Comments on: The Coming Welfare State Collapse http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/07/30/the-coming-welfare-state-collapse/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:29:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mark T http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/07/30/the-coming-welfare-state-collapse/#comment-34080 Mark T Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:25:15 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/07/30/the-coming-welfare-state-collapse/#comment-34080 UCrawford,
Sorry to prick your bubble, but I expect that Congress will declare that anyone who has saved for retirement will get nothing and those blokes (excuse me, unfortunate victims) who have saved nothing will get their checks from you and me via Uncle Sam. I also expect nothing from Social Security, but believe my retirement savings will be a chief factor in making that so. A sad self-fulfilling prophecy.

This approach would allow Congress to continue buying the votes and support of the people with the least capacity for forethought, or any kind of thought, perhaps.

]]> By: UCrawford http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/07/30/the-coming-welfare-state-collapse/#comment-33745 UCrawford Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:55:21 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/07/30/the-coming-welfare-state-collapse/#comment-33745 Hell, I long ago decided to start treating the money I pay out to Social Security as lost revenue and began planning for my retirement with the idea that I’d get none of it back. So assuming that the wheels of the economy don’t completely fall off or hyper-inflation doesn’t wipe out my savings, I plan on being financially secure without any assistance from the government.

And that’s why I’ll be smiling a bitter little smirk once Congress eventually takes away all the benefits from all the idiots who thought the government would see them through their golden years. It’ll suck for the people getting cut off of course, but they really brought it on themselves by essentially choosing to live off charity and welfare so I’m not that sympathetic. Starve you little leeches, starve…MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! :)

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