they want HOA’s to be responsible for street repairs. Texas isn’t perfect but they tend to be good with common sense government.
This is what is so ****ing infuriating with you
When it comes.to SS, youre wrong. Not subjectively... But objectively wrong
It is run as a ponzi scheme.
You want to reform it? Campaign on reforming it!
Like RDS did.
But you say it cannot be touched!
But you also.say it can be saved with some adjustments.
But you also say any politician who campaigns on adjusting it hates old people and cannot be elected
Do you see the problem?
I don't want the dude who is completely alligned with AOC, Bernie Sanders, and Joe Biden, solving our biggest financial problem
I want the guy who is willing to be serious and actually address the crashing train