edit: so basicly we can throw our social security cash into something like QQQ if we want? diadem fucked around with this message on 02-02-2005 at 09:30 PM.
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diadem probably says this to all the girls:
the state of the union address is onedit: so basicly we can throw our social security cash into something like QQQ if we want?
QQQQ, but yeah... 
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Elvish Crack Piper got all f'ed up on Angel Dust and wrote:
But.... If people are stupid, wont this hurt them?
from what i gather you'll have to put your money into diverse and low risk stocks.
pros he pointed out diadem fucked around with this message on 02-03-2005 at 08:22 AM.
-it's your money now. not the governments.
-when you die it goes to your children, if you want, instead of back into the pool
-you should theoreticly get a higher yield
edit: oh... the whole not collapsing on itself thing, too.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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Bloodsage enlisted the help of an infinite number of monkeys to write:
We survived the Reagan deficits quite handily, so this one hardly worries me.
it's not the deficit that scares me, it's the growing percentage of our national budget the interest payments consume.
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Blindy.'s account was hax0red to write:
it's not the deficit that scares me, it's the growing percentage of our national budget the interest payments consume.
In adjusted $, is it significantly more than it's ever been, as a percentage? The raw numbers are pretty meaningless.
For example, hark back to the wailing and gnashing of teeth about oil prices reaching $50/barrel. All the talk was about how, in the '70s, the recession took off when oil hit that price, so the doomsayers were predicting global disaster. Except that, in constant dollars, the price would have to hit $80/barrel to be equivalent in today's market.
Constant dollars and % of GDP are about the only useful ways to comparing money across time.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
Oh wait, I'm a conservative... He will use diplomacy and his amazing wit to bring them to his point of view. That's the ticket.
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Karnaj had this to say about (_|_):
Ambitious, but SS reform is such a hard sell.
Which is why it's being proposed now. To get the public thinking and talking about it. And the doers will go ahead and invest in their retirement anyway, not expecting to receive any Social Security Benefits upon their retirement.
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We were all impressed when Palador ChibiDragon wrote:
As long as I can afford a gun and two bullets for it, I'm all set for the day I'm too worn out and broken down to be able to work for a living.
two bullets?
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From the book of diadem, chapter 3, verse 16:
two bullets?
well of course you shoot your boss first.
sigpic courtesy of This Guy, original modified by me
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Vorbis obviously shouldn't have said:
I thought it was a bit odd how he had the acumen to note that the problems of Social Security were not something that could not have been predicted on its inception, and then almost immediately went on to say that the revamped system will be forever immune to shortfalls--so that no one will ever have to change it again.
yeah, he does that.
Disclaimer: I'm just kidding, I love all living things.
The fastest draw in the Crest.
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To me it sounds like a great idea. But what do I know.
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Naimah had this to say about Matthew Broderick:
From what I understand it is designed so that it can't have shortfalls. You get the money that you put in plus a little intrest from the mutual fund. While giving you a tax benefit.To me it sounds like a great idea. But what do I know.
What I mean is, he said something to the effect that the original Social Security was designed so it couldn't have shortfalls. However, circumstances that weren't previously thought of changed, and shortfalls arised.
So how can he just sorta say, "oh, well this one is going to be completely infallible"?
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Vorbis had this to say about dark elf butts:
What I mean is, he said something to the effect that the original Social Security was designed so it couldn't have shortfalls. However, circumstances that weren't previously thought of changed, and shortfalls arised.So how can he just sorta say, "oh, well this one is going to be completely infallible"?
God told him so.
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How.... diadem.... uughhhhhh:
two bullets?
As unlikely as it may be, the first one might be a dud, and I don't want to lose the moment.
