Shorter David Brooks
Posted on February 2nd, 2010 by Brad
- [Takes hit from a bong] OK, OK, so, like, get this, man. I’ve so figured out how to solve our deficit problem. It’s gonna happen when old people start a mass movement based around slashing Medicare and Social Security payments. Du-huuu-huuuu-huuuude! How did I not think of this before??
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Always. Trust. The. Shorter.™
By the way, how can you get shorter than David Brooks?
I mean, penile-wise….
Does he seriously think that, in greedy fuckin’ America, geezers are going to take one more for the team, when they’ve seen the entire country grow up around “ME! ME! ME!” starting with Ronald Reagan?????
I’ve so figured out how to solve our deficit problem. It’s gonna happen when old people start a mass movement based around slashing Medicare and Social Security payments.
I’m ALMOST tempted to step off the boat to see how Bobo thinks he’s going to sell those rotten diseased smelly mangoes.
Almost.
Does he seriously think
No.
Must resist temptation to get out of the boat.
Curses, why can’t my job be busier this morning? Then I wouldn’t have to fight this urge…
This shorter is an insult to stoners the world over. Ours is a more nuanced and intelligent position: alien intelligence and/or the psychic alligators of ancient Egypt are in control of a slow-burn genetic mutation that will one day yield an over race of twelve eyed, mouth-less remote viewers.
Fuck you, Bobo.
Nope. Not getting out of the boat! Gonna sit here and listen to the New York Dolls on CBGB Radio, and totally ignore the shiny nickel lying there on the…
Dammit!
It’s even stoopider than I imagined.
How is that possible? I can imagine pretty stoopid.
“Get on my lawn!”
Aging is theft!
Dentistry is theft.
Aging is theft.
Therefore, dentures are grand theft auto.
It’s even stoopider than I imagined.
How is that possible?
How IS that possible?
Dammit, must stay on boat…
it’s tough, though – kind of an Ed-Woodian impulse to kick over the rock and see just how deep teh stpuid goes…
Even shorter Bobo: the O’Reilly demographic are closet socialists.
“over the past couple of years we’ve seen the power of spontaneous social movements: first the movement that formed behind Barack Obama, and now, equally large, the Tea Party movement”
Yes, he really wrote that the teabaggers can elect a president.
O’Reilly’s demographic:
His audience is so old Barbara Bush was jailbait when they were growing up.
Ewwww.
i’ll have some of whatever the stupid looking man is smoking thank you
Ah ain’t givven up mah cardboard box to no yungun.
A spontaneous movement… or a political campaign?
Didja git mah Cheez-Whiz, boy?
Gah, Smedley beat me to it. GET OUT OF MY HEAD, SMED!
Um, electing a president is equivalent to maybe 100,000 angry, confused people who can’t figure out the source of their butthurt?
I don’t think so.
Substance McGravitas linked this in the last thread, but it needs more exposure:
http://spectator.org/archives/2010/01/29/reloading
Have you hugged your United Nations today?
“I used to think that political leaders could avert fiscal suicide. But it’s now clear change will not be led from Washington. On the other hand, over the past couple of years we’ve seen the power of spontaneous social movements: first the movement that formed behind Barack Obama, and now, equally large, the Tea Party movement.”
Why does this pathetic idiot still have a job? The “movement” that formed around Barock Obama is generally called the majority of the electorate. So now the Tea Party asshats are the majority? If Brooks really wants to be so magnanimous, I suggest he commit real (as opposed to fiscal) suicide. I’m sure there are many people that would be glad to assist.
David Brooks, the one man Death Panel.
What book did I read where the federal government was offering five years of tax incentives for seniors that agreed to end their lives at the end of that five years.
He can’t… No, not even Bobo… No, really? Can even he be that stupid?
The mangoes tempt, but oh the piranha.
Stay On The Boat. The stupid is neck-deep over there, and the mangoes have worms.
So now the Tea Party asshats are the majority?
