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Originally posted by Gemini
That self investing might work if you are young enough NOW Iroc, but some of us are really in a bad spot. We had a decent nestegg built up but Nasdaq did for that. And we're working on doing it again but given our age versus the time we can build it, the state of the market as it will be for several years... That SS will be the difference between meat with bread or just bread.
They should have passed legislation years ago to keep those idiots from 'borrowing' from SS and Medicare etc. I can't remember them ever paying it back either. 99% of the time it's Republicans, and it goes to the pentagon. We understand that the military needs alot of funding so lets cut out all the BS they want to spend it on, trim back the aid we hand small countries to feed themselves (while we are shipping them millions of tons of food??)
Sheesh, we have alot of pretty close to starving people without shoes in our OWN country. We can't blame those people that they didn't get a good education or that mines etc closed up due to legislation. Bushs answer is open the mines and kill us ALL off so they can work, drill for oil in every yard and the heck with you can't have a cookout in your own yard etc. We hand monies to other countries while the funds owed to the Native Americans go unpaid... If ANYONE should be paid first, the ones this land was stolen from are or should be at the head of the line. Especially given the miniscule amounts they are not paid!
It would add some costs, but I think it might come down to alot more state level voting on alot more of the things the Fed level deals with. MAKE our senators and reps vote the way WE want, not for some %^#!$%$@# lobbiest's views. With the net, that cost would be fairly low and alot easier dor the people to vote. Make it a 24hr vote and tally up the next day, the reps etc see how their people want them to vote and HAVE to vote that way. None of this electoral type voting which negates the vote of the people.
Ahh but not in my lifetime I doubt. We'll have to have another Great Depression before they might learn something. Maybe even an insurrection as some have forcast. Who knows.
Meantime, back at the batcave, we are developing a new MX-5467cts-FX hammer to sale to the infidel US Government for $10k!! 
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know what's really sad? recently the city i live in raised sales tax .5%. then, they approved a $260 million river project, where they can take any house in the way, wether you like it or not. then they're adding an "impact fee", which is basically an unconstitutional $7000 tax on new land. then they're buying 4 square blocks of downtown to tear it down and put up a 13-plex theater. buying it with tax money. they just built a new parking garage down town with taxpayers' money, and they charge considerably more than any other parking garage in town.
for a fucking $260 million river.
as far as the future planning goes, sorry about your luck. i'm of the opinion that one should have prepared for such. i'm not blaming as much the people in the situation now, but the people that will be in the future. they should know about this, and plan accordingly. a good diversity of investments and such should also prevent "only eating bread". people are just too dependant on the government to support them. there are people that really need it, but too many more that just take and take. just like welfare & unemployment. it's saddening. and yes, i've been in position to take handouts from both, but i have not.
it worries me more about our future generation. the lack of foresight, or even caring. they think they can just stick out their hand and it will come to them, that working doesn't mean anything anymore.
bleh.