Their outlook on life is Survival of the Fittest. If you're strong enough, you live. If you don't, you die.
Archaeologists usually consider societies that take care of their weaker members to be more civilized. Ours seems to be going in the opposite direction.
The whole thing with Social Security is a shell game, plain and simple. They're basically asking folks to sink their retirement money into Off Track Betting. Sure you can make big money that way sometimes. But most of the time you lose. Meanwhile, their buddies who handle the money will pick up a fee of 20% to 30%. So they win no matter what.
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Date: 2005-02-05 04:20 pm (UTC)Archaeologists usually consider societies that take care of their weaker members to be more civilized. Ours seems to be going in the opposite direction.
The whole thing with Social Security is a shell game, plain and simple. They're basically asking folks to sink their retirement money into Off Track Betting. Sure you can make big money that way sometimes. But most of the time you lose. Meanwhile, their buddies who handle the money will pick up a fee of 20% to 30%. So they win no matter what.
It's a con job, pure and simple.