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Originally Posted by dc_dux
Two myths that the RP crowd continues to perpetuate:
THe first in RP's own words from above:
Paul: Well, most of the services and most of the expenditures of the government aren't strictly designated by the Constitution.
That is blatantly false. The Supreme Court has ruled otherwise.....RP and his loyal followers are simply unwilling to accept the interpretation of the Supreme Court.
Its not about hating RP, its about respecting the role of the Supreme Court as the final arbiter of the Constitution.
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You, yourself, have said that the USSC is not always right. Just because 9 people in black robes, designated to 'interpret' the constitution, say something IS constitutionally correct, does not mean they are right.
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Originally Posted by dc_dux
Second myth that Social Security is broken.
the contribution to SS from undocumented workers alone, to the tune of $6-7 billion/yr from those who wont collect benefits, has also contributed to the system's solvency.[indent]Starting in the late 1980's, the Social Security Administration received a flood of W-2 earnings reports with incorrect - sometimes simply fictitious - Social Security numbers. It stashed them in what it calls the "earnings suspense file" in the hope that someday it would figure out whom they belonged to.[/B]
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and that's not broken?
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