If your metric is not numbers of people but airtime on Fox News, yes.
I can nothing about his “movement” idiocy. Except that it makes me think of this.
“say” Also.
holy. fuck.
I just had to go for those goddamn mangoes.
It may seem unrealistic — to expect a generation to organize around the cause of nonselfishness. But in the private sphere, you see it every day. Old people now have the time, the energy and, with the Internet, the tools to organize.
He’s really convinced himself that’s going to happen? The people who actually do benefit from the existance of federal government are suddenly going to go all altruistic and give up what they’ve worked for for years – what they’ve earned in so many ways – because Bobo can’t see cutting spending back somewhere else, like, say, THE FUCKING PENTAGON?
Of course, maybe we’ll be REALLY lucky and start all kindsa new wars so the young people get to go off to die and stop stealing the old folks’ freedom.
God. I feel stupider for having read that.
All I can say is movements while teabagging are impolite unless you’ve worked things out beforehand.
‘STOP GIVIN’ ME ALL THIS GOL-DARN SOCIAL SECURITY MONEY! I DON’T CARE IF I’LL STARVE, YOU JUST MAKE SURE AND PAY OFF THE INTEREST TO THEM DANG BOND AND TREASURY HOLDERS! THEY’RE THE REAL VICTIMS HERE, NOT US OLDER TYPES!’
One for the “I TOLD YOU GUYS I WAS HARDCORE” File:
I just heard that in the wake of anti-tax protests, they’re now shutting down Colorado Springs piece by piece (h/t metafilter) – another bold step toward mandatory nihilism undertaken on behalf of America’s abusive co-dependant relationship with The Invisible Middle Finger … in Soviet Springs, Galt goes YOU!
Best comment @ the link = “A penny saved is a coyote mauling in the dark earned.”
BTW – “organize around the cause of nonselfishness”?
WHAT. THE FUCK.
Is he actually suggesting, as it seems in context of the rest of his blathering, that this refers in any way to the Teabaggers, the most selfish whiny bourgeois revolutionary wanna-bees I’ve ever seen? Or has the stupid knackered my reading comprehension that badly?
this whole; “get of the boat” & “Mangoes” meme, someone (i.e.not me) should Urban Dictionaryise it before some usurper nicks it….
Best comment @ the link = “A penny saved is a coyote mauling in the dark earned.”
Have to say I enjoyed: “Ted Haggard must be happy they’re shutting down the vice squad.”
But overall, pretty darn hilarious to see the underpants gnomes have gone galt.
I can’t resist . . . the mangoes, they look so tasty . . . help me!
Thomas, the book is, I believe, Boomsday, by Christopher Buckley.
http://www.amazon.com/Boomsday-Christopher-Buckley/dp/B0029LHWZO/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_6
All I can say is movements while teabagging are impolite unless you’ve worked things out beforehand.
No more calls, we have a winner!
Bobo, save some of those bong hits for Jesus.
I got off the boat, as usual unwilling to believe that it was that stupid. It was worse. It was much much worse.
Evidently, he must have missed the sign at the teabagger rally wishing that the government would get its greedy paws off Medicare. Yeah, Brooks, the teabag movement is full of senior citizens who want Medicare cut, and themselves to suffer for the good of younger people. What they didn’t like about Obamacare was how generous it was to old people.
How does an assclown like this stay employed? I wrote better arguments for high school essay assignments that got barely passing grades.
Goin Down Slow. Lightnin.
Shorter Bobo:
“The best way to combat the threat of hoi polloi waking up to the class warfare that’s been waged against them for the last 30 years is to distract them with inter-generational warfare. We win!”
or would that be “intra-generational”? English majors?
I get no kick from Champagne
Mere alchohol doesn’t thrill me at all…
INTER-generational.
Somewhat OT, Kos poll reminding us how deep the stupid runs.
“How does an assclown like this stay employed?”
