tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post7987627491798065324..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Who the Hell Gave Rand Paul This Advice as a Way to Solve the Social Security Deficit Problem?Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-88124670200712742162016-01-07T14:26:48.009-05:002016-01-07T14:26:48.009-05:00I think you made some interesting points. Thanks f...I think you made some interesting points. Thanks for sharing.<br /><br />On another note, if I could opt out of social security today, I'd do it in a split second. Someonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12768962923731020513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-18905536259913969732016-01-06T14:16:45.511-05:002016-01-06T14:16:45.511-05:00Before Obama I didn't see this much in the fed...Before Obama I didn't see this much in the federal government. It was usually an Illinois thing. The way Obama handled the sequester was pure Illinois tactics by closing the national parks. Hit the people on the few things they expect of government. <br /><br />Instead of cutting (or even slowing the increase of) what is beneficial to politicians and their friends they threaten to cut the fewJimmy Joe Meekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559104650594440766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-68241268207107418572016-01-06T13:23:53.145-05:002016-01-06T13:23:53.145-05:00IDIOTIC. There is NO Federal Money left for ANY pr...IDIOTIC. There is NO Federal Money left for ANY program or agency as there is a $19 T deficit. Why is it that after they loot the SS fund they try to claim there is no money left.<br />How about they say there is no money left for the Department of Education? No money left for troops in some countries, foreign aid to some countries?<br />Rand Paul isn't even being rational and his plan is a Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13857195336972105258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-34690848126659111612016-01-06T12:35:38.250-05:002016-01-06T12:35:38.250-05:00'Retired seniors, and those close to retiremen...'Retired seniors, and those close to retirement. who kicked in for SS payments their entire lives should be the last to be cut. There are plenty. as in PLENTY, of other areas in the federal budget where cuts can be made--and, further, SS should be wound down so that the young are not coerced into kicking money into a Ponzi scheme where, decades down the road, a senator from Kentucky on the Pandemichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315340208949970292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-76050461686293340522016-01-06T09:50:39.562-05:002016-01-06T09:50:39.562-05:00Props to Rand for bringing up the Disability issue...Props to Rand for bringing up the Disability issue.<br />He should explore that further.<br />FormerLibertarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11386538794443236034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-66760946558116851592016-01-06T09:26:37.849-05:002016-01-06T09:26:37.849-05:00I like Ron Paul's opt-out option. Of course yo...I like Ron Paul's opt-out option. Of course you can't really let new investors opt out of Ponzi scheme. I don't see meaningful spending cuts without some form of debt/monetary crisis. I would just talk about the proper role of government in a free society.Wagshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14719718595125311688noreply@blogger.com