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let's examine your logic here 1. You say we have a gun problem yet you are boasting how well the gun control laws work in NYC, so which is it in NYC? 2. You admit that rural areas have lower murder rates 3. THEREFORE everyone, including rural areas, needs tougher gun laws why?? you...

I get sudden solvency of places like california, New York, and Chicago, I get rid of about $5T unfunded liability, lower taxes, and in the federal budget we immediately take out about $518 Billion Of the $64B a month paid out in SSI, about $10B of that is disability. $120B a year Farm...

yes I'm sure, all private insurance works that way. I'm not saying you ALWAYS collect, but IF you collect you get more than what you paid. SSI is the opposite, you almost always collect and get less than what you paid (for my generation) One does not 'insure' against old age, you...

life ain't fair fellas, some of us just live better, don't hold it against me

unemployement benefits, medicaid, obamacare, SSID, farm subsidies, SCHIP, education, public employee pensions and benefits... you guys are dishonest about the problems we have before us, you seem to need to be that way.

no it's not insurance, it's welfare. Insurance schemes: 1) Not open ended in what they will pay 2) Pay out far more than the premium costs 3) have a minority of participants collect Social Security: 1) most all people collect something 2) Costs me more than I will collect (tell...

It was a fantastic deal for the first generations since they had not paid in much. what about the pressure on the national budget?

ok, just don't try and tell me what a great deal SSI is for me persoanlly or other young people, I am basically paying a hell of a lot more in welfare taxes and that's my point

"The theory that our universe is contained inside a bubble, and that multiple alternative universes exist inside their own bubbles -- making up the 'multiverse' -- is, for the first time, being tested by physicists." http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110803102844.htm

good luck with the kid, hope things work out wanna see pics of my '72 Dodge Dart? finished 2nd at Bristol...

we have been down this road before.. so entitlements are not a problem but the cost of health care is? that's really stupid, and 'we' don't agree on what is best, so it isn't that simple. Cost is being driven up by government distortions, the solution is less government and less handouts...

It's quite clear that SSI is a bad deal for young people. For workers full time, there is private disability insurance. For your familiy there is life Insurance. I'm not sure why you want to pretend that gov't is the only option. In my case the numbers are staggeringly bad. My lifetime...

It all happened because ATF was 'enforcing' the sale of an alleged sawed off shotgun. You mentioned that a new law would be tough on sales, there's a lot more of that coming. fast and furious anyone?

RedDuke, ever heard of Ruby Ridge?

Fred says your full of shit, he's ready when you are

Footprints in the Carbon by Mav88 One night I had a dream, I was walking in carbon sand, me an Al Gore side by side... Scenes from Dr. Zhivago flashed across the sky... and there were two sets of footprints in the carbon then suddenly there was one set of carbon footprints...and I...

special pleading... but I don't care. Enjoy

jem, we don't know what the independant variables are, the question is unanswered really. In other words all this constants could be related by a unified theory, giving the illusion of fine tuning. the anthropic priciple is also discounted

are you Don Bright?

I know you are looking for stu, but I have seen all this and there are many counterarguments. I am not convinced, but I am not going to debate this either. http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/Cosmo/FineTune.pdf