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Dude, how is QUOTING you misrepresenting you?! And why must I ALWAYS ask that in these threads? Joel Send a noteboard - 11/03/2013 09:56:18 PM

"Fraud" was not your term, but not mine either: It was A2Ks, so talk to him if you have a problem with it. If not, the rest was your words.

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Insurance is the transference of risk from one entity to another, usually for a monetary cost. "Ponzi" is a descriptor for an investment or retirement method. They are 2 completely different things. Perhaps your confusion goes back to that whole understanding English problem that was identified elsewhere.

Yes, insurance transfers risk from one policyholder to a group of them including the initial one, with a third party charging a fee for shuffling their money back and forth between them. As long as ya'lls math checks profit is guaranteed. Even then there has been an alarming recent tendency to default force majeure and dismiss all claims (the most infamous case being Katrina victims with flood insurance informed "storm surge is not flooding," certainly news to anyone living near a levee.)

Yeah, I know how the game is played—hence why it is hypocritical to imply immorality in paying a groups claims with another much larger ones money, knowing the latter must always GREATLY exceed the former. That implication is not in itself hypocritical, but from someone WHO DOES IT FOR A LIVING.... :rolleyes:

Frankly, there is no civil respectful way for me to state my opinion of private insurers, so I will not try; probably best to stay on the topic of public insurance. ;)

