So, I guess it's just fine if the feds do it in your favor but not if you don't like it?

This concept is the cornerstone of US political differences. Those who scream loudest about their extremist positions are the embodiment of the above, but will also argue vociferously that they are not (since it would make them hypocrites, after all).

What about SSI? That has no work requirement. The only requirement is that your disability is expected to last a year or more, or to end only in the event of your death.

Actually, not much is needed to expand the printable area. All you need are longer rods and rails. They're made exactly the same way with the same tolerances.

They're checking for TATP or something similar, even though no sane person would carry it in liquid form. Even terrorists aren't that stupid. They carry the solid ingredients and mix it in the bathroom (and that's the stupid ones, since creating liquid explosives like that require careful temperature control lest they create an explosion just large enough to kill themselves).

Unfortunately, those who have no problem with Social Security will continue to bury their heads in the sand by believing US government projections.

The American people were sold a bill of goods, and most are too ignorant to realize it.

It's only solvent for decades because of the Treasury IOUs. IOUs that must be paid from the same entity to itself. The money has to come from somewhere, be it increased taxes, decreased benefits, or inflation of the money supply. This will happen long before the fund "runs dry."

Which is the exact opposite of how the program was sold to the public when it was started. The fact that it's paying for current benefits makes it even worse. With a private retirement plan, at least you could expect to get the measly 1.7% ROI that Social Security provides. Given that it pays for current benefits, nobody has even that protection. Hell, 1-year Treasury bonds pay more than Social Security benefits.

That still doesn't fix it. If you provide politicians with the option of kicking the can down the road, they will.

No citation is needed for anyone who has actually spent more than a few minutes researching the effects of increased education spending. The real effects come from what the money is spent on, and it's not being spent in the right places.

This was my thought. Why the fsck would a defense contractor be farming out data storage of ITAR data?

Just buy as many 4u BackBlaze boxes as you need, then you only need to worry about data leaks on your own network. Which is highly secured, right?

The reason would be that "hour" is pronounced as starting with a vowel since the "h" is silent.

With multiple deliveries in a metro area, many times there's no choice.

Indeed. Cops kill several orders of magnitude more innocent people than cops are killed per year.

There are too many people who believe "cuz 'merica" to stop the trend before it is too late. The stupid breed in far larger numbers than the intelligent.

That police chief was probably a SWAT officer who believes their subordinates can do no wrong.

Or, the chief fires the person and a State oversight commission re-instates them.