Yeah, except you’re wrong, because an overwhelming amount of those people would end up asking for government help. So, as common with Republicans and Libertarians, privatize profits but socialize losses.

Are you able to predict the future? Because even a portfolio that is balanced between stocks, bonds, foreign investments and the like will take a substantial hit (and a much longer recovery) if we have another 2008.

They worked a couple extra years and then retired after things got better.

I’m not sure you understand the concept of a “guaranteed return.” That alone is pretty damn valuable.

Way to ignore what I said. So... are you willing to just go off into the sunset (presumably to either live off the land or kill yourself) when your investments crash? Because, if you’re going to be selfish, so am I. So, no tax dollars for you if you fall flat on your face.

As a person who hits the cap, I think it’s absolutely ridiculous there’s a cap. Either remove the cap entirely or put a net asset limit on those who can receive social security.

Yeah... the problem with that is, when your investments don’t pan out or the market tanks or whatever the case may be, you’ll have your hand out looking to the government provide you welfare.

The only side effect I got from drinking regularly was weight gain.

My point is, it’s silly to say “I think opiates are not safe, I’m going to drink alcohol instead.” That’s basically replacing one drug with the other, except that the first drug is prescribed and regulated by the doctor and can be traced to determine if there are interactions. Whereas, if you self-medicate, then…

So... getting addicted to alcohol is better?

In fact, it is. You can have a placebo effect that makes you feel either that a fake drug worked, or that a real drug didn’t. It’s called the “Nocebo effect.”

I have pressure urticaria that is well controlled by Zyrtec, but without my allergy medication, drinking alcohol or opiates (prescribed for kidney stones a while back) really set it off to the point where I’ll just start itching for no reason and then I scratch the itch, then I get a welt that’s even more itchy.

Alcohol is a histamine, so it will increase allergic reactions, not decrease.

So... don’t take one potentially addictive drug, but replace with another? That makes absolutely no sense.

Did you ever think that you might be having a placebo reaction? Because Tylenol works quite well for hundreds of millions of people when taken in the correct dosages.

Differentiate, yes. However, apparently it makes no difference in game play.

While humans can perceive more than 60 Hz, it apparently makes no difference in game play.

Again, look to what I said. If you’re the child, have YOU paid taxes on that money? No. That is “income” to you and therefore you must pay taxes on it.

No, it’s not disproportionate because they MAKE THE MONEY. So, if you’re making a lot of money, you pay the taxes. Is that somehow unclear?

Corporate and tax attorney here: