Comments on: I’ll Never Tell http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/01/31/ill-never-tell/ America's favorite blog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:15:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Murray http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/01/31/ill-never-tell/#comment-6721 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/01/31/ill-never-tell/#comment-6721 OH, Jeez Adam, Now I gotta watch The Apprentice, and endure The Donald. Do you determine the degradation needed for the conniving weasels to deserve Donald's benediction? Two words. Substitute Teacher. OH, Jeez Adam,

Now I gotta watch The Apprentice, and endure The Donald.

Do you determine the degradation needed for the conniving weasels to deserve Donald’s benediction?

Two words.
Substitute Teacher.

]]> by: Jon http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/01/31/ill-never-tell/#comment-6722 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/01/31/ill-never-tell/#comment-6722 Mr. Trump probably doesn't want to know how late you stayed up the night before your first day, especially since it impaired your ability to distinguish betwee "flack" and "flak." Mr. Trump probably doesn’t want to know how late you stayed up the night before your first day, especially since it impaired your ability to distinguish betwee “flack” and “flak.”

]]> by: A.H. http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/01/31/ill-never-tell/#comment-6723 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/01/31/ill-never-tell/#comment-6723 Who cares about SS. I have been told since I was a kid it would go brok the year before I retire. All my live I have listened to old people saying 'In My day we had it tough." Now I get to turn it wround. "When I am your age I will have to work, so why should I give a shit. Cancel the program and let me save for my own retirement. Who cares about SS. I have been told since I was a kid it would go brok the year before I retire. All my live I have listened to old people saying ‘In My day we had it tough.” Now I get to turn it wround. “When I am your age I will have to work, so why should I give a shit. Cancel the program and let me save for my own retirement.

]]> by: Mary http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/01/31/ill-never-tell/#comment-6724 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/01/31/ill-never-tell/#comment-6724 Adam- we do TO need you for comedy. This administration is SO depressing. As for the Davos summit- they were obviously using Chenney's advisors. It has their sensitivity splattered all over it. Adam- we do TO need you for comedy. This administration is SO depressing.

As for the Davos summit- they were obviously using Chenney’s advisors. It has their sensitivity splattered all over it.

]]> by: Rusty http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/01/31/ill-never-tell/#comment-6725 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/01/31/ill-never-tell/#comment-6725 You may be right, A.H. Maybe we would be best to save on our own. A better question is why aren't you saving on your own, anyway? My personal plan is both to save on my own and to get what SS has to offer when I'm old enough to worry about it. Personally, I don't mind paying into SS being the social animal that I am. It helps my mom and the little lonely gray-haired ladies I see in church. It is an act of grace. As to who gives a shit... well, that is a matter of history and your place in it. SS was created during the Great Depression as part of FDR's New Deal, a program that saved this country's ass. People DID have personal savings before the crash... in banks and in stocks. When the market crashed, the banks closed and stocks evaporated. The only financial institution left standing was the Federal government. We have lived in prosperity for so long that we easily forget (or tend to ignore) that we can still step off the edge. Nice to have a safety net when you need one. In that way SS is like insurance, but you have to have it in place before you step. So, my opinion: be diversified. I have my stocks and savings. They have pretty good growth, but a depression or an Enron-style criminal act can turn those investments into ashes overnight. I kinda like my SS right where it is. I don't expect to make a house payment with it, but it could make the difference between being starving and eating IF I need it. Should you give a shit? Well, if you don't now, you won't later unless you find yourself standing in some future bread line (and I sincerely hope that never happens). I say give it the funding it needs (SS wouldn't even be in trouble if the, ahem, administration hadn't tapped it to pay for their damned tax cuts) and leave it where it is. You may be right, A.H. Maybe we would be best to save on our own. A better question is why aren’t you saving on your own, anyway? My personal plan is both to save on my own and to get what SS has to offer when I’m old enough to worry about it. Personally, I don’t mind paying into SS being the social animal that I am. It helps my mom and the little lonely gray-haired ladies I see in church. It is an act of grace.

As to who gives a shit… well, that is a matter of history and your place in it. SS was created during the Great Depression as part of FDR’s New Deal, a program that saved this country’s ass. People DID have personal savings before the crash… in banks and in stocks. When the market crashed, the banks closed and stocks evaporated. The only financial institution left standing was the Federal government.

We have lived in prosperity for so long that we easily forget (or tend to ignore) that we can still step off the edge. Nice to have a safety net when you need one. In that way SS is like insurance, but you have to have it in place before you step.

