Before we begin, a semi-related cartoon for your education and entertainment:
I usually try to steer clear of politics, but given the out of control spending of the Bush and Obama administrations, I simply can’t stay silent. In the name of “economic recovery” or “stimulus” (since those sound better than “bailouts” and “corporate welfare” and “giving money to idiotic companies so that they can give huge bonuses to their executives”) the federal government has been on an out-of-control spending spree, one that could very well bankrupt future generations (read: “people my age”). Yet this stimulus spending is only a small part of the problem. We find ourselves in a demographic crunch in which a massive redistribution of wealth from workers to retirees may sink our country in a morass of debt from which we cannot escape. At the heart of this problem is Social Security, which was a bad idea when it began and is an even worse idea now. Continue reading ‘social security’