tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post1618725580857384979..comments2024-02-24T00:37:43.087-05:00Comments on The Other McCain: Lind: your article is a crockRobert Stacy McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03084541621503669804noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-32308005951144928432009-05-19T11:01:00.000-04:002009-05-19T11:01:00.000-04:00That column reads as if the author is saying that ...That column reads as if the author is saying that Social Security is just fine... or it will be, once we make some 'minor' adjustments (increasing the payroll tax, for example) and as long as we assume that we'll enter a period of legitimate economic growth (ie, not an internet or real estate bubble) that generates increased tax revenues (from the rich, of course).<br /><br />When your argument for the financial sustainability of an institution is based around finding undesirable ways to raise cash and hoping for a period of sustained economic growth, it stands to reason that the institution in question is very likely to be unsustainable. But this is exactly the sort of reasoning we've been hearing for so long, which comes down to the assumption that it won't be a problem for a few more decades, so let someone else deal with it.<br /><br />And then criticize anyone who dares to imply that we are simply leaving the problem in the hands of future generations!Tonushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01082528970434639776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-57846677720730978332009-05-19T00:55:00.000-04:002009-05-19T00:55:00.000-04:00C'mon, Smitty. You younger guys who make millions ...C'mon, Smitty. You younger guys who make millions a year from blogging can afford to give a little more to support us older guys in our golden years.<br /><br />What's that?<br /><br />Yeah, I've resigned myself to working up until my funeral.<br /><br />You'll at least come to that, won't you? TrogloPundit will be there.Steve Burrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11532569085171327991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-14067033669859661962009-05-19T00:19:00.689-04:002009-05-19T00:19:00.689-04:00Scare tactics don't even play in to this. Any foo...Scare tactics don't even play in to this. Any fool should recognise that whether it is social security or any other social program, more people have to pay in than take out. There is no such thing as pay as you go when payees live longer and payors aren't being born. Sooner or later, every pyramid scheme fails.Carolhttp://carolyntackettscloset.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com