Leo Frankowski (1943 - 2008)

[james_davis_nicoll]

editrx has relayed the news that she was informed that Leo Frankowski died yesterday.

Comments

Re: Leo's Social Security payments

[connactic.livejournal.com]

Hello anonymous middle-aged fat man who is a pathetic loser.

I am only commenting on this post since you are apparently unaware of how Social Security works. There is no magic fund that you 'pay' into. You just get money from other people who are currently paying the Social Security Tax, which redistributed by the government. If you consider having to make payments into it 'theft' then you have to also deem taking payments out of it 'theft' as well. A truly moral/ethical person with this view would elect not to take other people's money and only live off of what he/she were able to put aside on their own.

Personally, I don't mind paying into a fund to help ensure that the aged and infirm don't have to eat dogfood. I also didn't begrudge Leo Frankowski the pittance he received. I do object to the self-deception that allowed him to take the payments yet also maintain that other unfortunates who needed assistance were somehow not deserving.

Re: Leo's Social Security payments

[avram]

Hey! As a middle-aged fat male pathetic loser who supports progressive taxation and a social safety net, I take offense at that characterization.

Re: Leo's Social Security payments

[emt-hawk.livejournal.com]

Apparently you're not so pathetic as you think.

--Hawk
[Proud to be part of the social safety net]