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My Liberal-lefty friends say the answer is more taxes, always more taxes ** -- ConnHoo 06/22/2017 10:03PM Sneek Peek to what is going to happen to the entire US, if we don't.. -- GoochlandHoo 06/22/2017 2:08PM Baby boomers love their pensions. Meanwhile the rest of us are screwed. ** -- 06 Hoo 06/22/2017 08:36AM Hey I have no pension. Eff you. ;) ** -- Seattle .Hoo 06/22/2017 1:22PM What we really liked was tax cuts. -- Shenhoo 06/22/2017 10:32AM At least you're honest. :-) But TBF, I don't blame the boomers for that per -- Hoodafan 06/22/2017 10:38AM How dare you say that about St. Ronnie!!!!!!!!! ** -- HowieT3 06/22/2017 11:44AM I'm a baby boomer and I have no pension. Most people I know -- 111Balz 06/22/2017 08:59AM Government required private pensions to be fully funded long ago, but -- Hoo82 06/22/2017 10:59AM Yep, rules were in place but not followed by all ** -- 111Balz 06/22/2017 1:26PM That sucks. Sadly, it is what happens when people expect government -- Hokie5150 06/22/2017 12:48PM But understand, what Hoo82 describes is not a partisan failing... -- hoolstoptheheels 06/22/2017 1:04PM And this is not a "expect government to be all things" issue. It's an -- 111Balz 06/22/2017 1:30PM It does happen in private industry - bankruptcy can -- hoolstoptheheels 06/22/2017 2:07PM Well said ** -- 111Balz 06/22/2017 8:32PM I would argue, though, that the next election concerns you mention -- Hokie5150 06/22/2017 1:11PM It's not partisan in that both sides are equally guilty. -- hoolstoptheheels 06/22/2017 1:24PM Bipartisan, I would agree. The problem, as I see it, with governmental -- Hokie5150 06/22/2017 1:35PM I hate to make this about my current anti-Trump beliefs, but I... -- hoolstoptheheels 06/22/2017 3:33PM Those promises are really nothing new, though. That's what -- Hokie5150 06/22/2017 3:49PM I admit that this shows my anti-Trump partisanship, but -- hoolstoptheheels 06/22/2017 3:57PM I don't see the right's scapegoating as any worse than the left's... -- Hokie5150 06/22/2017 4:11PM Ugh. A really tough blow to him. ** -- Shenhoo 06/22/2017 12:00PM They didn't third their taxes though. ** -- WahooRQ 06/22/2017 09:24AM What do you mean by "third their taxes"? ** -- BocaHoo91 06/22/2017 11:07AM Is it really a revenue problem, though? -- Hokie5150 06/22/2017 10:56AM States entered into contracts and then did not properly fund their -- 111Balz 06/22/2017 11:01AM Increase revenue where? Historically roughly 20% of GDP apppears -- Hokie5150 06/22/2017 11:03AM If one enters into a contract, it should be able to fund its obligation -- 111Balz 06/22/2017 11:18AM The greatest generation? ** -- hokeyhokie 06/22/2017 09:12AM Did they follow the Kansas experiment? or did they take a difft path? ** -- TpkeHoo 06/22/2017 08:27AM No, very different. This is mostly about a political cat fight between the -- 111Balz 06/22/2017 08:56AM Illinois has been on a path to bankruptcy for far longer than the -- 81_Hokie 06/22/2017 11:23AM They have had fiscal problems since before then for sure, but -- 111Balz 06/22/2017 11:28AM Wonder if the hoakie knew all that when he started this thread. -- WahooRQ 06/22/2017 09:47AM I know the hoo got real defensive and created a straw man ** -- HokieDan95 06/22/2017 10:35AM Yes. You. I and a couple of others simply explained -- 111Balz 06/22/2017 10:59AM Obvious you are too dumb to notice I never responded to your explanation ** -- HokieDan95 06/22/2017 11:18AM I assumed you were not capable of processing it accurately ** -- 111Balz 06/22/2017 11:20AM LOL, I think this thread demonstrates your inability to process things -- HokieDan95 06/22/2017 11:36AM Mean ol' Stanford with Condi, et al...they did not get the memo -- Tuckahokie 06/22/2017 10:05AM 1. Even the Hoover people want to be rid of Condi and 2. Stanford would -- HowieT3 06/22/2017 10:21AM You lost me at zerohedge. Did Vladimir Illyich EAPo send that to you? ** -- WahooRQ 06/22/2017 10:12AM How 'bout the LA Times? That accepted in the bubble? -- Tuckahokie 06/22/2017 10:15AM The 7%+ investment return assumption is a bit scary too. -- BocaHoo91 06/22/2017 11:10AM More reputable source for sure but I am still trying to figure out why -- 111Balz 06/22/2017 10:33AM I blame the GAO for that -- Stimp 06/22/2017 11:00AM I have no basis to dsiagree with that, but if every state HAD -- 111Balz 06/22/2017 11:02AM And if your aunt had balls, she'd be your uncle. Expecting political- -- Hokie5150 06/22/2017 11:43AM And if yours had balls, she'd be your dad instead of your mom... -- WahooRQ 06/22/2017 1:02PM "IF"s are meaningless at this point. ** -- Hokie5150 06/22/2017 1:04PM The discussion you jumped into was about wh is to blame -- 111Balz 06/22/2017 1:42PM Whatever. That's a cop out on many levels,but pretty typical ** -- 111Balz 06/22/2017 12:53PM It's reality. Failure to acknowledge reality is precisely why -- Hokie5150 06/22/2017 12:54PM Thankfully, you only get to define your reality. Which seems to be -- 111Balz 06/22/2017 1:04PM Gee, you mean companies faced consequences for their failure to face -- Hokie5150 06/22/2017 1:17PM Smh. There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza... ** -- 111Balz 06/22/2017 1:19PM Could still be his aunt...just awaiting surgery ** -- Tuckahokie 06/22/2017 11:46AM Ha! ** -- Hokie5150 06/22/2017 11:51AM Sounds like the California experiment ** -- Tuckahokie 06/22/2017 08:51AM