RE: Freedom... what number?
06-03-2026, 10:06 AM (This post was last modified: 06-03-2026, 10:08 AM by Bob Schroeck.)
06-03-2026, 10:06 AM (This post was last modified: 06-03-2026, 10:08 AM by Bob Schroeck.)
Oh, it's an expression of Republican conservatism, donchyaknow? When Otto von Bismarck created the first government-sponsored retirement program, he deliberately set the age of retirement and benefits at 70, when by then-current demographics most potential claimants would already have passed away. The Republicans have embraced an old idea as new, and then extended it.
(This would merely be an amusing joke if it didn't feel quite so real...)
(This would merely be an amusing joke if it didn't feel quite so real...)
-- Bob
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....