Peanut Gallery: What do you expect from the government? I expect my Social Security check every month… my pension was designed with a Social Security supplement in mind. After 40 years of contributing to both, my private pension fund is fully vested because of wise conservative managers and my social security fund is broke because of irresponsible government managers. Oh… and most of the government managers are not in the system and/or have made so much money off the government that they don’t care if social security goes broke because it won’t effect their lifestyle a bit.
This article – The Competitive Disadvantage of Principle | RedState – does not specifically address social security, but deals with middle class people who take advantage of the government social safety net and yet resent it because it compromises their principles of independence, hard work and upward mobility. More and more, middle class people are being taxed to supplement their income so that they can stay where they are.
So… that’s my question: “What do you expect from the government?” The answer is complicated….
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“We seem to be on the cusp of that in this country and the middle class realizes what is happening. The creators in the country who come up with the ideas, take the risks to capital and reputation, and possibly get ahead are more and more being labeled the bad guys. But there is more to it than that. The middle class is coming to terms with the idea that upholding its principles will put it at a competitive disadvantage and they are seething about it.”
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