It’s a quota system and highly complicated. You see, here in the US of A, there must be at least two assclowns on the Editorial Boards of every major newspaper. The complication arises when the “Howard Kurtz feigned ignorance” rule is invoked. This leads to questions such as: “Should Richard Cohen be considered an assclown or concern troll?” After awhile, the WaPo Board just throws up their hands and calls him a liberal, thereby allowing themselves to purchase an additional assclown. As I said, it gets complicated.
INTRA-generational warfare would be within one’s own generation – like the College Republicans versus young anti-war protestors brainwashed by their dark Satanic Humanities Dept. overlords.
I can’t resist . . . the mangoes, they look so tasty . . . help me!
Hey! Mister Tallyman! Tally me bananas!
“I used to think that political leaders could avert fiscal suicide. But it’s now clear change will not be led from Washington. On the other hand, over the past couple of years we’ve seen the power of spontaneous social movements: first the movement that formed behind Barack Obama, and now, equally large, the Tea Party movement.”
Holy crap, that is chock full of dumb. Change can’t be led from Washington or political leaders, but they can be led by “spontaneous” social movements based in Washington and focusing on political leaders. Also, “equally” has been downgraded to “far fewer but I have an illusion to maintain.”
You see, here in the US of A, there must be at least two assclowns on the Editorial Boards of every major newspaper.
You’d THINK they’d choose two of the same sex, a la hamsters, to stop the inbreeeding…
But it’s now clear change will not be led from Washington.
a) No fucking kidding, Priscilla. Welcome to the party, shithead!
b) If he honestly thinks there is enough anger in this country now to form a populist movement, he’s sadly mistaken.
c) I’m betting the Teabaggers will be even more disappointed in their “appointed” leadership as liberals are with Obama.
judging by the rapid disintegration of teh TeabAg convention, calling them an ‘organized’ party is far too generous.
Of course, being corporately funded and having their own news channel does give them certain advantages…
Of course, being corporately funded and having their own news channel does give them certain advantages…
And opens the door to the Oprah party.
“You’d THINK they’d choose two of the same sex, a la hamsters, to stop the inbreeeding…”
Well, in their defense, the Times did that, but apparently nature found a way and a Douthat was hatched.
the rapid disintegration of teh TeabAg convention
They HAD one?
I must have blinked and missed it.
best sociopolitical commentary:
“news organizations”
vs
i can haz cheezburger
???
we report, you decide…
Youth is wasted on the young.
What a great week+ for Boobo. I don’t think he’s written a single word that hasn’t been absolutely destroyed by the left blogosphere.
OT, but may I make the first 2010 Profile in Courage nomination for Admiral Mullen for telling Congress that DADT should be repealed? THAT took some extra-large mangoes!
Let’s see, asking the richest 2% to pay some more in taxes, maybe even as much as they paid when St. Reagan was in office, is too much to ask. Horrors. But cutting back on social programs that the middle and working classes depend on is just fine? Further proof (as if more were needed) that RWers are moral idiots…
My only explanation for Bobo doubling down on the stupid is that it is part of a cunning long-term plan to give Doghouse Riley an aneurysm.
floating out to sea on that cake of ice as we speak.
omg, what an a-hole. Hello, boomers paid in more to Social Security and Medicare than ANYBODY, including EXTRA payments in the 80s. My Dad jokes about that all the time (Greatest Generation guy, I’m a Boomer).
Brooks loves to diss Boomers and thinks it’s cool because he is one. Well yeah, a filthy rich Boomer can afford to be “unselfish” and all, and just let that SS and Medicare go away.
Hey Dave, hows about let’s see YOU share that wealth a bit. Contributed to Haiti Relief or the Pine Ridge people that were left without power in that ice storm recently? I did, and I’m unemployed and can’t afford it.
No. I didn’t think so. What a douche.
Slightly shorter Brooks: Studies prove that old people aren’t stupid. Hopefully, this means they’ll be stupid enough to cut off their own noses!
