Denying the Obvious

Politicians (mostly liberals) do it all the time, then go on as if you believed them. A good example: Obama denying he is pushing “class envy.” Another is denying the plain fact that Social Security is a PYRAMID scheme, also called a “Ponzi scheme” after the name of the man who made the scheme famous in our lifetime. Bernie Madoff is one of the best-known users of the pyramid scheme lately, and he is in prison. Not so for the government agents operating the Social Security system, which is today “not quite” a pyramid scheme any more because of certain changes from the original; notably the fact it is MANDATORY for those who do not work in privileged jobs that are not subject to it, notably government jobs. Another factor is that the government looted the so-called “Social Security Lockbox” where the money was supposed to be kept, early on. But it was DESIGNED after the pyramid scheme and still works much the same. Rick Perry should have called it SIMILAR to a Ponzi scheme and been more accurate, giving his opponents less opportunity to call him a liar. (Just common sense)