Social security and medicare

[jmjj215]

Re: Social security and medicare

I said: "The media does anything they can to bring something sensational, controversial, so they sell more of whatever distribution they're using. That is why they have a bias. Sure, they only tell us all the things going wrong and all the things that are bad - they don't tell us things that are going right because that doesn't sell papers or advertising on networks."

I was addressing media bias. You read way too much into my post.

[jmjj215]

Re: Social security and medicare

If a liberal was in office what would conservatively biased media outlets say? And when a conservative is in office, what do liberally biased media outlets say? It goes both ways. That's why I take what the media people say with extreme caution and skepticism. They sell stories first. They tell stories second.

[VJW]

Re: Social security and medicare

But you’re comparing apples and alligators.

What the RightWing likes to call the “Liberal Media” is the for-profit private-sector NEWS BUSINESS, owned by the RightWing of Corporate America.

The “conservatively biased media outlets”, as you’ve labeled them, are FAKE MEDIA outlets, heavily subsidized by wealthy political RightWingers to enable the promulgation of RightWing propaganda.

Even William F. Buckley once remarked, during one of his famous panel debates, that all of the RightWing media is wholly subsidized, including his National Review, and that if the subsidies were withdrawn, they would all close their doors the next day.

The Fox News channel, the New York Post, and the Weekly Standard magazine are all subsidized by Rupert Murdoch. The Washington Times and UPI are subsidized by the Moonies. Richard Mellon Scaife underwrites the Pittsburgh Gazette, WorldNetDaily, NewsMax, and the American Spectator. The Olin Foundation, the Bradley Foundation, the Carthege Foundation and others, underwrite various publications and outlets, such as the National Review, Policy Review (Heritage Foundation), the Western Journalism Center, and Regnery Publishing.

That’s just a short list.

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[JBinKC]

Re: Social security and medicare

Social security is nothing more than a crooked ponzi scheme.

[cercis]

Re: Social security and medicare

JB, maybe, if you think that what you put in now will be what you get out later. The truth is, if it were administered correctly, none of us would rely on it. We'd see it as the safety net it should be. It's inexcusable that people who have 6 figure annual retirement income get social security. Clearly they don't NEED it.

If you look at it as a social safety net that we all pay into to protect the weakest, then you see that it is a good thing. Well, that is, most people see it as a good thing. Of course, the truth is, when it was instituted, most people could rely on a pension plan. Now the dollar rules and companies feel no need to provide for their employees once their usefulness is gone.

[VJW]

Re: Social security and medicare

Social security is nothing more than a crooked ponzi scheme.

That’s merely a well financed myth.

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