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stockholmer
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Thu Sep-22-11 10:09 AM Original message |
Blast From Paul Krugman's Past: "Social Security Is A Ponzi Scheme And Will Soon Be Over" |
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Thu Sep-22-11 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. In fairness, he didn't say that Social Security "would be over soon", just that each generation |
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Luminous Animal
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Thu Sep-22-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Yes. The quote in the OP is a total fabrication. |
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phantom power
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Thu Sep-22-11 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
2. Krugman actually wrote a recent blog post about that: |
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Javaman
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Thu Sep-22-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. it's sad, that no one responded to your post. |
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Canuckistanian
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Thu Sep-22-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. I knew there had to more to it |
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Thu Sep-22-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. Deleted message |
n2doc
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Thu Sep-22-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. However the Krugman haters don't want to read that |
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nomb
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Thu Sep-22-11 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
3. Krugman is a polemicist who would never be able to reverse his journey: |
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On the Road
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Thu Sep-22-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Reverse His Journey? |
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Javaman
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Thu Sep-22-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. I have no idea what you mean but did you even read the post just above yours? |
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Luminous Animal
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Thu Sep-22-11 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
4. You put in quotes something that Krugman never said thus changing his meaning |
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stockholmer
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Thu Sep-22-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. ask the author, I just cut n pasted , and the general meaning is that is what he said |
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Javaman
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Thu Sep-22-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Read post #2. nt |
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Luminous Animal
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Thu Sep-22-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
29. So, you are just an innocent bystander passing off a fake quote. |
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Bluebear
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Thu Sep-22-11 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
6. "the bill I sign must include the public option"- a REAL quote unlike this |
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mn9driver
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Thu Sep-22-11 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
7. Thomas Jefferson said, "Fake quotes undermine your credibility." |
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dkf
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Thu Sep-22-11 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
10. Yet Social security is more like a ponzi scheme than a retirement account. |
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stockholmer
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Thu Sep-22-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. it shouldn't be, it's criminal that it is, but the way it's set up makes it so, here's a great mp3 |
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dkf
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Thu Sep-22-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. If it were invested in Gold or stocks or corporate bonds I would feel completely comfortable. |
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banned from Kos
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Thu Sep-22-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. hilarious! You're quoting that fool Hudson and pissing on Krugman? |
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stockholmer
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Thu Sep-22-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. you call Dr. Michael Hudson 'a fool'? Truly laughable. |
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gratuitous
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Thu Sep-22-11 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
12. Don't you love it? |
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Javaman
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Thu Sep-22-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Did you read Post #2? it appears not. nt |
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gratuitous
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Thu Sep-22-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. I thought I had |
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sfpcjock
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Thu Sep-22-11 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
19. OK, but I'm glad he grew up because his premise is in error, as follows: |
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Chorophyll
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Thu Sep-22-11 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
20. I never un-rec but I un-rec'd this. |
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Life Long Dem
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Thu Sep-22-11 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
24. Seems Krugman says a lot of things that later are mistakes. |
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Bluebear
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Thu Sep-22-11 02:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. He didn't say this, it's a total fabrication |
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Luminous Animal
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Thu Sep-22-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. And you assert this based on a fake quote? |
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Fire Walk With Me
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Thu Sep-22-11 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
27. And by "over", they mean "in our pockets." |
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