Get to Know Your Candidates Thread

[Thundaarr]

And now for something so completely out of left field it should almost go in the weird news section...

Civility and honesty (thus far) in an election.

Editorial: Brown-Warren pact should serve as model | masslive.com

T

he plan is brilliant in its simplicity: If a third-party ad is run in violation of the pact, the candidate who would benefit from the ad has to pay to

charity

an amount equal to half the cost of the advertisement. In other words, efforts to aid one candidate end up hitting him or her in the wallet

[Otis]

Bullshit. As with every other ponzi scheme, everyone gets their money back except the last tier of investors. They don't put an end to those things because people have stopped getting their money back, they shut them down to minimize the number of people who will eventually get fucked.

Bullshit. There is no last tier of investors in social security.

[Widem]

Bullshit. There is no last tier of investors in social security.

The last tier is whoever gets hit with the austerity.

It's just a very organized liquidation of the leftover seized assets over an annuity that is continued until death, to be controlled by the originators of the scheme. To be continued...

[Otis]

The last tier is whoever gets hit with the austerity.

Social Security has never cost a cent toward our debt. It never has to, either.

[Widem]

Social Security has never cost a cent toward our debt. It never has to, either.

Right, never cost Bernie a cent either.

Its a ponzi, you can't lose money thats not yours. Your investors get washed.

[Otis]

Right, never cost Bernie a cent either.

Its a ponzi, you can't lose money thats not yours. Your investors get washed.

Again, no one is getting washed. My point is that you should never need cut it in the name of austerity.

[Widem]

Again, no one is getting washed. My point is that you should never need cut it in the name of austerity.

How?

[Otis]

How?

How what?

[Widem]

How what?

How can you, put money into SS and ensure everyone gets back exactly what they put in adjusted for inflation.

Do it.

[Otis]

How can you, put money into SS and ensure everyone gets back exactly what they put in adjusted for inflation.

Do it.

It's pay-as-you go. Current contributions pay for current payouts in current dollars.