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SS inputs went from 3.9 per retiree to 2.5 by 2050. When this very reason is the true problem of SS then it really is about people putting in less money then they end up receiving. SS has become a welfare program for poor people. Most put in x and receive x plus 5. How long can any benefit program survive based on this upside Read More

It wasn't the need to preserve something for the future of thwhat job is right for me country (their children and grandchildren, not too mention their posterity) that prompted the AARP to work with the government on cutting back social security? They are willing to be part of the change solely to limit the cuts? We should Read More

Bob, as someone who attempted to join the teaching profession in 2004 after IBM layoff the salary (with my MBA) in Manhattan was $42,000 - same too for Montana. Texas was lower, but no desire to go there. I didn't make the cut anyway -- was to forward thinking in slapping unruly kids around. Nonetheless, books, computers, Read More

It is also a interpersonal conflict beetwen Asian and Western ideology (or peoples outlook) People in Asia count that society is prevail on personal, and West think other way. Outlook influences people's behavour so if ideologies are different they would be in conflict. Of course leaders in Asia and Africa prefer Asia model Read More

Agreed. It is also about moving from a production-detail oriented society to a consumer-oriented society, and not suprisingly, we are being replaced by economies that are fosused more on production. The health care bill is all about consumption, with little effort made to determine who is going to produce enough to make that Read More

Actually, my investments are doing quite well, and I didn't put all of my money into the stock market like other fools in this economy. I made sure a significant portion of it was in savings accounts and CDs, and those have definitely not find lost money any of their value. Plus I am nowhere close to retirement, so I have Read More

True, but who pays? Most of us with letters after our name either funded ourselves or the funding was part of compensation from our employer. You have to be willing and able to make a sacrifice to get advanced degrees, it is far from easy. As it should be. If there's someone unemployed that really believes in themselves and Read More

They can demonstrate all they want, but there is no percentage in it. They will not extort anything more from the tax payers. All they will do is get themselves you are fired, like the teachers in Rhode Islands who all got fired. This was a genius idea. This way, no teacher has any seniority and all teachers will have to Read More

Therein lies the problem: even if US Gov demanded that all cars in America be exactly what Howard Shubs wants, it may not be what Don Hansen wants (I too wanted an RSX, but soured on it when all the the reviewers said it had a brutally hard, punishing ride over bumps. And, I worry about what would happen to it in a crash Read More

These are good points, but the real alternative isn't a true free market solution, it's to keep the assets under government control and operation, which is far worse than privatization. In the long run privatization is far cost effective than it appears, because it reduces the number of government employees with vast hidden Read More