Yes, you're right, but anyone who suggested that would commit political suicide. Millionaires expect that measly SS check because it's their money, and regardless the validity of a means test, even wealthy people don't like to get screwed out of a nickle.
The second you attach a means test to...
You decided to get pissy to someone in Post #14, so you opened this door. If you want to close it again, be my guest. You accused someone of being "ignorant" and now you can't support your own position. We love to rip apart weak positions like that in PA, that's just reality, it's fun.
You may...
I didn't write if I was okay with it or not, I'm just not sure that I see an alternative, other than a cryptocurrency with block chain that directly connects goods to services.
If you don't our fiat currency, then okay, what's your alternative? Anyone can complain, but it takes a little more...
Wait a second, where is there any "actual money" in any part of our economy? All those greenbacks are IOUs too, no longer fixed to anything other than the value of our economy itself.
By your definition, the only "actual money" is something with inherent value, like the value of a jar of...
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