No one is forcing us to continue bad public policies from the past. We can choose something better, something worthy of civic virtue and free productive people rather than dependency and discord.
Another problem with SS is that working citizens and the businesses that employ them are forced, but government edict, to “contribute.” This is another (involuntary) tax.
Implied in this tax is the arrogant assumption that a government entity can invest our money better than can the citizen. Granted, most citizens are financial illiterates, but SS negates the intent of the founding: freedom requires responsibility. My point, yes SS must be reformed or eliminated. If reformed the solution must involve individual control of investments.
Yes! If you ignore the moral injustice of it all, and the injustice that steadily "accrues" as does the debt, it is long since past due for "reform" of these so-called entitlements.
While moral clarity, depending on what one considers to be moral, is fairly easy to determine, in today's culture, what is thought to be "moral" has become a morass of complexity woven with the most complex of political threads!
In such a web of entrapment, the devil will always be in the details. Perhaps we can make this topic a part of our discussion tonight as we enjoy smoke and spirits?
Another problem with SS is that working citizens and the businesses that employ them are forced, but government edict, to “contribute.” This is another (involuntary) tax.
Implied in this tax is the arrogant assumption that a government entity can invest our money better than can the citizen. Granted, most citizens are financial illiterates, but SS negates the intent of the founding: freedom requires responsibility. My point, yes SS must be reformed or eliminated. If reformed the solution must involve individual control of investments.
Yes! If you ignore the moral injustice of it all, and the injustice that steadily "accrues" as does the debt, it is long since past due for "reform" of these so-called entitlements.
While moral clarity, depending on what one considers to be moral, is fairly easy to determine, in today's culture, what is thought to be "moral" has become a morass of complexity woven with the most complex of political threads!
In such a web of entrapment, the devil will always be in the details. Perhaps we can make this topic a part of our discussion tonight as we enjoy smoke and spirits?
Dave