Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller

Non Sequitur

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  1. Orion

    Orion said, about 1 year ago

    SPOT ON.

    Orion

  2. Varnes

    Varnes said, about 1 year ago

    Or agenda?..Ask Monroe….I believe his vet was Doc Trine…

  3. NightShade09

    NightShade09 said, about 1 year ago

    Obviously, he hasn’t got the right connections.

  4. Radish

    Radish said, about 1 year ago

    Don’t steal, the government doesn’t like competition.

  5. GuiltyBystander

    GuiltyBystander said, about 1 year ago

    No no no: When the government does it, it’s called "Social Security; when WE do it, it’s called a “Ponzi Scheme.” At least Bernie Madoff’s victims had the choice to say no.

  6. revisages

    revisages said, about 1 year ago

    if only you’d come all the way up to seeing it as dogma, buddy

  7. gmartin997

    gmartin997 said, about 1 year ago

    @GuiltyBystander

    Don’t worry. You’ll get your turn, if you live long enough and it doesn’t go broke. Of course that might mean having to work until you’re 70 and start paying in a little more. Consider it delayed gratification. I paid into it for 55 years, helping to support retirees who had gone before me. I didn’t complain.

  8. INGSOC

    INGSOC said, about 1 year ago

    We must have Danae here with all of us, she would figure out a much better solution….

  9. Arch Stanton

    Arch Stanton said, about 1 year ago

    Manifest destiny is neither a man, nor a fest.

  10. psychlady

    psychlady said, about 1 year ago

    You got that right!!

  11. zoidknight

    zoidknight said, about 1 year ago

    @gmartin997

    Sadly. now it only goes to pay the pension fund for Congress.

  12. hariseldon59

    hariseldon59 said, about 1 year ago

    “If the President does it, it’s not illegal.”- Richard Nixon

  13. TheTrustedMechanic

    TheTrustedMechanic said, about 1 year ago

    @gmartin997

    I would not be happy about an extended retirement age or higher contributions. However, if Social Security were managed as it should have been, and it could not have been even if the bureaucrats had wanted to, we would have a retirement age of around 70 now anyway and most likely would not have had to pay in much more than we do currently. But precisely because of that mismanagement, demanded by the selfish of the era, we have the crisis we are now facing with this “entitlement.” You see when Social Security was enacted the life expectancy was near the retirement age as it was then. So the anticipated benefit period was only a few years, not a couple decades as it is now. Do I want to work until I’m dead? No, but I expect to anyway, even with Social Security. Social Security has been mismanaged almost from the beginning, but that is not solely the fault of the government. Here is an example of the government doing the will of the people. The people were unwilling to pay the costs of the government they were demanding. They demanded all that plus lower taxes than were required. So to make the budgets look balanced Social Security was transferred to the general budget to make the excess is SS look like revenue on the budget and creating the illusion of a balanced or nearly balanced budget, thus stealing from future retirees. Ironically the very same retirees who are now screaming “Don’t cut MY benefits,” while simultaneously “worrying” about the debt we (they actually) are leaving our children. Where was their concern in the ‘60’s, ‘70’s and early ‘80’s?
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    With the increased life expectancy the retirement age should be increased. But it should also be taken into account the disparate life expectancies for the wealthy (with access to excellent healthcare) and that of the working citizen who has limited access even with excellent employer provided health insurance. Studies have shown that the wealthy who can afford better quality food, better healthcare and have the luxury of the time to seek that healthcare will live longer than the working class citizen who has to struggle to take time off to go to the doctor much less undergo any treatment (while risking losing their job and insurance because of their condition and the increased cost to the employer for that healthcare). Am I bashing the wealthy here? No I am simply expressing a reality and asking that the reality be acknowledged when and if the retirement age is increased, as it seems to be doing.

  14. icky  mudd

    icky mudd said, about 1 year ago

    @TheTrustedMechanic

    i’m a retired mechanic,and thank you for expressing what i’ve been thinking and espousing for years.
    Well said.

  15. Clark  Kent

    Clark Kent said, about 1 year ago

    @GuiltyBystander

    I’m on Social Security. I’m getting back money that I and my former employer paid in to it. I’m getting back MY money, not the government’s money.
    ………………………………..
    As for the ’toon, the “gummint” imprisons people for not telling it the truth while the “gummint” lies to us about everything.

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