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Ant:

--- Quote from: Needles Kane on December 22, 2004, 10:44:44 AM ---more than 1/2 of america thinks he's good so if you can name that many people by name that thinks he's bad then i'll consider your argument  ;D

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Bush's approval ratings actually dropped post election, the first time in history a president's approval rating dropped after being re-elected.  Your posts onlys further proves that Bush supporters are dumb.  But anyways if you wish to resort to immatuity I can resort to cruel honesty and point out the fact that you are more than likely to make less than 15$ an hour and will probably be low-income for the rest of your life.  Stupidity may allow you to avoid tough arguments that challenge your world-view, but it definitely doesn't help you acquire a stable job that pays well or a good family.  Enjoy your ignorance, and your 300$ per week pay-check, if you even recieve one.   And when your onto your 2nd divorce, remember I predicted it way back in 2004. 

 

Rampant:
Its amazing how you can write so much, yet never answer the question.

The lady who works at the burger king drive through told me she's anti bush. I mean honestly, who cares what billionaires think.

Ant:

--- Quote from: Rampant on December 22, 2004, 11:28:16 AM ---Its amazing how you can write so much, yet never answer the question.

The lady who works at the burger king drive through told me she's anti bush. I mean honestly, who cares what billionaires think.

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I'm not sure what your question was.... if your question was:


--- Quote ---"Do i give a shit about what 4 billionaires think?
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Then, I'd say you know the answer better than I, but I'm guessing the answer is no, but you should care about the argument he has made against SS privatization, as well as the argument that has been made by many others.  You should also care about Bush's lack of argument in support of SS privatization.  If I didn't explain my point of view clearly enough before I'll try again:

1.  SS privatization will cost 2 Trillion over the next ten years, or an additionall 200 billion per year running on top of a 400 billion per year record high budget deficit.   The current deficit is a record high, and SS privatization wll add another 200 billion on top of it.  This will help to further push down the value of the dollar... its currently trading around 1.33 against the Euro.  This eventually leads to inflation, and higher costs for U.S. consumers.  It also wastes your tax dollars, since when you borrow you have to make interest payments, before your tax dollars get put to use, they get sent to China and Japan.

2.  After costing 2 Trillion, SS privatization arguably will do little to benefit the average American who will have to learn how to actually invest their money in order to earn a higher return.  The current system offers a garanteed return and zero risk.  In a privatized system, you actually have to choose your investments, you don't recieve a garanteed return.  If you make poor choices, you lose your money, and if you have nothing to retire on, then oh well.  If we had privatized SS during the tech bubble, lots of people would have destroyed their retirement package. 

Hopefully you consider this an answer, and while your free to disagree with it, in the end its still your money and your livlihood that is affected by SS privatization.  This has nothing to do with supporting your party.  It is a decision that will specifically influence you, and as such you should think of it as if it wasn't a republican or democratic idea.  If SS privatization was just an idea, not a republican idea, how would you feel about it?

BigBDrugStores:
no not 1/2
51%

Ras Kass' Toothpick:

--- Quote from: Ant on December 22, 2004, 10:14:01 AM --- Personally, I know a little about investing, and don't bother to learn a lot because it is an amazingly complicated subject.  The freedom to invest your money as you please sounds good, but the garantee of a risk free return sounds better to me.
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Then have someone who does know what he's doing invest money for you.  I'm positive a good financial advisor would put that money to better use than the government would.  
You don't trust the government and have no confidence in them at all from the looks of your posts but you'd rather have them control your money rather than you?

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