Bernie Madoff’s Social Security Scheme
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This email speaks for itself. We should all remember this when they talk about Social Security. 
(Thanks to Tom Beebe)
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Why did Bernie Madoff go to prison? To make it simple, he talked people into investing with him. Trouble was, he didn’t invest their money. As time rolled on he simply took the money from the new investors to pay off the old investors. Finally there were too many old investors and not enough money from new investors coming in to keep the payments going.
Next thing you know, Madoff is one of the most hated men in America and he is off to jail. Some of you know this, but not enough of you. Madoff did to his investors what the government has been doing to us for over 70 years with Social Security. There is no meaningful difference between the two schemes, except that on was operated by a private individual who is now in jail, and the other is operated by politicians who enjoy perks, privileges and status in spite of their actions.
Do you need a side-by side comparison here? Well, here’s a nifty chart.
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BERNIE MADOFF |
SOCIAL SECURITY |
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1. Takes money from investors with the promise that the money will be invested and made available to them later. |
1. Takes money from wage earners with the promise that the money will |
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2. Instead of investing the money Madoff spends it on nice homes in the Hamptons and yachts etc. |
2. Instead of depositing money in a Trust Fund the politicians transfer it to the ‘General Revenue Fund’ and use it for general spending and vote buying. |
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3. When the time comes to pay the investors back Madoff simply uses some of the new funds from newer investors to pay back the older investors. |
3. When benefits for older investors become due the politicians pay them with money taken from younger and newer wage earners to pay the older people. |
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4. When Madoff’s scheme is discovered all hell breaks loose. New |
4. When Social Security runs out of money the politicians try to force |
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5. Bernie Madoff goes to jail; then who pays his medical, housing and |
5. Politicians remain in Washington… with fat medical and retirement benefits. |
The Taxpayer; That is someone who works for the federal government but doesn’t have to take the civil service examination.
“If you put the federal government in charge of the “Sahara Desert”, in five years there’d be a shortage of sand.”
–Milton Friedan
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