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Delayed!

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Golly gee I haven’t blogged in a while. I have a few posts started, but was too lazy to finish them. At the current time, I am waiting for my delayed flight home to California. According to the last overhead announcement, the plane that was to depart from NYC at 5pm is not leaving until 7:30pm, and thus my 5:55 flight won’t be leaving until 8:30. Which is not too far away now.

Social Security: America's Inflamed Appendix

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In the mid-60s, President Johnson flipped a switch and funding for Social Security went from a private trust account to a "pay as you go" system from the general fund. This decision represents a monumental lack of foreward thinking and general ignorance of population trends. Since that time, it has been apparent that this program would go bankrupt sooner rather than later. I'm sure you've heard the numbers. Some estimates say that by 2017 (now less than a decade away), there will be more

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