At 11:34 PM 2/14/2005 -0800, Dave Land wrote:
Social Security reflects a certain view of America: a place where
people are willing to sacrifice a little to ensure that seniors
wouldn't have to suffer the privations that the depression wrought on
so many of their fellow citizens.
It also
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Dave Land wrote:
On Feb 8, 2005, at 8:58 AM, Nick Arnett
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On Feb 16, 2005, at 5:22 AM, William T Goodall wrote:
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On Feb 16, 2005, at 6:35 AM, JDG wrote:
You say that Social Security reflects a view where Americans were
willing
to sacrifice a little to ensure that seniors did not suffer
privations or
go hungry.My point, however, is that if those were really the
values
that Social Security were
Social Security: That Dog Wont Hunt Department
ICR surveys of 1,236 and 1,231 adults for Washington Post/Kaiser
Family Foundation/Harvard University, released February 10, 2005
(conducted February 3-6 and February 46, 2005)
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A pair of NASA scientists told a group of space officials at a private
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The scientists,
Well, not MY observations per se. I came across an entry in R. Alex
Whitlock's blog, RAW360, and thought it might be of interest to some folks.
http://raw360.com/index.php?itemid=2415
The entry is titled Ten Things I Believe Bloggers Do Wrong
Number 6 was of particular interest to me:
6.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4271825.stm
Intel has unveiled research that could mean data is soon being moved
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JDG wrote:
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Dave,
I think that you completely missed my point.
You say that Social Security reflects a view where Americans were willing
to sacrifice a little to ensure that seniors did not suffer privations or
go hungry.My point, however, is that if those were really the values
that
At 07:48 AM 2/15/2005 -0800, Nick Arnett wrote:
Lest anyone be confused, Social Security's net assets have *increased*
every year since 1982 and the
longer-term trend certainly has been so (see
http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/STATS/table4a3.html). This
doesn't mean we can close our eyes to the future
Dan,
Touche' on pyramid-scheme being a pejorative term for Social Security.
Of course, I would make the argument that the difference is that
pyramid-scheme is an *accurate* term for Social Security, whereas
trickle-down economics is purely pejorative but ehhh.. point taken.
I'm not really
Only about half of America's high school students think newspapers should
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I don't know if what HS students say WRT Free Speech should be
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