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There used to be a saying prior to Social Security, the old died in the summer from lack of food and the winter from no heat. We will return to that then, and no I do not think their will be any mad max stuff old and disabled folks rarely have enough energy to cause problems.

The fastest growing age group in America is composed of citizens over age 65. The new political interests of the elderly have been mobilized under the umbrella of "gray power."

•Gun ownership increases with age. 48.1% of the 18-25 year-olds in the sample report owning a gun, compared to 67.8% of people 60 and older.

beamofthewave wrote:There used to be a saying prior to Social Security, the old died in the summer from lack of food and the winter from no heat. We will return to that then, and no I do not think their will be any mad max stuff old and disabled folks rarely have enough energy to cause problems. Since we as a nation have chosen to give our treasury to Goldman Sachs, 30 trillion in the past two years, our national resources such as oil to other multinational corporations, I believe we will soon be living like the people in Cambodia. Are the Cambodians living Mad Max? NO, the majority of people in the USA will be very, very poor very soon, people who thought they had money will find out it is worthless and the very rich will move with their money to a first world country that did not give their treasury to Goldman Sachs. The only consolation is that Tim Greithner will relocate to work in China the up and coming new rulers of the world. I hope I get to live long enough to see Halliburton try to create a mess in China so they can charge for cleaning it up like they do in USA. Heads will roll, China's leaders would simply try and convict and decapitate the CEO's the same day.

shortonoil wrote:I always find it interesting that people think that a central government or central bank will somehow continue on forever. It must be something about our embedded desire to believe in deities. In actuality they all fail at some point. The Roman Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the USSR (the largest state in the history of the world) all disappeared along with their currency system.

Serial_Worrier wrote:Basically the illegal aliens are going to be cut off first.

Windmills wrote:Just about any kind of government check, program, or payment is "entitlement" or "welfare" to me. I'd lump a heck of a lot of useless and ultra-expensive military contracts into the welfare category, along with NASA and everything else that takes government money. If sucking off the government teat in any form is welfare, the question then becomes, which of the programs is deserving of welfare handouts?

How are *cities* paying their bills when tax revenues are falling like a rock?

offering early retirement incentives

mattduke wrote:Is there an entitlement equivalent to turbotax to help one maximize their welfare checks?

vision-master wrote:Social security checks stop and we will see mad-max.

Windmills wrote:Just about any kind of government check, program, or payment is "entitlement" or "welfare" to me. I'd lump a heck of a lot of useless and ultra-expensive military contracts into the welfare category, along with NASA and everything else that takes government money. If sucking off the government teat in any form is welfare, the question then becomes, which of the programs is deserving of welfare handouts?