#SocialSecurityReform.... Long overdue.... As always, I STAND ON #PRINCIPLES NOT PERSONALITIES of those involved... Been calling for #Entitlement (real #Entitlements, things we pay into, and #ENTITLED to receive back from) #Reform for Decades...
@JStudd1 posted about "#SocialSecurity Reform: First, Kill All the #RINOs!" in US-POLITICS Community ( https://retalk.com/c/us-politics/social-security-reform-first-kill-all-the-rinos ) over on RETALK #SocialMedia.... The discussion needs be here also.
#PrinciplesNotPersonalities, been calling for REFORM for Decades....
I am now, as always, consistent!!!!
Well, DEFINE "CUTS???"
Tired of the usual GOP WANTS TO CUT EVERYTHING bullshit narratives.
Reductions in Growth, are NOT CUTS. Hell, A FREEZE, is NOT A CUT, it is just not the usual bullshit Baseline-Budgeting* games/gimmicks/HORSESHIT.
If that means "Means testing" count me in!
Raising the Retirement age some, we've known for DECADES would have to happen (as long as it is done VERY SLOWLY OVER TIME (say add 1/mo a month for the next couple Decades gradually raising so people have plenty of ability to adjust COUNT ME IN))...
And anyone can check my 4 DECADES of Christian Constitutionalist Conservative Activism (I go on Record IN PRINT, not wobble verbally for current political expedience, been writing on my own websites, on/for RedState, now at TheLibertyBeacon and BeforeItsNews, don't wobble/waffle for expedience of any given moment) am as ANTI-TAX INCREASE as they come ( check many of my recent writings calling for TAX CUTS https://tinyurl.com/JLDArticles ), this would be ONE EXCEPTION that I'd be willing to make BUT ONLY to raise both the SS and MediCare FICA portions by one-tenth of one-percent and for upping the CAP by a one-time 100k jump (then return to continued/normal adjustment levels going forward).
So, just cuz you drop Mitt RINOmney's name
doesn't mean I'm automatically going to FREAK OUT and say NO!!!
I will EXAMINE with LOGIC and REASONED THOUGHT, not have a knee-jerk Emotionally Hysterical reaction.
We need to see a CONCRETE FINAL DETAILS BILL,
THEN, only THEN, will I take a FINAL POSITION!!
AND YES I HAVE BEEN FOR CHOICE - PARTIAL PRIVATIZATION, allowing PEOPLE TO CHOOSE if some (not all, and formulas would adjust based on such if they blow it their Safety-net virtually evaporates, as would their 401-K if idiotly invested, but portions of SS Tax would still need to feed in part the overall System via the current method) of their SS is Privately Invested!!!
more/related (been calling for adjustments for Decades, and idiot Snowflakes just want to let it CLOWARD AND PIVEN into Bankruptcy (Yep, that's fu***** dumb)): https://redstate.com/diary/jlenarddetroit/2017/01/04/entitlement-reform-back-table-n236045
ALSO SEE MY "Mandated Health-Care coverage -How about some other Mandates? Welfare Warranty? College Coverage? [update: Unemployment Underwriting]" piece (back during the obaMAOcare debates)...
Welfare IS NOT an Entitlement, there is NO Welfare Tax we pay in like Social-Security or MediCare so YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO THEM, if we are going to have/continue A WELFARE STATE then it is time to OFFICIALLY MAKE THEM ENTITLEMENTS (you want them, YOU PAY INTO/FOR THEM)....
https://redstate.com/diary/jlenarddetroit/2009/09/21/mandates-n187141
Send CINOs/RINOs a monopoly money message vlog!
This tells them more than you just hanging up on their Calls, use their postage-paid reply to envelopes against them!
more in attached vlog.
A Short Story: A Lasting Legacy?
