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Comment on Best explanation of Social Security ever by rosshealy

rosshealy — Fri, 24 May 2013 19:27:53 +0000

Thanks. I did wonder because, as I say, some folks down your way keep saying and thinking that “wouldn’t it be nice to manage my own funds”. No one has really told them that there isn’t any money or fund to tap into, or spin out so that individuals can manage their own money.
If anyone has a statement of account (and wouldn’t mind sharing it on a very confidential basis) I woud love to see one for the amusement value along with the educational comparison with our own former CPP statements.

Comment on Best explanation of Social Security ever by Steve Greene

Steve Greene — Fri, 24 May 2013 19:16:49 +0000

I cannot remember exactly what the statement says, but we do get periodic statements about how much we contributed and *I think* estimates of benefits based upon that.

Comment on Best explanation of Social Security ever by rosshealy

rosshealy — Fri, 24 May 2013 17:45:38 +0000

Not being an American, can anyone tell me, do Americans get some sort of statment from the government periodically telling them that “this” is what you have contributed and “that” is what you will get (perhaps under a variety of circumstances (retiring at 60, 63, 65 etc? In other words, someething that looks like a statement from your broker saying that this is what you “own”?
I am wondering this because periodically, I see Americans calling for the right to manage their own SS monies – as if there were actually any money there to invest(!).
We in Canada used to get a statement like that every 5 years but no longer do because our provinces, where the net CPP receipts were invested, reneged and effectively defaulted. Now the surplus is invested in an independent CPP Investment Board which the government cannot touch and use to cover any deficits (as yours does now). That means that on a ‘cash-in, cash-out’ basis, the CPP is fully solvent with an actual investment buffer with real assets in case of a prolonged recession or something.

Comment on Photo of the day by Deborah Ferry

Deborah Ferry — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:11:57 +0000

That’s called really blending in.

Comment on Women should hire private security by lifeismymuse

lifeismymuse — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:08:33 +0000

Wow… I don’t know how I feel about the solution to this problem. I am not an advocate of raising taxes and I am also not recommending women to get private security. That is equivalent to telling people to hire private security that follows them around in case of an accident so they can take the report in case it happens on a weekend. It is an unreasonable request and the government and that county need to do a better job at appropriating funds and ensuring the safety of the citizens. That could have easily been a child or even a man in trouble. It’s not about the gender of the victim, it’s the fact that there was no one available in the time of crisis. What message are they conveying to criminals? Commit crimes on the weekend because there will be no one to intervene. They have to do better. It’s unacceptable!

P.S. I love the post!!

Comment on Women should hire private security by Deborah Ferry

Deborah Ferry — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:05:14 +0000

I really hope that’s satire. It sounds all too real.

Comment on When Arkansas = N. Korea by Bob Andron

Bob Andron — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:51:27 +0000

Truly amazing!

Comment on Paleo by itchy

itchy — Thu, 23 May 2013 01:06:03 +0000

On the whole, it seems like a fairly healthy diet, so not really a problem there. But, yes, it’s a huge ball of pseudo-science, a textbook example of the appeal-to-nature fallacy.

In addition to the broad arguments above, there’s no empirical reason to emulate the prehistoric diet. Fads like this always lean on the cartoon fantasy of a robust, noble savage, but I’m skeptical that pre-agricultural humans were healthier than we are today, by almost any measure. Proponents of the diet skip blithely from “this is what our ancestors ate” to “so this is what we should eat.”

(Not to mention that, in most ways, the Paleo diet bears no resemblance to the way in which our ancestors ate.)

Comment on Paleo by Deborah Ferry

Deborah Ferry — Thu, 23 May 2013 00:51:06 +0000

Good article. Don’t think the creationists will like it though.

Comment on Quick hits by Ruby Doom

Ruby Doom — Wed, 22 May 2013 21:40:34 +0000

Hi,
I’ve nominated you for a Leibster Award because your blog makes me smile
Info about the award is on my post here – https://thehippygeek.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/the-leibster-award/