tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post1763446933405003629..comments2024-03-16T05:19:07.061-04:00Comments on Retirement Blues: A Parable For Our TimesJazzbumpahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post-65307335464334866492011-02-20T11:08:56.354-05:002011-02-20T11:08:56.354-05:00Steve -
I'm not saying this is a great analog...Steve -<br /><br />I'm not saying this is a great analogy - in fact, it was pretty much off the top of my head in one of the SS posts at AB.<br /><br />In my parable, Homer's beer fund represents profligate spading - endless, pointless wars; tax subsidies to international oil companies, tax breaks to the mega-rich - that sort of thing. Rational govt expenditures are represented by Homer's mortgage. <br /><br />No analogy is perfect.<br /><br />My point is there is no real SS crisis.<br /><br />Cheers!<br />JzBJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post-4273203993257789202011-02-20T09:54:49.847-05:002011-02-20T09:54:49.847-05:00Why the unfair division? Because Bart is spiffing ...Why the unfair division? Because Bart is spiffing Homer on the side from all his profits. Maggie can't afford the baksheesh.Steve Rothhttp://asymptosis.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post-51490573157337068102011-02-20T09:52:56.675-05:002011-02-20T09:52:56.675-05:00I'm really surprised by this post.
This would...I'm really surprised by this post.<br /><br />This would be an apt parallel if government consumption (read: "beer") expenditures were the cause of the (small) SS shortfall projection.<br /><br />But they're not:<br /><br />http://www.asymptosis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Gov-consump-exps.png<br /><br />And government consumption expenditures are not for beer. They're for stocking the kitchen with food and paying the utility bills.<br /><br />Better: <br /><br />Maggie, who doesn't make much on her babysitting gigs, nevertheless pays a large percentage into the Bart/Maggie fund. Bart, who's running a whole string of paperboys from his laptop and making boocoo, doesn't pay very much.<br /><br />But when it's time to divvy it out, Bart's shortfall gets pulled from Maggie's share.Steve Rothhttp://asymptosis.comnoreply@blogger.com