My only explanation for Bobo doubling down on the stupid is that it is part of a cunning long-term plan to give Doghouse Riley an aneurysm.
obviously, he is conspiring with Douthat.
My only explanation for Bobo doubling down on the stupid is that it is part of a cunning long-term plan to give Doghouse Riley an aneurysm.
obviously, he is conspiring with Douthat.
That great duo, Brooks and Done.
David Brooks, dear, your appointment with the ice floes is rapidly approaching. Tick tock!
David Brooks, dear, your appointment with the ice floes is rapidly approaching. Tick tock!
I reiterate my most strenuous objection to the comparison of Brooks to polar bears.
Brooks and Done is his duo act with Dionne. Douthat is, famously, as yet un-done.
Seriously, what kind of diseased capitalist mind only measures human worth in terms of dollars currently being produced per annum?
These are people who worked and contributed to social security their whole lives, but now they are supposed to eat cat food, roll over and die because Bush spent too much on his war adventures?
Black people will burn down the NAACP before old people renounce Medicare or Social Security.
I suppose it’s good news in a sense that the conservatives still have their eye on dismantling these things – because as much of the public as there is that opposes UHC, the percentage that opposes privatization or cuts in these two programs, let alone their abolition, is much bigger. It looks like they’re just going to ignore the public will yet another time, which means they’ll be shooting themselves in the foot again at some moment in the future.
(This is what passes for good news in today’s politics…)
Brooks and Done is his duo act with Dionne.
I really don’t need to hear him sing “Runaround Sue”…
‘Look, I’m rich and I don’t need my Social Security, so, what’s with all the other old folks not giving up theirs to pay off rich bond and treasury holders? WHY WON’T YOU EAT CAT FOOD AND SLEEP UNDER BRIDGES TO HELP THESE VALUED INVESTORS???‘
Notice that the words “Social Security” appear nowhere in Brooks’ piece. IOW, he’s too much of a pussy to say what he really means.
I am SO FUCKING SICK of entitled right-wing assholes trying to guilt away the one piddly thing I can count on the government ever doing for me.
If the astroturf end of the teabag movement starts pushing, the teabaggers are more than dumb enough to protest in favor of SS and medicare cuts.
There’s not much reason to oppose SS/Medicare cuts at this point. Slashing these benefits would deeply harm a core Republican constituency (the old and senile) and pay them back for working against HCR.
About the only way I can imagine Bobo doing bong hits is that he’s the kind of dad who always says that he’d rather that you do your partying at the house rather than going out somewhere and getting arrested or in an accident or something, and then one horrific evening you find out that what he really means is that he won’t tell Mom as long as you let him have all the free bong hits he wants and also let him hang out with you and your friends.
So, he keeps going on and on about this old blacklight Grateful Dead poster that he used to have, while pretending not to stare at your best friend’s girlfriend’s chest (which, it has to be said, really is a sight to see), and she’s getting really uncomfortable but then your girlfriend leans over and starts whispering to her, and the two of them start giggling, and your dad starts going “What? What?” and then the two of them start talking about what a great evening it would be to go skinny-dipping. And they start talking about the different places that they could try “where no one would see us” and you are horrified by the idea that your dad’s getting a boner but they won’t stop.
So finally you and your best friend go upstairs to the kitchen for Chips Ahoy and also to order a pizza and your friend starts talking about Logan’s Run, which you thought was just a movie or TV show or something from the seventies but which is actually also a book where anyone over 21 gets blown away by these cool dudes in black called the Sandmen, and you think to yourself, yeah, I could kind of dig that. It almost makes the thought of going to school on Monday, when the story about your dad will be going around everywhere, almost tolerable.
Slashing these benefits would deeply harm a core Republican constituency
Y’know, you’d think so, but above age 60, Democrats draw very well.
Once you get above 70, Republicans tend to dominate the vote but only if party is factored in. The independent vote becomes huge the older voters get.
Well done, goddamn Batman.
