mrbeano

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Ah, of course. If an informant super-duper triple-dog swears someone is a bad guy, they no longer qualify for due process.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Exactly, we need to start breeding dogs that won't listen to their owners commands!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

And unequal justice is not justice at all

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

And a fantastic, "ask no questions" kind of military force

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

But... why?

Voter fraud isn't an issue that needs solving. Yes, we could (should) make an ID easier to get, but not for this. Conservatives would just move the goalposts again and add more roadblocks for the voters they don't like.

If you give a fascist a cookie...

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

AND The Leprechaun!

[–] [email protected] 175 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's really hard to see that as an equal issue when one of those sides is literally in charge of creating & enforcing the law.

People proclaiming stupidities is a problem that is magnitudes smaller than an administration with the ability and will to perform stupidities

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (16 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Social Security is an investment in the health of our society, it's not a financial instrument. You can't pool risk and get predictable returns without cutting corners & dropping high-risk members (hello health insurance industry).

It's not a Ponzi Scheme by definition.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (5 children)

It IS a scheme, in that it's a system, plan, or action.

It is NOT a Ponzi Scheme because it does not promise investment returns or exaggerate profitability.

It's there to keep retirees & the disabled out of abject poverty, which does not provide returns you can usually see on a balance sheet. Greater good & all that...

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