Odd similarities....fyi

[NOVA]

BERNIE MADOFF
Takes money from investors with the promise that the money will be invested and made available to them later

SOCIAL SECURITY
Takes money from wage earners with the promise that the money will be invested in a "Trust Fund" and made available later.

BERNIE MADOFF
Instead of investing the money Madoff spends it on nice homes in the Hamptons and yachts.

SOCIAL SECURITY
Instead of depositing money in a Trust Fund the politicians use it for general spending and vote buying.

BERNIE MADOFF
When the time comes to pay the investors back Madoff simply uses some of the new funds from newer investors to pay back the older investors.

SOCIAL SECURITY
When benefits for older investors become due the politicians pay them with money taken from younger and newer wage earners to pay the geezers.

BERNIE MADOFF
When Madoff's scheme is discovered all hell breaks loose. New investors won't give him any more cash.

SOCIAL SECURITY
When Social Security runs out of money they simply force the taxpayers to send them some more.

BERNIE MADOFF
Bernie Madoff is in jail.

SOCIAL SECURITY
Politicians remain in Washington ..


Go figure....

 

[TuTu Monroe]

BERNIE MADOFF
Takes money from investors with the promise that the money will be invested and made available to them later

SOCIAL SECURITY
Takes money from wage earners with the promise that the money will be invested in a "Trust Fund" and made available later.

BERNIE MADOFF
Instead of investing the money Madoff spends it on nice homes in the Hamptons and yachts.

SOCIAL SECURITY
Instead of depositing money in a Trust Fund the politicians use it for general spending and vote buying.

BERNIE MADOFF
When the time comes to pay the investors back Madoff simply uses some of the new funds from newer investors to pay back the older investors.

SOCIAL SECURITY
When benefits for older investors become due the politicians pay them with money taken from younger and newer wage earners to pay the geezers.

BERNIE MADOFF
When Madoff's scheme is discovered all hell breaks loose. New investors won't give him any more cash.

SOCIAL SECURITY
When Social Security runs out of money they simply force the taxpayers to send them some more.

BERNIE MADOFF
Bernie Madoff is in jail.

SOCIAL SECURITY
Politicians remain in Washington ..


Go figure....

Exactly. They have been stealing from us for years.

 

[wanderingbear]

Well. The alternative to social security is .you get nothin'.

 

[Minister of Truth]

Well. The alternative to social security is .you get nothin'.

That's not an alternative, we're getting nothin' anyway... The first wave of Boomers will walk away with something, but then the rest, along with Gen X, are screwed. By the time I retire, there may actually be something, due to the mini-baby boom...

Thanks a lot, LBJ, you fucking miserable excuse for a human being.

 

[tinfoil]

Well. The alternative to social security is .you get nothin'.

correction, dumbass, we get to keep everything we were forced to pay. You suck at math. stop trying.

 

[DamnYankee]

Well. The alternative to social security is .you get nothin'.

Actually, the alternative is to retire at twice your working income collecting interest alone on a substantial portfolio that your kids get to fight over when you die.

http://www.justplainpolitics.com/showpost.php?p=190668&postcount=1

That assumes, of course, that you'd take personal responsibility for your life, a concept that scares the shit out of you, stains your pants, runs down your legs and fills your shoes.

 

[Topspin]

as long as I get my measly $2,800 mo in 12 yrs we're good.