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Two-time Prometheus award-winning hard science fiction author. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005JPPMS6  Learn how to homestead https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093BC3K1T 

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    1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jan 2021

      1/ The Cathedral is starting to admit that Social Security is going to collapsehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/we-were-right-to-worry-about-the-nations-fiscal-future-but-i-know-when-to-fold-em/2021/01/27/dae752fc-6023-11eb-9061-07abcc1f9229_story.html …

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    2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jan 2021

      2/ One of the reasons I worked 2 jobs for most of the past 7 years was to pay down debt at triple speed and start saving. My plan/goal is that I live well if SS stays, but still live pretty darned decently if it goes away. (of course, if market collapses too ... life sucks)

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    3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jan 2021

      3/ And the chance of economic catastrophe in our lifetimes is pretty high. A doomer looks at this and says "so what even is the point? Just give up." Don't be a doomer. Preparation is always better than lack of preparation.

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    4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jan 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Dylan Trout

      4/ Strongly disagree. The Cathedral CREATED SS. The Cathedral WANTS people to believe in SS, need SS, and trust the SS promises. Cradle to grave welfare benefits creates a compliant citizen class that listens to, trusts, and obeys their lords.https://twitter.com/DylanTrout8/status/1354766367694663683 …

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      Dylan Trout @DylanTrout8
      Replying to @MorlockP
      Uhh... The Cathedral has been trying to privatize or destroy SS for years.
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    5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jan 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted E. Darwin Hartshorn ⳩  🦬

      5/ I agree with all of this. The reason to save for retirement today is not "you will starve to death when SS ends in 2049". It's instead "I'd rather spend 2049 fishing from my boat than spend it sneaking into barns to steal horse food".https://twitter.com/logosimian/status/1354767917460516864 …

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      E. Darwin Hartshorn ⳩  🦬 @VidyaDragon
      Replying to @MorlockP
      Even people who weren't prepared got through the Great Depression. Yeah, some people starved to death and some people snuck into barns to eat horsefeed. And some people figured rock bottom was a good place to found an empire. No point in giving up before God calls me home.
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    6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jan 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Tyler Groenendal

      6/ I'm not a gold bug. I'd say: * live below your means * pay off debt * save, diversified in stocks and other assets * skills are always good; improve your earning powerhttps://twitter.com/TylerGroenendal/status/1354768525886369793 …

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      Tyler Groenendal @TylerGroenendal
      Replying to @MorlockP
      What is the preparation? Diversified investments? Gold? Skills?
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    7. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jan 2021

      7/ A financial collapse won't be "the end of late stage capitalism". It'll just be another 2008 or Black Tuesday of 1929. The system will continue, just folks will lose 30-50% of their assets.

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    8. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jan 2021

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      8/ Compounding is your friend. If there's ANY WAY AT ALL, start saving now-ish. Read / watch / listen to Dave Ramsay on budgeting, and how you can start saving ASAP. https://twitter.com/MogTheUrbanite/status/1354769152037142528 …

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    9. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jan 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted SueSession

      9/ Money is not a store of value. Money is a tool for liquidity. Ownership of productive assets is a store of value. Ownership of debt that others have used for productive growth is a store of value.https://twitter.com/session_sue/status/1354773407108386816 …

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      SueSession @session_sue
      Replying to @MorlockP
      Tough to save when real interest rates are negative. If you save in dollars, govt created inflation is going to obliterate your savings
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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jan 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Jeff Weimer

      10/ Yep. Or both. Right now the SS tables show that my wife and I will each get $2,848 / month if we retire in 19 years at age 68. I expect: * retirement age slips to 70 * payout slips down to $2k or so * SS taxes go up between now and thenhttps://twitter.com/Jeff_Weimer/status/1354774513683230721 …

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      Jeff Weimer @Jeff_Weimer
      Replying to @LucioMM1 @MorlockP
      We're already at the 67 level for those of us born 1970 and later. Next step is to limit benefits or increase receipts.
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        2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jan 2021

          11/ Most preppers and doomers picture all-or-nothing scenarios. The bombs go off and the lights go out. Reality, tho, responds in fits and starts. Feedback loops work, to some decent degree. When OPEC cuts oil supply, civilization doesn't die ... growth slows instead.

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        3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jan 2021

          12/ When SS's IOUs are worthless, they don't disband SS some Wednesday at 2pm. Instead, they adjust the knobs. Full on doomerism can be fun LARPing, but it's not _useful_. Prepare for realistic / likely cases instead.

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        4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jan 2021

          13/ Deflation only happens when money supply is fixed (bc specie currency). I can't see a scenario where we experience real deflation in a world where the fed go brrrrr > RT @wraithburn It could even just be another Panic of 1837, with the deflationary shock of the time.

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        1. Fungusaur‏ @Fungusaur 28 Jan 2021
          Replying to @MorlockP

          I expect: ·higher payroll taxes ·taxes applied to income above the current cap, without additional credited benefits ·higher retirement age ·part of benefits becoming means-tested, hurting people who saved for retirement

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