tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post4630725542430486705..comments2023-12-27T13:35:09.431-07:00Comments on Exile in Portales: Nannies and Bots of the Evil KindBuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-47858975535218889692011-06-23T11:26:14.850-06:002011-06-23T11:26:14.850-06:00And don't forget the fact that the SS Administ...And don't forget the fact that the SS Administration <i>very much in fact</i> DEPENDS (has the stats cranked into their projections) on the maj. percentage of the some 700,000 who die annually from smoking causes who die <i>prior</i> to eligibility for SS benefits. Without those premature deaths, SS would be in an EVEN BIGGER hole than it is now. LOL!virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11491836830352263438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-92122609413065488002011-06-22T12:25:47.070-06:002011-06-22T12:25:47.070-06:00Jim: I was pretty sure I'd read your linked p...Jim: I was pretty sure I'd read your linked piece but a lack of comment from YrsTrly seems to indicate I didn't. Good job with that.<br /><br />Ivan: I think the answer to your question is "much better."Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-25678236795987704442011-06-22T12:18:32.637-06:002011-06-22T12:18:32.637-06:00I'm seriously thinking that there's a lot ...I'm seriously thinking that there's a lot of job-justification going on at the federal level. Oh, wait... how'd this country ever get along without the bloatocracy, when all we had was a Postmaster General, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, Secretary of the Navy and those necessary to run those departments?IT (aka Ivan Toblog)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07484236901066944983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-18321870818320857502011-06-22T11:23:48.757-06:002011-06-22T11:23:48.757-06:00I long ago espoused the theory that the most effic...I long ago espoused the theory that the most efficient way to get smokers to quit would be to offer them, as incentive, the money spent by government in trying to get them to do so. I know damn well a lump sum of, say, $30,000 would probably have a better chance to get me to toss my smokes than a photo on each pack I buy.<br /><br />Full snarky (yet serious) essay on the subject, which you may have already seen:<br /><br />http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com/2007/01/cutting-into-coughers.htmlSuldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.com