Re: OT ; Re: The joy of FORTRAN

On Wed, 2 Oct 2024 18:07:29 -0700, Peter Flass wrote:

rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Wed, 2 Oct 2024 18:11:06 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
 

I always like Heinlein's qualified democracy. You got a vote for
education,  a vote for owning your own house, a vote for being  a
parent and a vote for having served in the army. Something like that.
 
Or if you were a junked up piece of trash on social security, you
didn't get a vote at all.

 
That works. The US sort of started out that way. The problem with
democracy, or most forms of government for that matter, is it doesn't
scale well.
 
 

Except for those of us who are junked up pieces of trash on social
securiy

While I think the social security system is flawed I've been paying into
it for 60 years and it damn well better keep sending checks every month.
Since I'm still employed I have the honor of still paying into the system
while receiving benefits and paying taxes on said benefits. To add to the
joy this state also taxes SSI income.

Hey, what the hell, Hillary figures I'm a deplorable and I'm sure Harris
thinks the same, might as well be a junked up piece of trash.