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When posts are removed why aren’t we told why? I cannot see what was wrong with the thread i started this morning and now it is gone. I fully want to comply with TOS but give the true rules of hat is going on.
This was my thread.
https://www.welovecostarica.com/public/Uncle_Sam_Could_Take_Your_Retirement_Savings__Legally.cfmIf you click on “Home” in the orange horizontal stripe at the top of every page of this website, and scroll down, you’ll see the article that your web address points to. I’m not sure I understand your question . . .
[quote=”DavidCMurray”]If you click on “Home” in the orange horizontal stripe at the top of every page of this website, and scroll down, you’ll see the article that your web address points to. I’m not sure I understand your question . . .[/quote]
David i started a thread about how i thought this article was just creating fear and nothing is actually happening in regards to the article. They are just saying theoretical ideas.I created another theoretical idea as an example. My thread has been removed without any notice or message at all. Just gone!
Removing a post? I usually take a hi-lift bumper jack and a length of chain wrapped around the base of the post. Hook the end of the chain to the, um,,, OH! You meant something else. Never mind.
[quote=”Versatile”]When posts are removed why aren’t we told why? I cannot see what was wrong with the thread i started this morning and now it is gone. I fully want to comply with TOS but give the true rules of hat is going on.
This was my thread.
https://www.welovecostarica.com/public/Uncle_Sam_Could_Take_Your_Retirement_Savings__Legally.cfm%5B/quote%5DWhen you post your comments saying an article is “full of crap” (if I remember correctly) and very little else, there’s not much to discuss so I deleted it…
As the editor of OffTheGridNews so eloquently stated in her email (about another matter) to me this morning:
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Scott, from the beginning of time (actually starting with Noah, I imagine!) folks have chosen to turn a deaf ear to the realities around them. Even the Bible talks about a prophet not being welcome in his own country. Like you, I try to talk to folks, only to get “the look.” You know what I’m talking about, I’m sure. It’s that glazed-over eye thing and you can just see the ticker tape of thoughts scrolling through the person’s mind… “These folks are nuts They need a life. I wonder what’s on TV tonight?”
We can only speak from our hearts and then the consequences rest with those who refuse to hear. Don’t give up the good fight, my friend! 🙂
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There is a general principle of law worldwide that no legislature can bind a subsequent legislature. As an example, the current Congress (even with the President’s approval), could not require a future Congress to fund the Department of Defense or to remove the legal proscriptions against child pornography. Those actions are left for those future Congresses.
The take-away lesson is that virtually anything is possible — anythinng. Yes, some Congress might require minimum distributions from tax-deferred savings. Or it might attempt to seize all privately held savings accounts. Or it might mandate that all wristwatches run counterclockwise. Or that we all have our noses pierced. There is no practical limit to what some future Congress might (might) do.
Rather than focusing on what some future Congress might do, however unlikely, why not instead devote our attention to what is likely to happen? And if someone (clearly including the author of this article) hasn’t a clue about what Congress is likely to do, the very least they could do is shut up.
This is nothing more than a conspiracy theory wrapped up in a doomsday scenario, nothing more. Now all that’s needed is a good rant and the circle will be complete.
A succinct reply David! My terrific, sharp and progressive 90-year-old Mom reminded me yesterday of all the craziness that has always ensued around bad financial times in the States. She gave so many well-informed instances (which she personally observed) that I was able to see come of this nonsense and meanness in a more reasoned light!
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This is nothing more than a conspiracy theory wrapped up in a doomsday scenario, nothing more. Now all that’s needed is a good rant and the circle will be complete.[/quote]Rant away David…..:lol:
Look what happens to retired folks when you start mentioning their pensions going away! They just don’t want to hear it. Doomsday scenario, conspiracy theories, whatever excuse to ignore reality.. Does nobody here realise that the US is bankrupt, and not only is this possible, but almost certain to happen??
First off, does anyone here realise and accept the fact that the US is bankrupt?
Much more bankrupt then Greece for that matter, much, much more bankrupt then any country on the planet. Now will the funds be taken away or will they simply lose all their value to inflation? I would expect the money would be taken away, stolen or “reinvested”, in a attempt to keep the dollar afloat, until its eventual collapse which would happen soon afterwards.
Its really either one or the other. No matter what, the US has to default on its debt, and soon, which would cause a crash of the dollar, and before that happens the US will do anything to keep this system going short term.. 10 years from now, I really don’t see the government supporting the lifestyle of millions of people after its defaulted on 8 Trillion Dollars + in debt.
If I were retirement age and had an option, I would take a 1 time payout and invest in Gold/silver to hedge against inflation. Also invest in a property, the security, food/water sources, anything to make money less of a problem in the future.
This is not doomsday scenario, this is not conspiracy, this is information that Scott wants to put in front of you, to help you make long term educated decisions. Do what you want with it.
Even if you find it hard to comprehend, just think, is a bankrupt government in a position to send you checks every month? The problem is, Americans have been so accustom to having everything provided for them, a quality of life that has been constant for too many years, they just cant comprehend that things can change.. for the worse..
It is still happening.
The US has a 401K called the Thrfty Savings Plan (TSP) for all Gov. employes, Dept. of State, CIA, Army, Post Office, etc.
AND the “G” fund has been raided because it was invested in the US bond market just like the Social Security fund and both have an IOY (I owe You).
This country is bankrupt and will take ALL the $$ from US funds regadless of the funds that keep it.
I had!! past tense $150,000.00 and now all I have a promise that (Congress) will pay me that amount when I retire.
Besides the promise of “MY” Social Security, MediCare benefit’s
Time will tell what happens
caliskatari, You say “Americans have been so accustom to having everything provided for them”.
I dont know about you but i provide for myself. Unless you are talking about life long welfare recipients (which is not the people reading this) you are way of base.
Dont forget that, how you say “checks every month” is money that hard working people have saved with these pig politicians for the better part of their life.
Kimball:
you are 50% right and 50% wrong.
whatever you have saved in a US funds has been “RAIDED” by Congress be that the Social Security, Medicare (entitlements) or the TSP fund (savings)
both are supported by your contributions and earned in a lifetime
where you are wrong!!!
is that all those funds don’t exist anymore, there is just a promise from Congress that you will get them and those “checks every month” can disappear the next day
the US debt stands at 14.5 trillion dollars and Congress has to raise it 2.5 more, do the MATH
the interest rate on the debt is eating .33% of the GDP or .33 cents to the dollar or put another way a .33% interest rate on the principal
hope this helps
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