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11/21/08
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Social
Security is Nothing but a Tax and Welfare Scheme Disguised as a Retirement
Program I recently watched, in disbelief, as two friends engaged in a screaming match in my kitchen over Social Security. One individual asserted there would not be any money left in his Social Security retirement account because President Bush was stealing the funds to pay for the war in Iraq. He claimed this is unconstitutional because the federal government is contractually obligated to pay him retirement benefits for all the money “contributed” to his account. The other individual countered that the President could not spend “all his money” because it is locked away in the “Social Security Trust Fund.” He stated the “contributions” he makes from his wages, which are matched by his employer, could only be spent to pay out Social Security benefits. Thus, the President could not spend Social Security “contributions” to pay for the war in Iraq. After five minutes of listening to the yelling and political barbs, I decided it was time to sit my friends down and attempt to interject some facts into their debate. (Read the rest here)
Rises
and Falls It's been an extraordinarily bad month for freedom. Under the usual circumstances, the erosion of liberty tends to proceed in fits and starts, sometimes even heading in a backward and pro-freedom direction before beginning its downhill slide again. But several recent developments have proved the exception to the rule, and if there's any kind of a gauge that measures the light of liberty, the needle has swung abruptly and significantly to the left, where "E" doesn't mean "Empty" but rather "Extinguished." There has continued to trickle in bits and pieces of good news where the USA PATRIOT Act is concerned. Despite protests of the law's value from the Department of Justice, more cities continue to pass resolutions in opposition to the Act, and more citizens are learning about the law and its negative implications where the civil rights are concerned. A group of Congressmen has even written a letter requesting that there be hearings conducted on the PATRIOT Act and its possible abuses. But the bad news has lately been all but overwhelming. (Read the rest here)
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