What happened to all of the doom and gloom economic threads?

[islandman]

And the NASDAQ flubs yet another IPO.

Wrong time for me to tie myself to that exchange.

 

[unregistered]

 

[koalabear]

Get a copy of the financials for the SS trust Fund, look in the "assets" column and see if there's any cash in there, report back.

The Fed is keeping the SS funds for us.

 

[unregistered]

 

[JohnnySavage]

Get a copy of the financials for the SS trust Fund, look in the "assets" column and see if there's any cash in there, report back.

The value of the assets in the SS trust fund is $2.7 trillion. Those assets are earning interest.

Do you think there should be a big room containing $2.7 trillion in cash?

 

[phrodeau]

The value of the assets in the SS trust fund is $2.7 trillion. Those assets are earning interest.

Do you think there should be a big room containing $2.7 trillion in cash?

Al Gore wanted to keep it in a lock box. George W. Bush wanted to invest it in the stock market. Good thing neither one happened.

 

[Adre]

Get a copy of the financials for the SS trust Fund, look in the "assets" column and see if there's any cash in there, report back.

Tap computer key. Your account is credited. Well that was pretty easy.

 

[JackLuis]

Jon Stewart summarizes GOP budget plan:

Jump off the fiscal cliff voluntarily

 

[unregistered]

 

[koalabear]

4 S&W MP .22 mags, $129.56!

 

[unregistered]

 

[unregistered]

 

[koalabear]

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They are still stunned at the price for .22 mags.

 

[imalickin]

Tap computer key. Your account is credited. Well that was pretty easy.

Yet another dolt who believes his SS money is safe and secure in a trust fund.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Get a copy of the financials for the SS trust Fund, look in the "assets" column and see if there's any cash in there, report back.

Has your government check ever been late, Gomer?

Edited to add: The Social Security Administration addresses the Vetteblather.

 

[unregistered]

 

[unregistered]

 

[RobDownSouth]

Butt head, the point is, there is no cash in that trust fund.

That is correct, the SSA is invested in government securities, a point that your high school education seems unable to comprehend.

 

[unregistered]

 

[RobDownSouth]

You're so dumb it isn't even funny. The money was swiped by the Congress and IOUs left in its place. You know what an unfunded liability is?

Google "full faith and credit" and get back to us, Gomer.

 

[koalabear]

You're so dumb it isn't even funny. The money was swiped by the Congress and IOUs left in its place. You know what an unfunded liability is?

A rubdownsow.

 

[unregistered]

 

[IrezumiKiss]

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[Disgustipated]

We already knew this:


Gallup: 53 Percent of Democrats Have ‘Positive Image’ of Socialism
By Jon Street

(CNSNews.com) - According to a recent Gallup poll that asked participants if they have a positive or negative image of socialism, 53 percent of Democrats and “leaning democrats” said they have a positive image while 23 percent of Republicans and “leaning republicans” said their image is positive.


In a poll conducted Nov. 18-19, Gallup asked, “Just off the top of your head, would you say you have a positive or negative view of each of the following?”

Fifty-three percent of Democrats and “leaning Democrats” said they have a positive view of socialism while 23 percent of Republicans said the same.

When asked the same question about small business, free enterprise, and entrepreneurs, 94 percent, 88 percent, and 84 percent of Democrats and “leaning Democrats,” respectively, responded by saying their image was “positive.

On the other hand, Republicans and “leaning republicans” view of small business, free enterprise, and entrepreneurs was 95 percent, 94 percent, and 91 percent positive, respectively.

Concerning the topics of capitalism, big business, and the federal government, 55 percent, 44 percent, and 75 percent of Democrats and “leaning Democrats,” respectively, said their views were positive, while 75 percent, 72 percent, and 27 percent of Republicans and “leaning Republicans,” respectively, said their views are positive.

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/gallup-53-percent-democrats-have-positive-image-socialism

"23% of Republicans said Socialism is positive ".

You're okay with that, comrade?

 

[Busybody]

Here's some truth about the Obama deficit reduction plan:



Reid blocks Senate vote on Obama's deficit-reduction plan
By Ramsey Cox - 12/05/12 04:03 PM ET

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Wednesday offered an amendment to force a vote on President Obama’s deficit-reduction plan, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) was having none of it.

“Last week [Treasury] Secretary [Timothy] Geithner brought up a proposal that was so unserious,” McConnell said on the floor, “I would like to see if my Democratic friends would like to support it.”

McConnell suggested that the Senate vote on what he called the president’s “ridiculous” plan as an amendment to the Russian trade bill that is being considered.
Reid, however, objected to McConnell’s suggestion, saying the Russian trade bill, H.R. 6156, is about job creation, not political stunts from Republicans.

“The purpose of this bill is to protect American jobs,” Reid said. “Are we going to get serious here and legislate or is this more of the political stunts that the Republican leader is going to pull today?”

The majority leader's objection removes the amendment from consideration.

McConnell said he wasn’t surprised Democrats didn’t want to vote on Obama’s plan, which he said raises taxes on small businesses.

“Not a single Senate Democrat has stepped forward to support it, and if you look at it you can see why,” McConnell said. “It increases taxes.”

More here:

http://thehill.com/video/senate/271...e-on-obamas-ridiculous-deficit-reduction-plan

Pelosi: Obama Put Forth An “Excellent” Budget Proposal – Reality: It Was Voted Down 414-0 In House, 99-0 In Senate…


Which begs the obvious question, if it was so “excellent” then why didn’t a single Democrat in either chamber vote for it, including Pelosi herself?

(CNSNews.com) – House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said President Barack Obama’s budget for 2013, which got zero votes in Congress, Democrat or Republican, was “an excellent proposal” for talks dealing with the so-called fiscal cliff.

During a Capitol Hill press conference, Pelosi was asked: “What is the Democratic contingency if the [federal] debt limit isn’t raised before the end of the year and Republicans demand –?”

Pelosi said, “Well, the president has put forth in his budget what I believe to be an excellent proposal. We have said in our budget that passed under the leadership of Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) where we think all of this should go. It’s a negotiation.” [...]

President Obama’s fiscal year 2013 budget, which would have added $6.4 trillion in new deficits over 10 years, received zero votes in Congress. The House defeated the budget 414-0 in March, while the Senate struck it down 99-0 in May. The budget included additional stimulus spending and raising taxes on upper-income earners.