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03-20-2014, 07:29 PM
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What, no answer?
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No Dave, some people need to work and not spend all day on PC. Trust me your the last person who will leave me speechless. Pensions, social security, are not ponzi schemes? Hit a nerve or something? Of course they are! You just interpret that as a negative thing, it is how it needs to be.
I paid into the fund for the current retirees which I gladly did for the fact in the future it will benefit me the same. What I fear is what happens when you keep screwing over the current contributors at some point the fund will no longer be funded. Doing things like making contribution caps which NY has done will encourage new hires to deny the system and invest on a conventional retirement plan since the pension is not as valuable. The system will fail if there are no contributions.
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03-20-2014, 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by djv8ga
The City Of Phoenix has a food tax.
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We do also if it's cooked.
SF add a .50 tax per pack of cigarets. Yep this is to fund cleaning the streets because smokers through there butts out. Have you seen big city streets!!!
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03-20-2014, 08:06 PM
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They should raise the butt tax, fiddy cents ain't enough.  I've seen 'em and they're pretty nice up in SF.
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03-20-2014, 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by MikeG22
No Dave, some people need to work and not spend all day on PC. Trust me your the last person who will leave me speechless. Pensions, social security, are not ponzi schemes? Hit a nerve or something? Of course they are! You just interpret that as a negative thing, it is how it needs to be.
I paid into the fund for the current retirees which I gladly did for the fact in the future it will benefit me the same. What I fear is what happens when you keep screwing over the current contributors at some point the fund will no longer be funded. Doing things like making contribution caps which NY has done will encourage new hires to deny the system and invest on a conventional retirement plan since the pension is not as valuable. The system will fail if there are no contributions.
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Okay, I see. Sorry for the misunderstanding. When I see catch phrases typically used by individuals who simply attack anything connected to the government as Zozialism, it raises my ire. Nothing personal intended, I apologize that I came across that way.
Dave
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03-20-2014, 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueStreak
Okay, I see. Sorry for the misunderstanding. When I see catch phrases typically used by individuals who simply attack anything connected to the government as Zozialism, it raises my ire. Nothing personal intended, I apologize if I came across that way.
Dave
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We forgive you, you'er just a big lovable bear full of emotion.
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03-20-2014, 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by 4-2-7
We forgive you, you'er just a big lovable bear full of emotion.
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Eat me, jackass. I wasn't apologizing to YOU.
Dave
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03-20-2014, 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by bobabode
Pensions are a Ponzi scheme? Who knew? 
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Every government sponsored activity is a Ponzi scheme.
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03-20-2014, 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueStreak
Eat me, jackass. I wasn't apologizing to YOU.
Dave
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Ya but my opinion is still mine.
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03-21-2014, 06:29 AM
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Yes and it is still wrong.
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03-21-2014, 06:33 AM
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Originally Posted by 4-2-7
Ya but my opinion is still mine. 
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Are you the only human being with an opinion of your own?
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