Comments on: Next bubble http://egalicontrarian.com/index.php/2009/12/07/next-bubble/ a blog full of magic Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:50:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Julian http://egalicontrarian.com/index.php/2009/12/07/next-bubble/comment-page-1/#comment-2248 Julian Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:11:40 +0000 http://egalicontrarian.com/?p=540#comment-2248 Isn't there a more immediate problem with Social Security, because we have been spending the "surplus" fund that was supposed to accumulate to pay the baby-boomers (of which I am one, and you are not) once they retired, beginning around 2011? Isn’t there a more immediate problem with Social Security, because we have been spending the “surplus” fund that was supposed to accumulate to pay the baby-boomers (of which I am one, and you are not) once they retired, beginning around 2011?

]]> By: Ben http://egalicontrarian.com/index.php/2009/12/07/next-bubble/comment-page-1/#comment-2014 Ben Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:15:49 +0000 http://egalicontrarian.com/?p=540#comment-2014 Thanks for the links. I think I may have been swayed to his point of view. It appears the only reason I was alarmed myself was because of the seeming consensus of alarmism in Washington. I'll have to read more about this. Thanks for the links. I think I may have been swayed to his point of view. It appears the only reason I was alarmed myself was because of the seeming consensus of alarmism in Washington. I’ll have to read more about this.

]]> By: Joshua Blanchard http://egalicontrarian.com/index.php/2009/12/07/next-bubble/comment-page-1/#comment-2010 Joshua Blanchard Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:09:58 +0000 http://egalicontrarian.com/?p=540#comment-2010 Ben, I am neither able nor willing to make hyperlinks, but here are some other posts of Baker's on Social Security. He's definitely in what you might call the non-alarmist camp: http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/beat_the_press_archive?month=07&year=2009&base_name=the_washington_post_aka_fox_on http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/beat_the_press_archive?month=11&year=2009&base_name=parade_magazines_propaganda_pa&18 http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/beat_the_press_archive?month=09&year=2009&base_name=cbs_moneywatch_says_its_time_t&69 http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/beat_the_press_archive?month=09&year=2009&base_name=social_securitys_finances_are&7 http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/beat_the_press_archive?month=08&year=2009&base_name=post_continues_attack_on_socia&33 I like Dean Baker because he exudes confidence and snarkiness, but also erudition. And in spite of this, he talks to me at about a high school level, which is what I need in this area. Ben,

I am neither able nor willing to make hyperlinks, but here are some other posts of Baker’s on Social Security. He’s definitely in what you might call the non-alarmist camp:

http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/beat_the_press_archive?month=07&year=2009&base_name=the_washington_post_aka_fox_on

http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/beat_the_press_archive?month=11&year=2009&base_name=parade_magazines_propaganda_pa&18

http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/beat_the_press_archive?month=09&year=2009&base_name=cbs_moneywatch_says_its_time_t&69

http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/beat_the_press_archive?month=09&year=2009&base_name=social_securitys_finances_are&7

http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/beat_the_press_archive?month=08&year=2009&base_name=post_continues_attack_on_socia&33

I like Dean Baker because he exudes confidence and snarkiness, but also erudition. And in spite of this, he talks to me at about a high school level, which is what I need in this area.

]]> By: Ben http://egalicontrarian.com/index.php/2009/12/07/next-bubble/comment-page-1/#comment-2008 Ben Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:39:41 +0000 http://egalicontrarian.com/?p=540#comment-2008 Baker wrote: "The second reason why this task force is strange is that Social Security doesn't need reforming. According to the Congressional Budget Office, it can pay all scheduled benefits for the next 40 years with no changes whatsoever." Have I missed something? I thought Social Security was doomed. Baker wrote:

“The second reason why this task force is strange is that Social Security doesn’t need reforming. According to the Congressional Budget Office, it can pay all scheduled benefits for the next 40 years with no changes whatsoever.”

Have I missed something? I thought Social Security was doomed.

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