Autographed (Personalized) copies make great #Christmas Gifts
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FIRST, Pardon, error on my part:
While processing the #SOUNDBITE accidentally put the wrong #episode #information onto the #Player box. This is S3E114 (dropped Sat. Aug. 23rd) not S3EAugSpecial5 (that is dropping Tue. Aug. 26th about #ProLife (ProLifeLeaders.net Founder) Stuart #Kellogg.
CTP S3E114 before Audio edits 22m 50s...
CTP S3E114 SHOW NOTES ( listen (Sat Aug 23 2025 and thereafter) at:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2210487/episodes/17636525-ctp-s3e114-drop-dead-gorgeous-vs-terminally-cute-the-beauty-theory-episode )...
Exploring more of the fascinating intersection of Activism, Community Engagement, Faith / Religion, Human Nature, Politics, Social Issues, and beyond
See buzzsprout Transcript for fuller/extended Show Notes (inc. related links) and Transcript Bonus
Transcript Bonus: Beauty - Eye Of The Beholder BeforeItsNews piece
CTP (S3E114) Drop-Dead Gorgeous vs. Terminally Cute: The Beauty Theory Episode
Exploring more of the fascinating intersection of Activism, Community Engagement, ...
#Michigan #Conservative #Constitutionalist Activist (sums it up)
MORE about what you may want to know about me, via writings (and more detailed BIOs on those sites too (http://tinyurl.com/JLenardDetroitExtendedBio))...
B4IN (2014-????): JLenardDetroitB4INArticles - https://tinyurl.com/JLDArticles
RedState (2008-2017) https://tinyurl.com/RedStateJLD
SSCE (Super Simple Computer Enterprises, my Computer company and Private posts sites by extension - 1980's - early 2000's) https://web.archive.org/web/20110530024904/http://www.ssce.net/Web-Articles/Web-articles-indexed-catagories.html (this lists other authors posted on my site too, my Articles are clearly marked and you can choose the LIST BY AUTHOR ("L" Lenard) to find just mine if you like.
vlogs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkdRA7aHCzR4xcS1WsMnJjg/videos
(and what YouTube banned at) https://www.brighteon.com/channels/jlenarddetroit
MORE... MORE... MORE.... http://tinyurl.com/JLenardDetroitExtendedBio
Love him or hate him, WHATEVER*,
#ThoughtsAndPrayers to the #Cheney family at the passing (and now #Funeral going on) of #DickCheney.
- and, YES, for me I very much BLAME Dick for the election of #obaMAO. WHY? HOW? Simple, everyone on the Planet knew Dick was NOT going to Run for #POTUS (after being #GWBush's VP) due to his Health issues - and I kept saying (nobody listened) that DICK SHOULD HAVE STEPPED DOWN FROM BEING VP in the latter half of GW's 2nd term SO THAT someone could have (even if it would have been John McLAME) been put in to finish out GW's 2nd term as #POTUS as his #VP putting them in better place to run as quasi-Presidential-incumbent (being in the # 2 slot, and GW could have, should have, whomever put in place of Dick; given that VP many visible things to do to put them in position of been VERY ACTIVE in Running the Nation going into the Election to replace GW as #POTUS). But, again, my PERSONAL disdain for the "supposedly so smart and savvy Politico DICK was, didn't step ...
Figuring out just what EXACTLY is going to be most interesting to more and rack up more views (on #video platforms) or listens (across my 25+ #audio platforms) of my Show episodes is rather "INTERESTING" to say the least. Something may HIT, but then something similar be a complete MISS, and vice-versa something a seemingly complete dud first go 'round but a similar follow-up TAKES OFF.
Like my MOST INTERACTED WITH #CTP #EPISODE (views on video, but not necessarily as much a HIT in audio version) being what seemed to me at the time as a bit of a throw-away about "NO, I AM NOT #SHAKESPEARE" (in fact, I often #Joke call me #ShakesJavelun - that in itself a very lamest of my lame #puns a bit of a throw-away #joke itself):
Before this one took off, my highest ranking Show episode was about #Kelce / #Swift engagement ( ) and before that 2 #science related pieces ( ...