So, my opinion: be diversified. I have my stocks and savings. They have pretty good growth, but a depression or an Enron-style criminal act can turn those investments into ashes overnight. I kinda like my SS right where it is. I don’t expect to make a house payment with it, but it could make the difference between being starving and eating IF I need it.

Should you give a shit? Well, if you don’t now, you won’t later unless you find yourself standing in some future bread line (and I sincerely hope that never happens). I say give it the funding it needs (SS wouldn’t even be in trouble if the, ahem, administration hadn’t tapped it to pay for their damned tax cuts) and leave it where it is.

]]> by: bjd http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/01/31/ill-never-tell/#comment-6726 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/01/31/ill-never-tell/#comment-6726 Who you takin' out, Adam? George? Carolyn? The Don? Who you takin’ out, Adam? George? Carolyn? The Don?

]]> by: Joe http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/01/31/ill-never-tell/#comment-6727 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/01/31/ill-never-tell/#comment-6727 I think you underestimate our need for laughs in these trying times. While your posts may be brief, I'll look forward to seeing the things you write. Good luck with the "secret job." You are so crafty that there is no way we'll ever be able to figure it out. I think you underestimate our need for laughs in these trying times. While your posts may be brief, I’ll look forward to seeing the things you write. Good luck with the “secret job.” You are so crafty that there is no way we’ll ever be able to figure it out.

]]> by: dee http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/01/31/ill-never-tell/#comment-6728 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/01/31/ill-never-tell/#comment-6728 " I got guns, you got guns, all God's chillun got guns." You're right -- it IS Duck Soup. ” I got guns, you got guns, all God’s chillun got guns.”

You’re right — it IS Duck Soup.

]]> by: Sue http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/01/31/ill-never-tell/#comment-6729 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/01/31/ill-never-tell/#comment-6729 Rusty & A.H. My Dad said over 40 years ago that Social Security was meant to supplement one's pension (it's an obsolete term - look it up) and/or personal savings; it was not meant to fully fund one's retirement. To that end, I think too many people have come to rely on it solely - and granted there may be folks who have little or no means to save on their own if they live paycheck to paycheck. Nonetheless, maybe the 20-somethings Shrub is trying to scare could start now to sock away some $$ and start their own private funds. I think the suggestions that have already been made to slightly raise the retirement age, increase the amount of salary subject to SS tax, and/or change the annual increase from wages to cost of living could probably take care of a lot of the problem without furnishing Wall Street with the keys to the Lock Box. but then furnishing Wall Street with the keys to the Lock Box is sort of the point, isn't it? Adam, Comic Genius and Master of Satire that you are, I know you'll find a way to punch up, "You're fired." Rusty & A.H.
My Dad said over 40 years ago that Social Security was meant to supplement one’s pension (it’s an obsolete term - look it up) and/or personal savings; it was not meant to fully fund one’s retirement. To that end, I think too many people have come to rely on it solely - and granted there may be folks who have little or no means to save on their own if they live paycheck to paycheck. Nonetheless, maybe the 20-somethings Shrub is trying to scare could start now to sock away some $$ and start their own private funds. I
think the suggestions that have already been made to slightly raise the retirement age, increase the amount of salary subject to SS tax, and/or change the annual increase from wages to cost of living could probably take care of a lot of the problem without furnishing Wall Street with the keys to the Lock Box.
but then furnishing Wall Street with the keys to the Lock Box is sort of the point, isn’t it?
Adam, Comic Genius and Master of Satire that you are, I know you’ll find a way to punch up, “You’re fired.”

]]> by: Happy Entrails http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/01/31/ill-never-tell/#comment-6730 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/01/31/ill-never-tell/#comment-6730 Enough about Davos, SS, and all that fluffy stuff. I want to hear more about The Donald Show. I suspect Adam's a contestant. I'll give you 5 bucks, Adam, to tell Donald in the first on-camera meeting: "You're a self-absorbed jerk. I don't like how you do business and I want no part of this prime time freak show. I QUIT!" You're the man. Enough about Davos, SS, and all that fluffy stuff. I want to hear more about The Donald Show. I suspect Adam’s a contestant.

I’ll give you 5 bucks, Adam, to tell Donald in the first on-camera meeting: “You’re a self-absorbed jerk. I don’t like how you do business and I want no part of this prime time freak show. I QUIT!” You’re the man.

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