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- North Korea Admits Having Nuclear Weapons
- Wow. That was fast.
- re: Wow. That was fast. Maybe they are going to reconcile the U235 program, which never stopped?
- I refer the honorable genteleman
- BTW...
- Really?
- They are hoping to get more attention with this non-news. (n/t)
- Wow. That was fast.
- So We Have the NYT Avoiding an "October Surprise" Story for Fear of What Republicans Might Say
- Al, chill! This is silly
- The analysis is at least as good as the analysis of UFO abduction claims. (n/t)
- Or possibly, the NYT decided that the story was full of hot air?
- Cripes, alcaray. I didn't think you were in this category.
- Serious Insecurities concerning Social Security 'Reform'
- My plan to reform Social Security
- Thats actually a pretty good idea, IMO
- If it "over-funds" the system, just cut the tax rate. Simple. (n/t)
- The system is currently overfunded as it is
- Not if it is to become a VESTED system with assets backing liabilities.
- re: The system is currently overfunded as it is
- I could live with that.
- Thats actually a pretty good idea, IMO
- Not to mention the dark secret that people are only just realizing..
- The only true fix for SS
- More to the point
- re: No big secret.
- Tom hit the BS buzzer
- So the fix is to simply confiscate more and more money?
- Further, they always claim that it must get worse and worse
- Bartleby the Scrivener
- Does anyone else see the political weirdness here?
- Not my problem, Tom, that you have a propensity for strawman arguments and distorting positions you disagree with
- More on the Amazing Vanishing Social Security Crisis
- The DNC choice to take the position that after all the years of claiming there was a crisis, now there isn't one, will not hold up. (n/t)
- again
- correction, misread something Tom said
- More on the Amazing Vanishing Social Security Crisis
- Not my problem, Tom, that you have a propensity for strawman arguments and distorting positions you disagree with
- Tom hit the BS buzzer
- What Ed said.
- Very good points
- My plan to reform Social Security
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