{"id":137,"date":"2011-04-12T06:15:44","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T13:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andarian.com\/RepealTheBailouts\/?p=137"},"modified":"2022-07-29T21:38:13","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T21:38:13","slug":"the-homer-simpson-approach-to-social-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culture.andarian.net\/parallel\/politics\/the-homer-simpson-approach-to-social-security\/","title":{"rendered":"The “Homer Simpson Approach” to Social Security"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m pleased to note that Paul Hsieh’s latest article on PajamasMedia quotes from and links to my post On Eliminating Social Security<\/a><\/em>, here on the Repeal the Bailouts Blog:<\/p>\n

The Homer Simpson Approach to Social Security<\/a> by Paul Hsieh<\/a><\/p>\n

Paul’s article is excellent, as always. Like my post, it shines a light on the “dirty secret” of Social Security: that everything that’s been “paid in” to the so-called trust fund over the years is now gone<\/em><\/strong>. There are no “assets” left in it except a promise to stick tomorrow’s workers with the tax bill for the already squandered payments of yesterday’s. As Thomas Jefferson implicitly observed (Jefferson on Future Debt<\/a><\/em>), that’s a prospect and a burden that one generation has no right to impose on the next — and as I argue, that the latter has no moral obligation to accept.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m pleased to note that Paul Hsieh’s latest article on PajamasMedia quotes from and links to my post On Eliminating Social Security, here on the Repeal the Bailouts Blog: The Homer Simpson Approach to Social Security by Paul Hsieh Paul’s article is excellent, as always. 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