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Can You Name the Largest US Program to ANNUALLY Collect More Than It Spent for 75 Straight Years? Joel - 28/02/2013 11:03:18 PM 1547 Views
Medicare? *NM* Aisha - 28/02/2013 11:38:22 PM 660 Views
No, Medicare has only been around about half as long. Joel - 28/02/2013 11:56:32 PM 1031 Views
Medicare has its own problems, and caused many more. You really do not want to have this debate. HyogaRott - 03/03/2013 03:03:15 PM 956 Views
No, I do not, because Medicare and torts are invariably scapegoated for all problems with healthcare Joel - 04/03/2013 12:52:37 AM 1027 Views
I can argue with anyone on this (and have) btut first we need to break out that dictionary HyogaRott - 04/03/2013 04:45:06 AM 924 Views
I am sure you can and have; ability to form arguments does not automatically grant them validity. Joel - 11/03/2013 09:56:11 PM 1016 Views
Like I said, short conversation, once everyone uses the same definitions. HyogaRott - 13/03/2013 03:28:52 PM 1006 Views
From the way you're shitting yourself with glee, I'm going to say Social Security. Cannoli - 01/03/2013 12:45:50 AM 1130 Views
Hot dog, we have a wiener! Joel - 01/03/2013 01:40:18 AM 1109 Views
Also unlike Ponzis, Social Security was not meant to profit—it just did anyway. For 75 years. Joel - 01/03/2013 01:55:46 AM 980 Views
It is a "Ponzi" by definition, any argument to the contrary just makes you look ignorant. HyogaRott - 02/03/2013 12:02:46 PM 1039 Views
Wait: An insurer is saying insurance is a Ponzi scheme? Joel - 04/03/2013 12:56:30 AM 1009 Views
You are making even lese sense than usual... Quite an acomplishment. *NM* HyogaRott - 04/03/2013 03:31:39 AM 598 Views
Maybe, but my math usually checks, and I never have to explain what I omitted. Joel - 11/03/2013 09:55:50 PM 1111 Views
My math ALWAYS "checks" - it isn't personal, you are just making absolutely no sense, *NM* HyogaRott - 13/03/2013 03:27:11 PM 533 Views
It's the world's greatest Ponzi scheme, since the government forces us to give money to it. Anonymous2000 - 01/03/2013 01:05:05 PM 977 Views
Yes, "government forcing people to give money" defines a Ponzi; speeding tickets are Ponzis. Joel - 01/03/2013 03:53:02 PM 1064 Views
Good lord my friend..... Anonymous2000 - 02/03/2013 04:19:35 AM 991 Views
I will just link what Isaac said; maybe then you will pay attention to it. Joel - 02/03/2013 04:56:34 AM 1060 Views
I really think you terribly misread what I said *NM* Isaac - 02/03/2013 06:59:56 AM 539 Views
Yes he did. He has very poor reading comprehension skills. *NM* Anonymous2000 - 03/03/2013 01:07:59 AM 561 Views
I really do not think I did. Joel - 04/03/2013 01:43:02 AM 1090 Views
I'm pretty confident you have Isaac - 04/03/2013 11:49:19 AM 1064 Views
We evidently disagree on what constitutes a Ponzi scheme. Joel - 11/03/2013 09:56:27 PM 988 Views
No, I agree with a clear definiton, you seem not to want to absorb that Isaac - 11/03/2013 10:24:47 PM 1180 Views
It is neither an investment nor fraudulent. Joel - 12/03/2013 02:34:09 AM 1235 Views
Re: Yes, "government forcing people to give money" defines a Ponzi; speeding tickets are Ponzis. HyogaRott - 02/03/2013 12:22:34 PM 1060 Views
Fraud="money contributed is NOT invested for the contributor, but instead redistributed to others"? Joel - 04/03/2013 12:51:30 AM 1010 Views
You can try and misrepresent what I have said all you want, you are still wrong. HyogaRott - 04/03/2013 03:45:24 AM 1071 Views
Dude, how is QUOTING you misrepresenting you?! And why must I ALWAYS ask that in these threads? Joel - 11/03/2013 09:56:18 PM 1060 Views
Well, can you get more wrong? HyogaRott - 13/03/2013 03:45:08 PM 967 Views
Okay, that's a really weird or naive standard to judge SS by Isaac - 01/03/2013 05:25:11 PM 1009 Views
Great; will you put that on a postcard to Cannoli, A2K, Rick Perry and the rest of your party? Joel - 01/03/2013 07:39:44 PM 1055 Views
I don't think I'd be telling them anything they don't already know... I mostly agree with them Isaac - 02/03/2013 05:38:56 AM 1217 Views
Means testing is flat out WRONG, and the contribution limit is a sticky debate HyogaRott - 02/03/2013 12:43:09 PM 985 Views
Tell that to him not me, I didn't express an opinion and my implied one obviously doesn't favor it Isaac - 02/03/2013 05:28:14 PM 1100 Views
I was, I just hit the repy under the wrong post. He was the first to bering the two topics up. *NM* HyogaRott - 03/03/2013 04:09:34 AM 540 Views
It is insurance against old age poverty, not a longevity lottery. Joel - 04/03/2013 02:00:24 AM 1091 Views
