Monday, August 3, 2009

Each according to his Need

There’s a sad story being written but very few are willing to open the cover and read it.

To all those whose fields will bear no fruit I personally have compassion and pity for you but you are going to shortly reap what you have sown.

Social Security is inherently evil. It is the uncontrolled transfer of wealth from one individual to another without any benefit or service being rendered. Let’s take the following example:

Say you have a nice 2008 Chevy Suburban that seats 8 people. Now I have 5 kids and a wife but only an old 1990 Toyota Camry. Now I come up to your front door and ask you to trade vehicles because I would get more use out of the Suburban.

How would you answer? Would you even open your front door to talk to me? You worked (or are working) to own that vehicle, why should you give up the fruits of your labor?

As the Baby Boomers have been teaching their children utilitarianism so shall it intern be used against them. A little over a week ago I was having a conversation with a mother in her early fifties and I had a very hard time getting across the point that my generation is very hard hearted. Once the realization that my generation gives almost no thought about what happens to the elderly she became very defensive. The Baby Boomers have poorly considered their retirement. I understand that I won’t get a single Social Security Dollar so why should you get any?

Let’s go back to that car example. From a strictly utilitarian stance giving the Suburban to me the Camry owner makes perfect sense as I will get better utilization out of it. One person versus Seven…

Think about Social Security as not a whole car at once but as Mr. Johnny Cash said “A Part at a Time”. The government figuratively takes a bumper here, a visor there and eventually they collect enough parts they are able to assemble another Suburban. Now if you have 100 vehicles that all contribute some parts each owner can replace the 1% of his vehicle. Let’s take the problem down to is lower step where instead of 100 cars you only have parts taken from three vehicles. Replacing a third of your car would be a costly expense.

Currently there is no option to say: “I don’t want to pay Social Security. If I become indigent I accept my situation.”

Eventually the Baby Boomers are going to be a minority (maybe financially empowered but three votes is still more than one) and that same “everyone should have according to his need” will come back to haunt them. My generation hasn’t been taught the concept of charity but instead bathed and praised in materialism. Even now it’s getting to the point where if you ask someone in the thirty and under category they very much realize “You have to carry your own weight. Why should I help carry you as your usefulness has passed?”

1. Though it’s under reported America is being bred away. The ratio which immigrants breed at is far higher than Legal American Citizens (this is because the social support network effectively allows people to live far beyond their means legally). Those responsible (Like myself) who haven’t had a litter of children as I can’t support them are slowly losing our majority hold.

2. Those that are coming here aren’t joining into society. They are keeping large portions of their original culture (in some countries bribery is just a way of life). This will eventually lead to some very interesting consequences.

3. Social Security and other social net programs will intern be scaled back as the support structure supporting the massive number of retired individuals will get smaller and smaller. At some point the voter base will shift. After that point a reversal to reasonable concepts will disappear.

4. In a struggle to right the problem the Baby Boomers will attempt to spend what little savings then have to keep those in power that will vote for redistribution of wealth programs. This will be to no avail as the younger generation will look upon them and only see used up husks.

5. Post 65 becomes a death sentence.

Part 2 Coming…(hopefully shortly been really busy with work and other activities)

Taskmaster Cyning
Good Day and God Bless.

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