Ramblin Wreck

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This image is ridiculous. Does anyone believe a green paradise like this will exist underneath the interstate? Imagine the smell, the trash, the noise. Probably be too nasty even for vagrants to give each other BJs for meth there.

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Imagine the mosquitos from the standing water in that image.

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Saw them 22 years ago and was convinced that was their last tour. Damn, I was wrong

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Saw them on campus in 1989 and figured it was my last chance. :lol:

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I support the idea but I don't like how they plan to paint everything white.

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For the toll gate they will use a gray barn door that rolls to the side.

I said about $500K if that is what has you so upset and claiming I’m making up numbers. For sake of argument I pulled out and double checked my statement. I should have stated $450K, but my point is still valid. Here is what my google search shows -

1983: $3,855.60 / $7,219.85 (Cap was $35,700 at 10.8%)
1990: $6,352.00 / $12,704.00 (Cap was $51,300 at 12.4%)
2010: $6,621.60 / $13,243.20 (Cap was $106,800 at 12.4%)
2020: $8,537.40 / $17,074.80 (Cap was $137,700 at 12.4%)
2026: $11,439.00 / $22,878.00 (Cap is $184,500 at 12.4%)

I was making good money during college and paying the max very early after graduating from college based on that chart. Those numbers easily allow me to reach about $500K. I was fortunate to have a desirable degree, employment in a high paying industry, and a job in a crappy city (maybe not something fortunate for most) that demanded high wages for people to work there.

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I've never been to either, but how is that a bad thing?

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Casinos have notoriously gone bankrupt in Atlantic City. Ask Trump how well his fared. It is also the hood on steroids from what I remember. Casinos would do as much good as they have for Lake Charles and Shreveport.

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US. Developers would build beachside hotels and casino's

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Wow, you mean we could turn it into another Atlantic City, New Jersey? What could go wrong?

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People will say its not a ponzi scheme but one of the big troubles of us getting out of this is they need us to stay paying in to pay the current people on it.

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That is the problem. I have not spent time researching alternatives but it would be nice if people younger in their career could divert half of what they are paying into a locked investment account. It would mean raising the withdraw age and cleaning up the social security recipient list in order that the whole system not crash if that was done. One of the many problems with increasing the withdraw age is that the average life expectancy is 79. It seems unfair to make people pay their entire working years and wait until, for example, 70 if on average they only benefit on 9 years of receiving it.

I am not eligible to withdraw Social Security but just got my summary statement. I’m not sure what the frequency is supposed to be on these mailed out but it seems like I have received one about every 5 years. To date it looks like between my employer and I, about $500K has been paid in Social Security taxes over my lifetime. If I choose to withdraw at 62, I will receive less than $3K per month. What a bargain! :lol:

I’ve posted here before that my daughter was being stalked and harassed by an old boyfriend. He has anger management issues among many others. The local police were able to track his movements to make sure he stayed away from her apartment and they let him know they were monitoring him. He changed car tags and moved 750 miles away and it only took the police 3 minutes to find his new location when she called to see if he was still in the area. It gave her some comfort knowing he wasn’t in the area any longer.

Note the Nazi SS tattoos on the neck.