The Libertarian Guy (tm)

Social Security will Foster Intergenerational Conflict. God, I wish!

Over on hannity.com's forums, I'm known as "The Libertarian Guy"... for better or worse. But, this is a post about the topic of intergenerational conflict over Social Security; I added the tag after for my own position on the matter.

To wit: Social Security, which I will likely not live to collect (now doesn't THAT sound pessimistic?), will either fail, or grow so exponentially it will actually IMPLODE, causing a black hole of negative financial proportions so big, money moving at the speed of light will not be able to escape. Isn't THAT a comfy thought?

Seriously, re: me... I'm forty-two. If I live another twenty-plus years, SocScurty will either be a bloated socialist-flavored badly-managed semi-retirement supplement (which it is now; in The Future, it will be one trillion times more expensive), or it will have blasted itself into oblivion, which would be followed by looting, rioting, pillaging, raping, wringing of hands, rending of garments, plagues of boiling locusts, pianos falling from the sky... wrath o' God stuff.

And I can't wait. I want it to 'splode NOW! dammit, while I can enjoy the show and join the chorus of Those Who Saw It Comin' in saying "Told ya FDR was a moron..."

But. "Gosh!", you say... "can this guy be for real? Would he wish for the collapse of a massive government program, upon which millions of people depend, just to prove the folly of government-managed assistance programs?"

Yes, he would, little Timmy. Right up to the point the looters came bashin' on his door, and beyond.

Dig this, mes amis... pardon my French...

My child is almost sixteen. If I die before he turns eighteen, my purloined SocScurty taxes will go to him in the form of "survivor benefits". If *I* die before I get to collectment age, that money goes to... well, pull out any phone book and look for names that might belong to current retirees. Chances are, you could drop a grapefruit on any page and hit a big score every time. Especially names like "Gertrude" and "Walter" and other old-folky kind of names. "Gladys" and "Wilbur". You won't likely find retirees with names like "Sunshine" and "Tad".

So... I await the Social Security Apocalypse Extravaganza. With lots of popcorn and soda, and if I hear riots are coming, I'll buy some form of protection... if the anti-gun nuts don't get THEIR wishes-come-true...

Have a government-approved day, kids!

posted by The Libertarian Guy @ 11:26 PM