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Or it's possible they enjoy what they do and really care about helping the poor - who can be taken advantage of by SCUMMY LANDLORDS for example. But that high-minded concept would never enter a Randian's skull.
Of course there are. Doesn't mean tax dollars should fund their jobs.
Law sides with tenants.
You have "scummy landlords" and you have "scummy tenants".
Landlord loses 90% of the time, and tenant doesn't even need a lawyer.
Except we haven't been generous when times were good. The same people who are complaining now about our social programs complained just as loudly during those good times, and did plenty to fight these programs tooth and nail. Everything for them, nothing for anyone else.
Let's see some of these people refuse their social security or medicare checks when the time comes for them to collect them.
Actually we have been. We have a $14trillion deficit, due in part to our generosity. I have already addressed the SS and Medicare canard.people have no choice but to accept these programs as they ar not given any realistic choice. Very few people can afford to pay SS and Medicare taxes AND save for their retirement so they can refuse these programs.
Republicans are pro choice in this area, while Dems dont want people to be self sufficient.
Clearly "Sawdustmaker" has NEVER been to a courthouse, where default judgments are entered in 95% of the cases even where the landlord's pleading is defective in more ways than one.
Sorry sawdustmaker, you are clearly a failure as a person, and you lack the ability to reason. If you think low-paid, hard-working, social-welfare-minded public interest attorneys are the reason why people "hate lawyers" you are a delusional troll. I am pretty sure it's the crooked ambulance-chasing, Mike Nifong malicious prosecutor-type attorneys that create disdain for the legal profession. Of course people like you tend to ignore the facts and the rule of law. I bet you also want to take the Casey Anthony verdict into your own hands and exact some vigilante justice too. What is your highest level of education Mr. Sawdustmaker? Did you successfully complete high school?
And you don't speak for most New Jersey residents when you say "find another beach, who cares." Most New Jersey residents feel public beach access and facilities should be improved - something that Chris Christie is allowing individual beach towns to make their own decisions on. Can't allow the less fortunate to come enjoy the public beach after all. They want to make it difficult for anyone but the property owners from the immediate vicinity.
Also, your deep ignorance about our state is alarming. Have you ever been to the agricultural heartland of New Jersey? You do know that very, very few undocumented workers (who you so rudely call "illegals" but I would venture to say that as a person you are an "intolerable") work in the fields. Almost everyone is here on an H2-B Visa. Look that up, as I am sure you do not know what that is.
People like you want to shut down public schools, public libraries, Medicare, want to keep the health insurance companies in business, shut down free legal services, build more prisons, end all welfare - you know what will happen - this country will become worse than Mexico. Worse than Mexico because in spite of their right-wing jerks running their government, Mexican people are inherently good, family-minded people. American people, on the other hand, have been corrupted through decades of corporate policies that have destroyed the family, first and foremost both parents being forced to work full-time and kids being influenced by violent pop culture movies and music. Thank goodness I have dual citizenship and can get the hell out when the proverbial crap hits the fan, since people like you continue to vote and are unlikely to ever change.
Except we haven't been generous when times were good. The same people who are complaining now about our social programs complained just as loudly during those good times, and did plenty to fight these programs tooth and nail. Everything for them, nothing for anyone else.
Let's see some of these people refuse their social security or medicare checks when the time comes for them to collect them.
Even though I have paid thousands and thousands to social security over the years, I would gladly vote for a total repeal and never collect a red cent on the back end. I think it would be good for the future of my country and I would be happy to make the sacrifice.
Social security (if we must have it at all) should be set up like this:
1) Same withholding as now.
2) Money gets deposited in your own private account, like an IRA, and never leaves your possession.
3) You can invest it, under the supervision of a trustee, in anything you want. Stocks, bonds, gold, etc. Basically the same as now with IRA's.
4) THE GOVERNMENT NEVER SEES THE MONEY.
5) The goal of a nest egg for old age is achieved, but without sacrifice, redistribution, misallocation, and other nefarious collectivist side effects.
How about that for a social security "lockbox"? With the individual whose security is at stake holding the only key?
Marc, the last time I checked, Guidos were not a race. Did you ever graduate from high school?
Yes, but I know exactly what you meant and exactly how you feel. Why not come out with your true name and address, like I do, instead of hiding under your "tarp"?
Even though I have paid thousands and thousands to social security over the years, I would gladly vote for a total repeal and never collect a red cent on the back end. I think it would be good for the future of my country and I would be happy to make the sacrifice.
Social security (if we must have it at all) should be set up like this:
1) Same withholding as now.
2) Money gets deposited in your own private account, like an IRA, and never leaves your possession.
3) You can invest it, under the supervision of a trustee, in anything you want. Stocks, bonds, gold, etc. Basically the same as now with IRA's.
4) THE GOVERNMENT NEVER SEES THE MONEY.
5) The goal of a nest egg for old age is achieved, but without sacrifice, redistribution, misallocation, and other nefarious collectivist side effects.
How about that for a social security "lockbox"? With the individual whose security is at stake holding the only key?
Now THIS is a social program I can get behind!
This is what Bush the Dunce pushed for in 2004 and which never got off the ground. See 2008 WORLD ECONOMIC COLLAPSE for further evidence why giving trillions more (we already invest trillions in our 401(k)s with Wall St. firms) to the robber barons is a horribly dangerous idea.
Randians don't get it. Most Americans think some level of baseline health & economic security for all is a GOOD thing. When great-great grandma & grandpa stopped working 100 years ago, if they were lucky they got a pension (most didn't, they just got a "thanks for your years of service" and a watch) and lived in poverty until they died relatively young. So you're offering a return to the grand ol' 1890s, Mark? How very chariable of you!
have you ever seen those public defenders in a court? you could find a more professional looking person behind the register at walmart. they have terrible comb overs, cheap suits, bad hygiene, etc. etc. its a joke to look at them.
This is what Bush the Dunce pushed for in 2004 and which never got off the ground. See 2008 WORLD ECONOMIC COLLAPSE for further evidence why giving trillions more (we already invest trillions in our 401(k)s with Wall St. firms) to the robber barons is a horribly dangerous idea.
Randians don't get it. Most Americans think some level of baseline health & economic security for all is a GOOD thing. When great-great grandma & grandpa stopped working 100 years ago, if they were lucky they got a pension (most didn't, they just got a "thanks for your years of service" and a watch) and lived in poverty until they died relatively young. So you're offering a return to the grand ol' 1890s, Mark? How very chariable of you!
You must have missed it. Grandma and grandpa will have social security under my plan. They will have a lifetime of 15% withholding growing as an annuity with the economy at large while invested in stocks, bonds, and gold.
Imagine it. The typical northern New Jerseyan with a $50,000 income grosses about $4,200 a month. About $600 each and every month would be withheld and placed in their own personal, private, untouchable, social security account. And each and every month that $600 would be automatically invested for the future in stocks, bonds, and gold. Can you imagine the wealth generated from a $600/month annuity for the typical working lifetime of an American? I'll leave the math to an actuary. But the amounts would be staggering. And on any day, I could see where I am at marcpaolelladotsocialsecurityaccountdotgov. How fun would that be? How socially secure would I be feeling? And how fair would that be? And how economically just would that be?
And best of all? This is real, tangible, social security. The two-bit left wing collectivists NEVER GET TO STEAL AND DIVERT THE MONEY.
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