Despite what you're hearing in the news (which isn't much) Things are going pretty darn well in Afghanistan. When you compare it to just about every military operation since Alexander the Great went through we're doing DAMN good.
The Taliban crop up, but we appear to let them gather and congregate, give them a target and then pummel the crap out of them. In an area war all you can do is defend the civilians, rebuild infrastructure and wait for the bad guys to pop up and smash them when they do.
Again, if we could actually make a guarantee that people would get their SS benefits and those benefits were paid for out of a real fund instead of the current ponzi scheme then I'd be more supportive of it.
But it's still not LEGALLY something the federal government should be in the business of. I don't know about you, but I'm not planning on getting a cent of my Social Security Benefits. Continuing to tell people they will is utterly disingenuous.
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The Taliban crop up, but we appear to let them gather and congregate, give them a target and then pummel the crap out of them. In an area war all you can do is defend the civilians, rebuild infrastructure and wait for the bad guys to pop up and smash them when they do.
Again, if we could actually make a guarantee that people would get their SS benefits and those benefits were paid for out of a real fund instead of the current ponzi scheme then I'd be more supportive of it.
But it's still not LEGALLY something the federal government should be in the business of. I don't know about you, but I'm not planning on getting a cent of my Social Security Benefits. Continuing to tell people they will is utterly disingenuous.