tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post3800999624985394240..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Will They Raise the Retirement Age to 91?Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-91643665121587325162010-02-21T14:10:07.533-05:002010-02-21T14:10:07.533-05:00If you want to reduce the size of government, stop...If you want to reduce the size of government, stop supporting it. If you don't ike my suggestion to stop voting and are not ready to risk not paying taxes...then maybe we need to Go On STRIKE...<br /><br />Minimize your tax generating activities and stop participating in the political process...<br /><br />Expecting politicians to reduce government is like expecting the sun to stop being hot.Efinancialnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-41775014362685258872010-02-21T10:16:40.214-05:002010-02-21T10:16:40.214-05:00You could cut 50% of government employees (local, ...You could cut 50% of government employees (local, state and federal) and 90% of the populace wouldn't notice the difference. Bring the troops home, shut down foreign military bases and dismantle all Federal agencies created since 1900. The alternative is hyperinflation or bankruptcy on a scale never seen before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-46537474006987301502010-02-21T07:57:26.897-05:002010-02-21T07:57:26.897-05:00Here is a letter to the editor that I sent to my l...Here is a letter to the editor that I sent to my local newspaper:<br /><br />Erskine Bowles, one of President Obama’s co-chairs of the federal debt reduction commission, said recently that “everything is on the table”, regarding ways to reduce the deficit. The Pentagon currently operates four luxury resorts; in Germany, Korea, Hawaii and Orlando, Florida. What is the likelihood that funding Stephen Krizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17577988184226223487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-39722260558876950992010-02-20T16:04:09.091-05:002010-02-20T16:04:09.091-05:00Don't stop voting. Vote Green Party. maybe we ...Don't stop voting. Vote Green Party. maybe we should all stop paying taxes....starve the beast, at least until we are represented again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-30317763219459872792010-02-20T15:50:15.893-05:002010-02-20T15:50:15.893-05:00The US could cut military spending by 85% and stil...The US could cut military spending by 85% and still be spending more than any other country. And that's not including the CIA and all the other black ops spending. That's around 700 billion a year they could not be wasting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-5534961995994437842010-02-20T14:11:58.491-05:002010-02-20T14:11:58.491-05:00WOW! Talk about "bate and switch" not to...WOW! Talk about "bate and switch" not to mention fraud. S&B's "solution" is to create/continue a retirement service designed to avoid paying retirement benefits.<br /><br />The criminal class of politicians has no shame. Stop rewarding them. STOP VOTINGEfinancialnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-30350160233370574242010-02-19T19:31:49.103-05:002010-02-19T19:31:49.103-05:00END the damned endless wars around the world, and ...END the damned endless wars around the world, and STOP sending our tax dollars to Israel and there would be plenty of funds to end the deficit. But that's too reasonable to be considered by this gang of murderers.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194762006464671519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-22067488737367346412010-02-19T17:53:20.416-05:002010-02-19T17:53:20.416-05:00Erskine Bowles has plans. Obama's appointing ...Erskine Bowles has plans. Obama's appointing him co-chair of the deficit commission should increase the offers.<br /><br />This is from a piece on his retirement from UNC:<br /><br />Bowles said he's exploring several options for his future but he emphatically ruled out another run for public office, saying he has no interest in partisan politics.<br /><br />http://www.wral.com/news/PEU Report/State of the Divisionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10269683860174947542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-1068423319917625972010-02-19T17:37:08.189-05:002010-02-19T17:37:08.189-05:00"mental midgets"? lol! I'm sure th..."mental midgets"? lol! I'm sure the idea of cutting the size of the feds gets a good round of yucks in their meetings.<br /><br />And once SSI outgo exceeds income then there's always the surplus to tap, right? That should last at least.... um, well, never mind; guess there really is a downside to stealing money from future recipients.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-70192237237326233342010-02-19T17:30:39.632-05:002010-02-19T17:30:39.632-05:00Guess what won't get taxed, nonprofit 527'...Guess what won't get taxed, nonprofit 527's, political organizations that pay for ads pushing candidates positions. <br /><br />But nonprofit community hospitals will likely make the list, especially given health reform's renaming them "private tax exempt facilities."<br /><br />Meanwhile HCA borrows millions to pay a $1.75 billion special dividend to its PEU investors. <PEU Report/State of the Divisionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10269683860174947542noreply@blogger.com