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Bluesman
You moron....Correct.
Such programs are not to be found in the enumerated powers of the Constitution. If your state feels the need to create an entitlement mentality, do it with your money.
According to the latest Census data, 96 percent of poor parents responded that their children had never been hungry during the previous year due to a lack of food resources. Only 4 percent of poor parents responded that their children had been hungry at some point in the year.
Who was it that moved Social Security into the general fund and then spent all the money? Besides, if SS is not an entitlement like you lefties claim, you shouldn't have to tax anyone else to get the money you put into it.
Perhaps so. As a Libertarian, I believe we could do with less military intervention. This does NOT mean you should get handouts at the expense of others.
Ah yes, another brilliant retort from the left we've come to know and love...
And with such a low number (4% of those consider below the poverty level), real charity could easily supplement their nutritional needs. Real charity, not the kind that involves theft.
And that extra money you get beyond what you've put in, where does that come from? Oh yes, it's stolen from other citizens. When government takes from some to give to others, it damn well is an entitlement.
I want the choice to opt out. If you want to depend on the government to keep your retirement money, fine, but stop forcing others into your Ponzi schemes.
grandfather it to the point where people can spend their lives paying into something else. Don't fuck people over.
Not sure what you're trying to say here.
Same with Medicare
The average person on Medicare takes out THREE TIMES what they pay in. But that's not an entitlement either...
once again....real slow this time....Did you ever consider that the 96% number of poor people without hunger issues is that high BECAUSE OF PROGRAMS LIKE FOOD STAMPS? You do away with them and that number plummets.
Now....onto the next part of your lack of reading comprehension....
What I was saying is that if you want to do away with SS and Medicare, do it so that older folks who are still working don't get fucked. Decide on a fair cutoff age....say 35 or 40....those older than that age will keep their SS benefits as is....those younger than that can decide what to do.
The idea of making the cutoff at 55, like Ryan's proposal fucks over a lot of people who didn't have the time to prepare for higher out of pocket costs.