Old Man Jingles
Rat out of a cage
You missed the point ... we are laughing at you for thinking you are so smart when in reality you can’t discern the difference between a welfare program and forced Social Insurance.You and VT don't like the fact that I call you out over the fact that you talk the conservative talk but are not willing to forsake social programs in defense of those convictions instead embracing what can only be described as selective conservatism due to the fact that your future reliance on them will have an enormous impact on the quality of your life during your final years. And don't give me this "well, I paid into them BS". Because imagine what it would be like for you if we evil socialist communist pinko liberals were not able to overcome bitter conservative opposition and get them passed into law.
This is why I find selective conservatives and pseudo conservatives so amusing. They constantly express their highly vocal anger and outrage over the very social programs that we see them signing up for in the end.
It's one of the reasons you don't hear much out of the Tea Party these days. The older members of the party were all for cutting government spending until they discovered that it also meant cutting Medicare and Medicaid.
You are a very smart guy so even if we laugh at you now, there is still hope for you.