UPDATED: Farewell, Working Assets

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Monday May 23, 2005 · 3:44 PM PDT

2005/05/23 · 15:44

What kind of a handle is stabguy? Like Castle Anthrax, it's not a very good name. I am a guy, but I've never stabbed anyone. No. It came from my cell phone number which spelled (808) STAB-GUY. Don't try to reach me at that number. You see, Working Assets stole the number from me, and now they're trying to steal $120.

Update [2005-5-24 15:44:22 by stabguy]: This dispute may be resolved. I got a call from Holly at Working Assets headquarters in San Francisco. She gave me a full credit, her full name and her phone number. Wow, that's never happened before! It's almost as if Holly had read this diary. She repeated some details from it and at one point I thought I heard her say in a passionate whisper, "Stabguy". Read More

Money in private account isn't really yours

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Thursday February 24, 2005 · 6:13 PM PST

2005/02/24 · 18:13

A recent point-counterpoint on Social Security steered clear of the usual talking points. The case against privatizing was made by Mark Weisbrot of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, who used details of the president's plan as spilled by a "senior White House official". One of those details:

The money that will go into the private account isn't really yours. At the end of your working career, you have to pay it all back to the government -- plus interest: at the rate of U.S. Treasury notes.

Treasury notes? You mean those "worthless IOUs" in the trust fund?

The difference between what you made in your private account and what you have to pay back, with interest, is your "profit" -- or loss.

Derrick Max, you ignorant slut! More after the break. Read More

Swaying the Religious Right

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Thursday November 04, 2004 · 2:10 PM PST

2004/11/04 · 14:10

My progressive Mormon friend called my attention to the article Suckers For Jesus by Ernest Partridge. It's an excellent but rather long discussion of why Christian fundamentalists continue to vote Republican even though the party oppresses them economically and doesn't represent their moral values. I've excerpted it heavily below the fold. The end of the story is that there's an opportunity to swing the Christian vote in our direction. Read More

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