TO TRUST A MATTRESS OR A DEMOCRAT?
Democrats, and Republicans too, have got us all confused about Social Security, but here is an explanation that even the mentally retarded can follow. The average American makes $16.05 per hour according to The Bureau of Labor Statistics; lives to age 77 according to the Center for Disease control, officially retires at age 66 according to a law passed by Congress, and contributes 12.4% of his income to Social Security according to a legalized scam perpetrated by the Democrats.
So, $16.05 (per hour) x 40 (hours per week) x 52 (weeks per year) x 46 (years worked) x 12.4%gives you $190,422 that is now stolen by the Democrats, but might have been put in your mattress. To disguise this grand larceny the Democrats give back $952 (average Social Security monthly check at retirement) and say to you, " the math is very complicated but trust us, this is a great deal; we love you and care for you; and those Republicans are just so selfish and mean."
But, if you had been free from Democratic treachery to put the 12.4% each pay period ($190,422 in total ) in your mattress until retirement, and then lived 11 years longer (average life span), you could take 51% more ($1442 vs. $952) per month($190,422/11/12=$1422) in retirement income than the Democrats give you!
For those who are fortunate enough to fall above the retarded level of intelligence you know that money, rather than being invested in a mattress, can be invested in a balanced Republican fund of stocks and bonds where it might return, conservatively, 5%, in which case the return would not be 51% above the Democratic grand theft return, but rather 580% above the Democratic grand theft return!
In point of fact, many Americans retire to a life at or near the poverty level because the Democrats steal their money by convincing them they are the caring Socialist Party. In poorer countries around the world, where retirement income is proportionately less, this Democratic lead is often followed and as a result millions die prematurely of poverty.
Sadly, those who cannot understand this are not functionally above the mentally retarded level, but rather have fallen prey to the same pack animal or tribal/herd mentality that throughout history has caused mankind to worship and trust strange Gods and stranger men who were far more likely to kill or abuse them than to care for them. It all makes you wonder if the Jeffersonian concept of freedom from Gov't is too unnatural to prevail in the end.
Comments: Ted Baiamonte, bje1000@aol.com
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