Comments on: Clinton right on Baby Bonds http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/09/28/clinton-right-on-baby-bonds.html High-minded, fanatically malthusian perspectives Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:09:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tdaxp http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/09/28/clinton-right-on-baby-bonds.html/comment-page-1#comment-18119 tdaxp Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/09/28/clinton-right-on-baby-bonds.html#comment-18119 <p>Adrian,<br /> <br /> A similar phenomenon has occurred in social security, where nearly every generation is one a less-generous path than the one before it. My grandfather was lucky to be born right before the first of these cut-offs, so he was one of the very few to get what was originally promised.<br /> <br /> Purpleslog,<br /> <br /> Yup! Stakeholder accounts! I couldn't remember the term.<br /> <br /> Steve,<br /> <br /> Indeed.<br /> <br /> The question is whether the government supporting education and home-ownership is good and, if so, the extent to which the federal-citizen channel should be mediated by large bureaucracies.<br /> <br /> Lexington,<br /> <br /> No one who's seen the South Park episode can ever forget "Hilldog." Woof woof!</p> Adrian,

A similar phenomenon has occurred in social security, where nearly every generation is one a less-generous path than the one before it. My grandfather was lucky to be born right before the first of these cut-offs, so he was one of the very few to get what was originally promised.

Purpleslog,

Yup! Stakeholder accounts! I couldn't remember the term.

Steve,

Indeed.

The question is whether the government supporting education and home-ownership is good and, if so, the extent to which the federal-citizen channel should be mediated by large bureaucracies.

Lexington,

No one who's seen the South Park episode can ever forget “Hilldog.” Woof woof!

]]> By: Steve French http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/09/28/clinton-right-on-baby-bonds.html/comment-page-1#comment-18116 Steve French Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/09/28/clinton-right-on-baby-bonds.html#comment-18116 <p>It's still a hand out, with all of the usual problems that go with transfer payments, plus, this way the government is now even more involved in personal decisions.</p> It's still a hand out, with all of the usual problems that go with transfer payments, plus, this way the government is now even more involved in personal decisions.

]]> By: PurpleSlog http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/09/28/clinton-right-on-baby-bonds.html/comment-page-1#comment-18117 PurpleSlog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/09/28/clinton-right-on-baby-bonds.html#comment-18117 <p>It sounds like a riff on the Stakeholder Accounts idea:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/american_stakeholder_accounts" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/american_stakeholder_accounts</a></p> It sounds like a riff on the Stakeholder Accounts idea:

http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/american_stakeholder_accounts

]]> By: Lexington Green http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/09/28/clinton-right-on-baby-bonds.html/comment-page-1#comment-18115 Lexington Green Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/09/28/clinton-right-on-baby-bonds.html#comment-18115 <p>I am liking this term "Hilldog". I hope we only have a need for it for another 14 months or so.</p> I am liking this term “Hilldog”. I hope we only have a need for it for another 14 months or so.

]]> By: Adrian http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/09/28/clinton-right-on-baby-bonds.html/comment-page-1#comment-18118 Adrian Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/09/28/clinton-right-on-baby-bonds.html#comment-18118 <p>It would suck to be born the day before Baby Bonds goes into effect.</p> It would suck to be born the day before Baby Bonds goes into effect.

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