This blog has tended to make a lot of people mad over the past, mostly liberals, but not always, law and order conservatives got real mad over my Prohibition article.
I will now make Sr. Citizens mad as well. They are whiney little brats. They are up in arms over not getting an annual cost of living increase to their social security checks. They think they are entitled to a raise just for living another year. They are not.
The fact is the Consumer Price Index has dropped by 2.1 percent. There won't be a raise to offset inflation for the simple reason that there has been no inflation to offset. So in the coming year, Social Security payments will stay the same and be worth more than they used to be.
Why the gripe from AARP and company? Retirees have a real good deal, the get more money when prices rise, but they don't have to give any of it back when prices fall.
We wouldn't be having this discussion if Social Security was privatized, instead of doled out as another government program used to try and control "we the people".
Their whine has been successful. Obama and Co. with both the Democans and Republicrats are trying to bribe senior citizens with a $250 dollar payment.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
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