jake towne - social in security talk in palmer (june 2010)
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Social Security...
or Insecurity?by Jake Towne
June 2010
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.- Victor Hugo
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Social Security...or Insecurity?
by Jake Towne
June 2010
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.- Victor Hugo
AgendaHistory of Social Security
ProblemsSolutions
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History of Social Security
Problems
Solutions
Agenda
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On January 31, 1940, the firstmonthly retirement check was issued toIda May Fuller of Ludlow, Vermont, inthe amount of $22.54. Miss Fuller, aLegal Secretary, retired in November
1939. She started collecting benefits inJanuary 1940 at age 65 and lived to be100 years old, dying in 1975.
Ida May Fuller worked for three yearsunder the Social Security program. The
accumulated taxes on her salary duringthose three years was a total of $24.75.Her initial monthly check was $22.54.During her lifetime she collected a totalof $22,888.92 in Social Securitybenefits.
A Free Lunch??
http://www.ssa.gov/history/briefhistory3.html#idamay
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This legislation will guarantee that from 1980 to the year2030, the Social Security funds will be sound."- President Jimmy Carter
First Insolvency - 1977
Raised FICA Tax from 2% to >6%
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Second Insolvency - 1983Government is not the solution to our problem, government
is the problem."- President Ronald Reagan
Accelerated FICA Tax Raise
Raised Full-Benefit Retirement Age
CPI Manipulations Begun to
Decrease Payouts
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Consumer Price Index Changes
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Basket Weighing ChangesLet Them Eat HamburgerIntervention Analyses
The Thrill of Hedonics
Bottom Line SocSec paymentsshould be nearly DOUBLE to make upfor purchasing power contributed
CPI Changes
http://www.shadowstats.com/article/consumer_price_index
http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpidryer.htm
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Cash-Based vs. Accrual-BasedAccounting
Cash-Based Revenue recognition: Revenue is recognized when cash is received. Expense recognition: Expense is recognized when cash is disbursed.
Accrual-Based Revenue recognition: Revenue is recognized when revenue is earned. Expense recognition: Expense is recognized when incurred.
Ex. - Merchandising firm 30 days netGAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles) only accepts accrual-based
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Cash-Based vs. GAAP Budgeting
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SS Beneficiaries per 100 Workers1970-2083
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Social Security and MedicareUnfunded Liabilities = $107T
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Unsustainable(even on a non-GAAP basis)
30% of Inlays 37% of Outlays
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040gi.pdf1040 Instructions Page 101/105
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Inlays/Tax Revenue Dropping
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Traditional Political Solutions
Kick the Can Strategy
Inflation Tax + CPI Alterations
Raise Retirement Age
Raise Payroll Tax Rate
Raise Payroll Tax Maximum
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Practical Solutions
Start With the End in Mind
Acknowledge the Social Contract Theft of Current Generation's PayRobbery from Current Recipients of
Purchasing Power Paid In
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Practical Solutions
Make Social Security VoluntaryGradual Phase-Out
i.e. 100% for 60+, 90% for 50+, etc.
Cut Taxes to Increase Societal Wealth
Slash Federal Spending to the Bone
Military ExpendituresRedundant Departments
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Q&A
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Graphics Acknowledgements
Unless listed below, all photos are either mine or public domain.The Towne 2010 As Good As Gold logo was created by Derek Wyatt The Jake Towne for United States Congress logo was created by Anthony Geist
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Replace the Socialistic Keynesian GovernmentStatus Quo with the Austrian Free Market
The Money Power is held by theGovernment & Bankers
Government 'Commands' the Economy
Renown for Deficit Spending andStealing via Currency DebasementRedistributes Wealth to the Military-
Industrial Complex, Banking Cartels,Special Interest Groups & Corporations
Allows and Rationalizes Government
Takeovers of Private BusinessesMay promote capitalism and the freemarket in word, but in deed functions asCrony Capitalism, Vulture Capitalism, theCorporatocracy or Disaster Capitalism
Keynesian Economics
In the long run, we are all dead.
- Lord John Maynard KeynesBritish Economist and
Central Planner
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Replace the Socialistic Keynesian GovernmentStatus Quo with the Austrian Free Market
The People own the Money PowerGovernment Plays No Role in
Economic PlanningPromotes Honest Money & BalancedBudgets
Highly Rewards those who CreateWealth and Shares it with All
Government Does Not Takeover
Private BusinessesPromotes Free Market Capitalismand laissez faire, or let them be!economics
Austrian Economics
All those intent uponsabotaging the evolutiontowards welfare, peace,
freedom and democracy,loathe gold.
- Ludwig von MisesFounder of the modern
Austrian School
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