Ted Rall by Ted Rall

Ted Rall

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  1. jrmerm

    jrmerm said, 5 months ago

    The growth of unfunded entitlements must be curbed somehow. If people want the eligibility age for Social Security raised or benefits cut in some other way, let’s do that. But reducing costs thru reduction to cost of living adjustments is in some respects a less painful change than some others.

  2. Radish

    Radish said, 5 months ago

    Social Security is fully funded until at least 2035.

  3. Clark Kent

    Clark Kent said, 5 months ago

    My shipping crate is insulated and has water and electricity and it’s under the 69th street bridge over the RR tracks.
    I don’t drink beer, to me it tastes like vomit.

  4. GreggW

    GreggW said, 5 months ago

    “Chained consumer”, how appropriate.

  5. Michael wme

    Michael wme said, 5 months ago

    The late Johnny Carson’s tip to the elderly: AlpoHelper®!

  6. Ransom D Stone

    Ransom D Stone said, 5 months ago

    Put those who want a “chained” index in a chain gang and let THEM suffer.

  7. pbarnrob

    pbarnrob said, 5 months ago

    @jrmerm

    Decreasing spending goes the wrong way. Every dollar in SS, or for that matter, in payrolls to those of the lower 60% or so, gets spent; if locally, generating some 7X dollars in downstream activity by local businesses.
    Simply raise the cap on SS contributions, either gradually or yank the bandaid off all at once, problem solved (as though there was [thanks, Radish] one.)

  8. MortyForTyrant

    MortyForTyrant said, 5 months ago

    @Clark Kent

    I always dreamed of fitting out a 40’ container as a roughened mobile home (water tight, anchors all around) and have it shipped to some tropical island. A second container would hold water desalination/purification equipment, solar panels and food for a year. It would be swapped out every 9 month (reserves…) and the living container could be moved to a different island when i get bored. My physical existence would basically end and I would become a free spirit on my satellite-provided Internet…

  9. Ms. Ima

    Ms. Ima said, 5 months ago

    @Michael wme

    Alpo is getting more expensive than hamburger. One benefit to stopping eating Alpo: people stop licking themselves.

  10. Ms. Ima

    Ms. Ima said, 5 months ago

    @MortyForTyrant

    So what’s stopping you?

  11. Chillbilly

    Chillbilly said, 5 months ago

    I’m sure there are plenty of people who would gladly trash their government careers to have a stab at looting social security.

  12. Craig Linder

    Craig Linder said, 5 months ago

    Nicely done Ted.

  13. Rx71Wm29

    Rx71Wm29 said, 5 months ago

    Maybe Ted should live in a cardboard box for a year. He’ll change his toon!

  14. jrmerm

    jrmerm said, 5 months ago

    @Radish

    No, it’s not. The “fund” consist of IOUs which must be paid out of current taxes. Social Security is “funded” in the same sense that I become a “millionaire” by making out an IOU to myself for a million bucks and sticking it in my safe deposit box.

  15. jrmerm

    jrmerm said, 5 months ago

    @pbarnrob

    Raising taxes as a solution only works temporarily.

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