And after GB’s masterful showing above, what Seinfeld quote should come up but:
“The two of you shouldn’t have been looking at some fifteen year-old’s cleavage anyway!”
Yeah, I can see that applying to Bobo.
If the astroturf end of the teabag movement starts pushing, the teabaggers are more than dumb enough to protest in favor of SS and medicare cuts.
“Put your government hands on my Social Security”?
Well, to be fair, they’re supposed to eat cat food, roll over and die because Bush spent too much on his war adventures, murdered the world economy in the name of short term gain, gave the private sector carte blanche to finish the job of obliterating the American middle class and turned the public sector into a cash grab for grifters at the expense of John Q. Public, etc. etc. Mostly, though, they’re supposed to eat cat food, roll over and die because they are not David Brooks.
Now you see, there’s the problem in a nutshell.
There’s still one piddly thing you think you can count on the government for.
Batman, that’s………………..I’m in awe. That’s choice.
The Goddamn Batman Had This Day-Glo Poster Of Christopher Lee As Dracula From DYNAMITE Magazine Back In The Seventies, It Was Pretty Cool, He Swears He Could See Lee’s Eyes In The Dark said,
February 2, 2010 at 22:51
Wasn’t this basically the inspiration for BIlly Joel’s song “Captain Jack”?
And yeah, GB, that gets more of a stadium wave than a golf clap.
Sorry to go totally OT but I can’t help myself.
I just watched Sen. POW’s opening statements at the DADT hearings. Among the expected bullshit, nonsense and bigotry, he lays out the following argument.
1. DADT has “worked” (he doesn’t say what that means – could be he means in the same way that torture “worked”)
2. Many gay people are serving RIGHT NOW and I honor them.
3. The key findings in ’94 were
…A) serving in the military requires accepting life and working conditions the wouldn’t be acceptable in civilian life
…B) military life requires strict behavior (goes on to snidely imply that fags can’t keep their hands off virile macho real-guys)
…C) unit cohesion is the most important thing EVAH
The policy, he says at this point, has worked by allowing gay men and lesbians to serve their country.
Shorter McCaint: Everybody in the service knows they have gays in their midst and it hasn’t been a problem but if a soldier hangs up a picture of his boyfriend ZOMG IT’S GONNA DESTROY THE ARMY!!!
Thanks. I just had to say something and I have no one else to talk to.
and now, equally large, the Tea Party movement
He doesn’t really believe the inflated numbers from September 12, does he?
I know he’s stupid, but is he that stupid?
(goes on to snidely imply that fags can’t keep their hands off virile macho real-guys)
What is it with ugly as hell straight guys like McCain who think they’re irresistible? As if anybody with any brain cells or self esteem would touch his shriveled up carcass.
…A) serving in the military requires accepting life and working conditions the wouldn’t be acceptable in civilian life
Unless, of course, you’re poor and the military is your only viable chance to improve your lot…like a large number of soldiers currently serving.
…B) military life requires strict behavior (goes on to snidely imply that fags can’t keep their hands off virile macho real-guys)
Meaning that those same poor, largely minority, soldiers who were under constant police supervision are now somehow suddenly free to be libertine?
…C) unit cohesion is the most important thing EVAH
Well, there’s a cheap joke to be made there about prisons in Hanoi, I suppose…
As if anybody with any brain cells or self esteem would touch his shriveled up carcass.
Well, there is Cind–
Oh. Self-esteem. Right.
He’s a shit to his wife and she sticks around. How’s he gonna learn?
PeeJ, caught a summary of the DADT hearing on NPR. One thing McJowel said is “There should be a thorough, fact-based study performed by the Pentagon.”
Which a) gives me hope because there are any number of highly professional military groups around the world that accept out gays (as someone pointed out here recently) but also b) smells a bit like another way to put it off, which is prolly more likely his intent.
Also, sounds like Adm. Mullen was awesome. Go him!