It is not insurance, it is a pension plan, that also contains an overpriced LT disability insurance. HyogaRott - 04/03/2013 04:00:42 AM 1089 Views
Social Security Insurance; says so right on the label. Joel - 11/03/2013 09:53:33 PM 1229 Views
You can call it BedroomWindowVitamins but it does not change what it acutally IS. HyogaRott - 13/03/2013 04:34:42 PM 981 Views
"Sustainable"=/="profitable;" bankruptcy was not always a given, as your fellows claim.. Joel - 04/03/2013 01:35:04 AM 986 Views
Sustainable often means profitable, they are not universally synonmous but both at once is ideal Isaac - 04/03/2013 12:25:45 PM 987 Views
That is the IDEAL, but NOT point: Sustainability needs no profit, yet profit ensures sustainability. Joel - 11/03/2013 09:56:48 PM 1450 Views
Your attacks on republican ideals would have more credit if you understood them random thoughts - 02/03/2013 04:27:34 AM 1037 Views
An ironic charge, since their defenses of those ideals typically suffer from the same defect. Joel - 02/03/2013 04:51:32 AM 997 Views
I'm rubber you're glue, whatever you say bounces of me and sticks to you. nyah, nyah, nyah HyogaRott - 02/03/2013 12:58:10 PM 936 Views
"Unsustainable"=/="meeting monthly obligations for 75 YEARS and still having $2.5 trillion left." Joel - 04/03/2013 01:03:09 AM 1071 Views
Please look up the definition of sustainable. Hint: "its worked so far" isn't it. HyogaRott - 04/03/2013 04:25:19 AM 1062 Views
"As it is currently constructed/funded" is one HELL of a qualifier. Joel - 04/03/2013 04:41:30 AM 1103 Views
You just don't get it, or apparently are so in love with your political ideology you won't. HyogaRott - 04/03/2013 04:58:15 AM 911 Views
I believe if you check civilizations record you will find the human population has steadily risen. Joel - 04/03/2013 05:08:38 AM 966 Views
*sigh* HyogaRott - 04/03/2013 12:15:22 PM 968 Views
Birth RATES have fallen; POPULATION steadily rose in every period except the Black Deaths peak. Joel - 11/03/2013 09:56:36 PM 1275 Views
Re: Declining birth rates are the key HyogaRott - 13/03/2013 04:47:41 PM 1088 Views
Ironic that you would make my point while arguing against random thoughts - 04/03/2013 06:12:29 PM 912 Views
? Joel - 11/03/2013 09:56:59 PM 1086 Views
you mistate his posistion and then rationalize that you know what he really meant random thoughts - 13/03/2013 12:06:44 PM 923 Views
aH yes the great liberal investmetn/retirement plan that offers me a NEGATIGVE rate of return... HyogaRott - 02/03/2013 11:51:50 AM 965 Views
Do you sincerely believe people earning $14,560/year can afford investing 4% of it? Joel - 04/03/2013 12:53:30 AM 1125 Views
*sigh* HyogaRott - 04/03/2013 03:43:08 AM 950 Views
I tried it with compound interest; $44.80/month at 4% for 50 years still does not get to $1.25 mill. Joel - 04/03/2013 04:24:51 AM 994 Views
Here are some clues. HyogaRott - 04/03/2013 04:37:39 AM 877 Views
It is math, not the Riddle of the Sphinx: EIther it adds up or does not. Joel - 04/03/2013 05:02:39 AM 1011 Views
Math is simple - Either you know how to calculate it or you don't HyogaRott - 04/03/2013 11:55:24 AM 1135 Views
Indeed. Joel - 11/03/2013 09:53:59 PM 1055 Views
Re: Indeed. HyogaRott - 13/03/2013 05:00:10 PM 1183 Views
SS is supposed to supplement a proper pension, not provide your sole income after retirement moondog - 05/03/2013 03:53:03 AM 898 Views
Did you bother to actually read anything? HyogaRott - 05/03/2013 02:32:16 PM 969 Views
do *YOU* know what "living in poverty" means? moondog - 05/03/2013 05:49:14 PM 1065 Views
Re: do *YOU* know what "living in poverty" means? --- yeah, I've BEEN there. HyogaRott - 05/03/2013 08:01:33 PM 982 Views
how about respond to a post with logic and civility instead of being a troll for once? moondog - 05/03/2013 11:03:00 PM 1112 Views
All I have used is civility and logic, or least as much civility as was warrented. HyogaRott - 06/03/2013 04:28:04 AM 1048 Views
yeah, it's my fault for stooping to your level.... moondog - 08/03/2013 07:22:24 PM 1096 Views
Re: yeah, it's my fault for stooping to your level.... HyogaRott - 10/03/2013 01:42:26 PM 965 Views
i'm not going to keep going in circles so i will finish with this.... moondog - 11/03/2013 10:08:53 PM 1268 Views
No loss. HyogaRott - 13/03/2013 04:37:41 PM 908 Views
"Rah! Rah! Rah!" Can we please cut out all this blather and bile? Stephen - 05/03/2013 11:53:41 PM 977 Views
spoken like a true enemy of the state! moondog - 06/03/2013 12:54:38 AM 926 Views
Re: spoken like a true enemy of the state! Stephen - 08/03/2013 03:04:37 PM 991 Views
I was not trolling, but clarifying. Joel - 11/03/2013 09:53:48 PM 1038 Views
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