Recent content by OregonTrails

Hey! I'll have to check that out. I haven't smoked weed in over 40 years until recently and I was surprised at how different it smells compared to the stuff I used to get from which I had to remove lots of stems and seeds before smoking it.

It's a ridiculous generality. There is no "bunch of people" who have decided to impose their demands on "a given peaceful individual". Apparently you are one of those who oppose our representative democracy. >"Do you know how to communicate with people successfully?"< And your thinly veiled...

Yes I know. I was not a financial planner for nothing years ago. My training, experience, and understanding stands to say you are wrong in your concerns. True, the Treasuries in the Trust Fund (thank you for acknowledging that there are Treasuries in it and not "worthless paper") are not...

Tell that to the millions of investors who hold Treasury securities thinking they are the safest investment there is, and to the financial planners and chartered consultants who put their funds into the Treasuries (not to mention the many countries who are invested in them). Shoulda woulda...

I don't see any serious statements, pal.

If you want to pose ridiculous generalities rather than have an intelligent conversation, count me out. Why don't you try ASKING me what I think instead of pushing your fears on me?

Here's an interesting conflict upon which the right depends heavily and that they don't want us to notice: on one hand they object that the Treasury bonds in the S.S. Trust Fund are "worthless paper" and represent "no actual value", but on the other hand they scream and object to the national...

I DON'T speak for the "rest of us". The original popular support for the minimum wage and the continuing majority support it enjoys speaks loudly enough. Same for S.S. and Medicare.

The rest of us, -the majority, -are happy to leave you alone in your shack in Alaska. Now go and be happy too.

As a blanket, all-encompassing statement as you presented it, you're essentially right. But there are exceptions to everything.

450 pounds! http://www.oregonlive.com/marijuana/index.ssf/2014/11/washington_marijuana_grower_to.html

Now you're being ridiculous. Is that your way of opposing arguments that you disagree with? Gotta think about these things. If poor planners are left on their own regarding healthcare and retirement, the rest of us will end up paying for them when they go to the emergency room or end up...

And there is no tea in China, eh? Ever hear of the Trust Fund? Do you know how big it is? Do you know what it's funded with? Do you know how the assets in the TF are redeemed? Do you know how long the TF would last if we just kept doing what we're doing? Do you know how many people are...

"Violence"? Do you think you should be allowed to pay no income taxes if you so choose? Many people are too poor at planning responsibly so health insurance should be mandatory. Same with S.S. "Mafia"? That statement is a bit extreme, don't you think?

Right, and SS maintains a Trust Fund, so no similarity on that basis.