It’s inevitable, you people will, sooner rather than later, be accepted as full citizens in our fair country.
“Sorry grandma, we couldn’t afford any cat food but we got you a nice big sack of Ol’ Roy kibble at the Wal-Mart for only $7.99…”
After the firings of gay DoD linguists, which hampers our anti-terrorism efforts, McCain should be hit in the nuts with a canoe paddle for his “thorough, fact-based study” b.s.
You really should watch the slandering of cannabis smokers. To imply that cannabis would make someone as stupid and insensitive as Brooks is to know fuck-all about pot. Far from making people fascist assholes, it tends to open consciousness and increase sensitivity.
If you would’ve said something like “takes a swig of Coors”, I would’ve bought it.
STOP with the cannabis slander already! We’ve got enough trouble from ignorant assholes on the right without the “good” guys joining in.
I hear you!
FYWP!
And potheads!
I dunno, one of the reasons I quit smoking pot was that it made me frickin’ stupid.
“McCain should be hit in the nuts with a canoe paddle”
This. All that other verbiage: superfluous.
You really should watch the slandering of cannabis smokers. To imply that cannabis would make someone as stupid and insensitive as Brooks is to know fuck-all about pot.
Okay, “Bobo’s been chewing the jimsonweed again, Mamma!”
There, does that make it all better?
It made me stupider.
IIRC,during the election, McCain tried to spin his opposition to expanded educational benefits for veterans as a pro-military measure. His reasoning—I swear I’m not making this up—was that if vets were shut out of educational opportunities, they would stay in the service and thereby improve the personnel pool.
When Obama (politely) called bullshit on this, McCain got all huffy and said someone who never served has no right to tell him blah blah blah. What a useless tool.
smedley said,
OT, but may I make the first 2010 Profile in Courage nomination for Admiral Mullen for telling Congress that DADT should be repealed?
Call me skeptical, but I can’t help but think that the current support among the brass for ending DADT is motivated by the need for more cannon fodder.
“He’s really convinced himself that’s going to happen? The people who actually do benefit from the existance of federal government are suddenly going to go all altruistic and give up what they’ve worked for for years”
No, Bobo doesn’t mean “give up” as in voluntarily demand that congress slash their Medicare benefits. He mens “give up” as in having them forcefully take away and the beaten by the police when they riot.
See? All is right with the world once you crack the code.
Preview is your friend. Preview is your friend.
“He means “give up” as in having them forcefully taken away and then beaten by the police when they riot.”
::sigh::
If there’s one thing that I’ve learned (questionable) it’s that people’s reactions to pot
are highly subjective, i.e. it kind of depends who you are to begin with. Some of
the most brilliant computer guys I know are HUGE potheads. Writers & musicians too.
On the other hand, I once drove away with a stack of cymbals on the roof of my car. CLANGO!!
P.S. Also, no drummer jokes. I’ve heard ’em all already.
P.S. Also, no drummer jokes. I’ve heard ‘em all already.
Yeah, but the rest of us haven’t:
Q: What do you call a drummer who breaks up with his girlfriend?
A: Homeless.
Q: How do you know when the bandstand is level?
A: The drummer drools out of both corners of his mouth.
To imply that cannabis would make someone as stupid and insensitive as Brooks is to know fuck-all about pot. Far from making people fascist assholes, it tends to open consciousness and increase sensitivity.
Duuuuuuude…chillax, man! The joke is that Brooks would LOOSEN UP to that extent on the weed!
What do Ginger Baker and coffee have in common?
They both suck without Cream.
——————
What’s the last thing a drummer says to his band?
Hey guys! Why don’t we play one of my songs?
I’m thinking columnists – much like pastors – have to go come with something, anything, on a regular basis, amiright?
Here’s a thought – make Medicare available at 50 and let the few, fabulous job openings go to the deserving kids. No one is looking to hire a computer tech who looks like your grandma, anyway. I’ll take my SS money, get out of your hair and let the young ‘uns figure out the next 30 years for themselves.
As a very stoned person at this exact moment, I think I’m uniquely qualified to address the subject of whether marijuana smoking can make you sound like a big silly, exploring elliptical, often incoherent paths of conversation.
But I forgot what I was going to say.
I’ll say this, though: the word cannabis makes anybody sound pompous. I’ll say this also, too: typing html tags when you’re high on grass is a challenge.
How do you know when it’s a drummer at the door?
The knock slows down.
Yeah, yeah. How do you know when it’s a girl singer at the door?
She can’t find the key & she doesn’t know when to come in.
Also: What’s the difference between a drummer and a large pizza?
A large pizza can feed a family of four.
Hadn’t heard the Cream one………..hyah!
In the dictionary, it says a drummer is a guy that likes to hang out with musicians.
In my dictionary, that’s a singer.
P.S. How can you tell when it’s a Republican at the door?
SHUT UP, that’s how.
I can only make pictures of musicians.
http://themedandvariations.blogspot.com/2009/04/miles-davis.html
Why are a small boy’s testicles hanging out of his mouth?
I’m a stickler for accuracy.
Oh, you mean Brooks. Those are mine. I shaved ’em.
Riiiiiiggggghht. That’s what the private sphere is all about. nonselfishness. And free beer. And sex with badgers. And helping out your fellow humans. A pony in every pot.
I gotta lie down. I picked a hell of a year to quit smoking crack with underage transsexual hookers.
How do you make a drummer’s car go faster?
Take the pizza sign off the roof.
Do you guys think Brooks drinks the bongwater from his wake ‘n’ bake sessions? He seems like the kinda guy who might wait for Friday and then, whamo!, he’s gone and knocked back the bong water, probably from a vintage Dairy Queen Mr. Misty promotional 32 oz. sports bottle. Also, has anyone seen his bong? I’m thinking it’s a ceramic Yoda bong but I could be wrong. Dude might have one of them six foot acrylic jobs with Hello Kitty and RNC convention Kerry band aid stickers on it.
Why is a drum machine better than a drummer?
Because it can keep good time and won’t sleep with your girlfriend.
How about a rich persons’ movement to pay higher taxes so we can fund entitlements for the old *and* the young?
I know, I know. Time for another hit off the bong.
Eliminate (or raise) the ceiling on wages subject to Social Security tax.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124813343694466841.html
Seriously.
How does he have a job. I ask you.
A possible answer: the corrupt ichor that drips from his febrile pen is soothing to those who own the NY Times, and the various other media outlets that somehow give him seconds of non-mocking attention.
It helps banish the cognitive dissonance of knowing conservatism is bad for American, and yet being for conservatism, by numbing the entire freakin’ brain and placing the blame anywhere but “moderates” – which is to say, the extinct species of sensible conservatives.
But is this answer good enough? I don’t think so.
One of the few good things about the discussions on the increasing federal debt is that, hopefully, more people will have a better understanding of what really causes the debt. It is and has NOT been Social Security, which is OWED about $2.4 trillion by the federal government. That amount has been “borrowed” to pay for other federal programs. This “borrowing” has also been used, misleadingly, to reduce the announced annual federal debt, but that is another story.
The bottom line is that the annual Social Security surplus has NOT been saved, as it should have been. Instead, that surplus of $2.4 trillion is owed back to the Trust Fund by our federal government.
In a cruel twist of logic, David Brooks and others try to make it look like Social Security has added to the federal debt, when THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE.
The more people realize that blaming Social Security and other “entitlements” for our increasing federal debt is false, the more they will begin to look for the true reasons for the debt, which are the wars and our military commitments.
For a consise, cogent explanation of all this, see this webpage: http://www.warresisters.org/pages/piechart.htm
thetragicsongwildfire skrev:
If anything, I’m thinking Bobo made a bong out of his own still-attached head. And then, no doubt, the good weed died off when there came a killing frost.