Jeffries is apparently unfamiliar with the arguments against his position. An incoherent position, at that.
In addition to getting the math wrong, as you pointed out, he operates from the premise that stealing from one group to fund another group is morally acceptable.
As Rand would say, "Mr. Jeffries, check your premises."
I am unsure how someone could be quite so blind to obvious inconsistencies and objections, but I suspect that pesky notion that something is a right plays into it. Of course, this is also why the differences between so-called democrats and republicans are picayune in most cases; both sides are happy to traffic in other people's stolen money for their causes (and, in the cases of Social Security, Medicare, and the military, they always seem to agree that more = good).
I did have to laugh, though, when he suggested personal savings accounts. Yes, Mr. Jeffries, that is exactly right--they're called bank, retirement, or brokerage accounts, and they exist already and do not require government force.
I honestly have no desire to write about Social Security, but these ridiculous fallacies are my whack-a-mole game, I suppose.
Jeffries is apparently unfamiliar with the arguments against his position. An incoherent position, at that.
In addition to getting the math wrong, as you pointed out, he operates from the premise that stealing from one group to fund another group is morally acceptable.
As Rand would say, "Mr. Jeffries, check your premises."
I am unsure how someone could be quite so blind to obvious inconsistencies and objections, but I suspect that pesky notion that something is a right plays into it. Of course, this is also why the differences between so-called democrats and republicans are picayune in most cases; both sides are happy to traffic in other people's stolen money for their causes (and, in the cases of Social Security, Medicare, and the military, they always seem to agree that more = good).
I did have to laugh, though, when he suggested personal savings accounts. Yes, Mr. Jeffries, that is exactly right--they're called bank, retirement, or brokerage accounts, and they exist already and do not require government force.
I honestly have no desire to write about Social Security, but these ridiculous fallacies are my whack-a-mole game, I suppose.
Thanks for reading and commenting.