OP reads thinkprogress and doesn't think critically (regarding supposed SS 'hypocrisy')

[sailingaway]

so you don't ever go huff post?

they have great articles they have great pictures and stories

there news is way more updated than other sites and fast

i don't understand whats wrong with it? its not a magazine it links actually quotes and videos of what there talking about nothing is doctored or edited its just in ur face news

I don't go directly there, but I am led there by google searches, and I like Robin Koerner (sp?) who started Blue Republicans in support of Ron Paul. I also follow a couple other of their writers on twitter. But the comment section is almost universally brainless, and I do comment occasionally. Once in a while someone makes a new point but usually it is just 'so there!' type of stuff.

 

[sailingaway]

editing/deleting/censoring peoples posts because you disagree = not cool

Is this what can be expected if Libertarians take over?

on their own private property?

 

[sailingaway]

On reflection, Thinkprogress jumped RIGHT on this and sent it to their substantial echo chamber as SOON as the interview occurred. I think they are trying to rally stray leftists who support Ron over Obama back onto the ranch.

 

[grit123]

on their own private property?

God forbid people like you are wealthy enough to buy most of it up.

 

[sailingaway]

God forbid people like you are wealthy enough to buy most of it up.

I don't think you're in danger, unfortunately.

Did I edit a post of yours?

 

[JustinL]

The guy trolls a ton and he says nothing and then he starts getting personal bringing in Diablo 3 playing and junk and at that point he brought up the idea of a ban (merely giving a warning versus just banning him). Seems pretty tolerant to me. And suggesting we should all forsake private property and he should surrender his forums to others? I always wonder what the deal with these people who forsake private property totally is... because I'm pretty sure if I claim you don't own your right arm and I lop it off and use it for my own purposes you'd have a problem with that. Let's be reasonable here. He's being tolerant of him even though he seems a troll, but so long as we keep things polite and on topic and not lob personal insults about what people do with their time that are irrelevant to the topic.

 

[anaconda]

RP should have mentioned how much the Congressional pension is and that there are two people out of 535 that don't participate.

 

[No Free Beer]

i find it rather comical that thinkprogress is so worried abour ron paul, instead of obama and his hypocrisy

 

[cocrehamster]

Because just because somebody stole from you does not mean it is ok to steal from somebody else. When you take money out of Social Security, you're not getting back the money that you were forced to put into it. That money was spent a long time ago. You're just enslaving the next generation, and calling it reparations.

That, and teaching the next generation that it's ok.

By your logic when I take money out of my bank account I'm stealing because the bills they give me arent the ones I deposited but the ones that someone else did. I can't even comprehend how someone could make your silly argument. He even said that he still pays in more than he receives in benefits each year. Who is he stealing from again?

 

[erowe1]

By your logic when I take money out of my bank account I'm stealing because the bills they give me arent the ones I deposited but the ones that someone else did. I can't even comprehend how someone could make your silly argument. He even said that he still pays in more than he receives in benefits each year. Who is he stealing from again?

It's the government that's doing the stealing, not the SS recipients.

But yes, it is still theft. It's not people getting their own money back. Their money was stolen and given to others, and now others' money is getting stolen and given to them.

 

[sailingaway]

i find it rather comical that thinkprogress is so worried abour ron paul, instead of obama and his hypocrisy

people who voted for Obama and are disappointed because of ndaa and cispa and fisa and the patriot act and the wars compare him to Ron. Thinkprogress is trying to whistle them back 'to the team'.

 

[alucard13mmfmj]

let's assume ron paul is hypocritical in SS and other stuff...

heck, ron paul is still less hypocritical than Romney or Obama. There. Case Closed.

 

[sailingaway]

let's assume ron paul is hypocritical in SS and other stuff...

heck, ron paul is still less hypocritical than Romney or Obama. There. Case Closed.

I refuse to lower the bar so low.

Ron Paul isn't hypocritical on social security.

 

[alucard13mmfmj]

I refuse to lower the bar so low.

Ron Paul isn't hypocritical on social security.

i know he's not. but its a hypothetical if he is hypocritical on SOME issues, hes still better than Obama or Romney.

 

[CaseyJones]

moved to media spin

 

[farreri]

RAW STORY: "Ron Paul: I take Social Security checks but will eliminate it for others"

I like RS and they, for the most part, seem to be supportive of RP, but they are misleading on this headline. Yes, RP wants to eliminate SS...for all! Including himself.

And there's no hypocrisy of him getting back what the government forced him to pay into. It's basically his money and he'll even get LESS back than he was forced to pay in.

The only way he'd be a hypocrite is if it was a govt program that just gave certain people taxpayer's money for funded services, but not everyone. A farm subsidy, for example.

 

[DerailingDaTrain]

Certainly not. And he isn't running for his seat again so he has nothing to lose. But the popular notion that because I paid into it means I deserve to get something back makes me nauseous.

So if the government steals from me I don't deserve the money I slaved everyday of my life for back? Are you advocating for government theft?