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Aug 21, 2008

A Unitary Theory Of What Went Wrong At Social Security -- And Beyond

From The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule by Thomas Frank:
Conservatism ... seems actively to want an inferior product [government service]. Believing effective government to be somewhere between impossible and undesirable, conservatism takes steps to ensure its impotence. The result is predictable enough: another sour truckload of the mother's milk of conservatism, cynicism toward government.

2 comments:

  1. Basic Premises:

    http://www.lewrockwell.com/reese/reese487.html

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  2. It would help fund social security solvency if members of congress would give up their pensions and funnel the money saved into social security. Congress should collect social security only. No collecting generous pensions and free healthcare the way they do now.

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