Opinion of the Issue, part 14

[Associate Justice PiT]

1	Women in the Military	83.3; 5.6; 11.1; 0.0; 0.0
9	Legalize Prostitution	73.1; 11.5; 0.0; 3.8; 11.5
6	Allow Gay Marriage	75.9; 6.9; 0.0; 0.0; 17.2
4	Free Trade Expansion	41.7; 25.0; 2.8; 11.1; 19.4
10	Legalize Selling Human Body Parts	44.0; 16.0; 0.0; 8.0; 32.0
5	Legalize Hard Drugs	31.3; 28.1; 6.3; 9.4; 25.0
8	Punish Illegal Immigrants	26.9; 11.5; 0.0; 7.7; 53.8
13	Reduce Federal-Owned Lands	24.0; 8.0; 24.0; 12.0; 32.0
12	Stricter Gun Control	22.6; 3.2; 9.7; 16.1; 48.4
7	Eliminate the Income Tax	16.1; 9.7; 0.0; 6.5; 67.7
11	Restrict Abortion	22.9; 0.0; 5.7; 20.0; 51.4
3	Return to the Gold Standard	9.1; 4.5; 4.5; 9.1; 72.7
2	Support the Patriot Act	4.0; 4.0; 4.0; 12.0; 76.0

     Highest levels of neutral-voting yet last round.

[Mint]

Yes, along the lines of the Galveston Plan. The returns are better and the government-protected bonds and annuities involved are essentially as secure. The only problem is you might out live our benefits but I'm sure that could be tweaked, and the amounts right now are paltry anyway.

[MasterJedi]

Neutral, I don't know enough about the issue.

[Lief 🗽]

No. Social Security is solvent for another few decades with absolutely zero changes. Increasing the retirement age would solve the problem; no need for something this drastic.

[SPC]

Neutral, it shouldn't be privatized, it should be abolished. A private retirement insurance compary shouldn't rest upon coercion for customers. Instead, they should simply allow young people to opt out of the system as the older generation dies off.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Yes. As Mint pointed out seniors get very little from social security. It would be nice to have more for them without taking more money out of government.

[Nixon in '80]

Lean No. Privatization would mess too much with solvency... obviously, we're not exactly flush right now. Maybe a bit down the road.

[Franzl]

Yes, along the lines of the Galveston Plan. The returns are better and the government-protected bonds and annuities involved are essentially as secure. The only problem is you might out live our benefits but I'm sure that could be tweaked, and the amounts right now are paltry anyway.

Yes, that's pretty much how I see it.

[Lunar]

may have been a great idea once and could be a great idea in the future

but during a recession it sounds stupid to me

[Franzl]

may have been a great idea once and could be a great idea in the future

but during a recession it sounds stupid to me

well nobody says it has to be done now

[MK]

Neutral, it shouldn't be privatized, it should be abolished. A private retirement insurance compary shouldn't rest upon coercion for customers. Instead, they should simply allow young people to opt out of the system as the older generation dies off.

A+

[Franzl]

Neutral, it shouldn't be privatized, it should be abolished. A private retirement insurance compary shouldn't rest upon coercion for customers. Instead, they should simply allow young people to opt out of the system as the older generation dies off.

A+

Doesn't really fit your populist economics....but alright.

BTW, welcome back. Good to see that you came back in person after your second account got banned.

[MK]

Neutral, it shouldn't be privatized, it should be abolished. A private retirement insurance compary shouldn't rest upon coercion for customers. Instead, they should simply allow young people to opt out of the system as the older generation dies off.

A+

Doesn't really fit your populist economics....but alright.

BTW, welcome back. Good to see that you came back in person after your second account got banned.

Ive always supported making it opt on SS.   Key word being "optional"

The other part??

[JSojourner]

No. Social Security is solvent for another few decades with absolutely zero changes. Increasing the retirement age would solve the problem; no need for something this drastic.

^^^^^^^ (normal)

[Kaine for Senate '18]

No. Social Security is solvent for another few decades with absolutely zero changes. Increasing the retirement age would solve the problem; no need for something this drastic.

^^^^^^^ (normal)

Agreed.

[Daniel Adams]

It would certainly be an improvement, but it needs to be eventually abolished.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Absolutely Yes!

[SPC]

No. Bernie Madoff's fund is solvent for another few decades with absolutely zero changes.

Fixed

[RosettaStoned]

NO!