


what a read this thread has become. Everything from a pretty rational discussion of how Social Security evolved(some would say for the better, given the vast extension of benefits, others can rationally disagree), to some goofy shit that's as fucked up as a soup sandwich.
Interesting interview, the other day, with a former South Carolina Republican congressman.....the dude had a career voting record of 99% Conservative, yet lost a primary to some clown with no credentials to speak of. Why? Because the incumbant refused to give creedence to the Obama birthers(hmmm, why a birth announcement in the Hawaii paper? Were they planning a political career from birth?), and gave no creedence to some of the paranoid shit about social security numbers linking folks to an Insurance company at birth. As he put it so well, "you can lead, or you can mislead, and sadly, many on the right are doing the latter".