Wesley Snipes in court today - Page 5

Cicero · 04-26-2008, 10:40 AM

And what of this SS I continually pay into that I will never see a dime of? How lame am I? I know that the people of my generation and younger aren't going to see a bit of it, and I pay to keep people off my ass. Which I shouldn't. It's so fucking wrong. They don't adjust for inflation.

By my calculations on their calculations...By the time I file for SS benefits my monthly income will amount to a candy bar and a tank of gas a month. lol! Maybe they will pay out!! lol!! Here's a check that will expire as soon as you cash it. The bank will process your check for the amount of money on the check. Have a nice day.

I'm just pissed that my husband and I worked hard all year last year...Paid a lot in taxes and somehow owe them even more money for being married and claiming it.

Radar · 04-26-2008, 02:13 PM

SSI is just another tax on our income. It's used to pay for a bankrupt ponzi scheme.

spudcon · 04-28-2008, 11:10 AM

A Ponzi Scheme is exactly what it is.

HungLikeJesus · 04-28-2008, 11:16 AM

The entire world economy is a pyramid scheme. Otherwise, why would anyone want the economy to grow?

Shawnee123 · 04-28-2008, 07:58 PM

Speaking of SSI (that's just social security, right?), I started paying into that, in a small way, when I was 16 years old. Paid into it most of my life. Now I pay into PERS. I've heard I won't get both. WTF? Does anyone know? I tried looking into it but I didn't understand it, partly because I'm stupid and partly because they don't want me to, and partly because I might not want to know. Is it true?

smoothmoniker · 04-29-2008, 12:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

The entire world economy is a pyramid scheme. Otherwise, why would anyone want the economy to grow?

That ... I ... just ...holy crap. The sheer amount of ignorance in those two sentences is almost more than I can fathom.

Economics is not a zero-sum game. Every dollar earned is not "taken" from somebody. It is possible, in fact, it is the norm, for free markets to increase in the general prosperity of ALL involved. That's what it means to "grow the economy."

Lord, I hope you were just being sarcastic.

lookout123 · 04-29-2008, 10:17 AM

Stop talking like that you neo con prick! you're just glad to crush the middle class so you can enslave them along with the working poor we already have! Every time a rich man makes a dollar, two are stolen from the poor, and a bunny rabbit is killed! ____________insert completely BS, rant against wealth creation here _____________________________.

Cicero · 04-29-2008, 10:20 AM

HLJ....I think he was kidding. At least it's back to the old reactionary cellar I know. I was worried that there wasn't enough flaming going on lately! (outside of our beloved Sheldon)

HungLikeJesus · 04-29-2008, 12:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smoothmoniker

That ... I ... just ...holy crap. The sheer amount of ignorance in those two sentences is almost more than I can fathom.

Economics is not a zero-sum game. Every dollar earned is not "taken" from somebody. It is possible, in fact, it is the norm, for free markets to increase in the general prosperity of ALL involved. That's what it means to "grow the economy."

Lord, I hope you were just being sarcastic.

Any fool can fill a page with ignorance. It takes a special kind of genius to condense it into two brief sentences.

smoothmoniker · 04-29-2008, 10:46 PM

whew. OK.

HungLikeJesus · 10-09-2008, 06:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

Any fool can fill a page with ignorance. It takes a special kind of genius to condense it into two brief sentences.

But I still think the world economy is a pyramid scheme...

... which is now collapsing.

dar512 · 10-10-2008, 09:11 AM

The world finance market has been gambling without knowing the odds. And now the debts are due.

04-26-2008, 10:40 AM	#61
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	And what of this SS I continually pay into that I will never see a dime of? How lame am I? I know that the people of my generation and younger aren't going to see a bit of it, and I pay to keep people off my ass. Which I shouldn't. It's so fucking wrong. They don't adjust for inflation. By my calculations on their calculations...By the time I file for SS benefits my monthly income will amount to a candy bar and a tank of gas a month. lol! Maybe they will pay out!! lol!! Here's a check that will expire as soon as you cash it. The bank will process your check for the amount of money on the check. Have a nice day. I'm just pissed that my husband and I worked hard all year last year...Paid a lot in taxes and somehow owe them even more money for being married and claiming it. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung Last edited by Cicero; 04-26-2008 at 10:47 AM.

04-26-2008, 02:13 PM	#62
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	SSI is just another tax on our income. It's used to pay for a bankrupt ponzi scheme. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

04-28-2008, 11:16 AM	#64
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	The entire world economy is a pyramid scheme. Otherwise, why would anyone want the economy to grow? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

04-28-2008, 07:58 PM	#65
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Speaking of SSI (that's just social security, right?), I started paying into that, in a small way, when I was 16 years old. Paid into it most of my life. Now I pay into PERS. I've heard I won't get both. WTF? Does anyone know? I tried looking into it but I didn't understand it, partly because I'm stupid and partly because they don't want me to, and partly because I might not want to know. Is it true? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

04-29-2008, 10:17 AM	#67
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	Stop talking like that you neo con prick! you're just glad to crush the middle class so you can enslave them along with the working poor we already have! Every time a rich man makes a dollar, two are stolen from the poor, and a bunny rabbit is killed! ____________insert completely BS, rant against wealth creation here _____________________________. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

04-28-2008, 11:10 AM	#63
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	A Ponzi Scheme is exactly what it is.

04-29-2008, 10:20 AM	#68
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	HLJ....I think he was kidding. At least it's back to the old reactionary cellar I know. I was worried that there wasn't enough flaming going on lately! (outside of our beloved Sheldon) __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

04-29-2008, 10:46 PM	#70
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	whew. OK. __________________ to live and die in LA

10-10-2008, 09:11 AM	#72
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	The world finance market has been gambling without knowing the odds. And now the debts are due. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

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