Portrait of a Nation Crumbling. One hopes that this anti-immigrant fever that the right wing has whipped up (again), will fade. Once we have cleared out all people that are 1) non-white 2) seeking a better life and the pursuit of happiness, then will white people be happy?
change his conduct? Just who is going to convince Collins to change his conduct? Republicans have found that they are able to get away with blatant disregard for the law. That's what happens when power is handed to dishonest, cruel people.
If anyone still thinks their vote doesn't count, think again.
To what extent can Collins and other flagrant violators even be censured for failing to adhere to these standards? Or is it purely up to voters? Frankly, in either case, I'm not terribly optimistic given the current political climate.
As a resident of Georgia, I can confirm that Mike Collins is unfit for public office. Thanks for shining the light on this cockroach that feeds off my purse. VOTE FOR JON OSSOFF!
This is the cost of losing and for the thousandth time the Democrats will lose again and again as long as they cannot come up with a message that resonates with the majority of Americans. The GOP has handed Democrats a golden ticket to sweep the midterms but I have little doubt the progressive wing of the party will mistake noise with information. They will scream and shout about the “billionaire class” and LGBTQ+ equality and all manner of “pay attention to me I am oppressed” and last but not least “Eat the rich” and lose the center of one’s parties. The Democrats cannot for the life of them come up with a coherent message and stay on script.
There should be a new 3 percent Social Security tax on wages above $1 million a year. Employers should not match a person's Social Security taxes on wages above $100,000 a year.
I expect black families to be the families that benefit the most from Social Security retirement accounts. I expect many will pour their money into their family businesses. I expect they will help black males to live longer lives and over time to help reduce maternal mortality which is sky high for black families in the USA. I read over 33 years ago that black males are likely to live shorter lives than white males in the USA.
Social Security should allow people to invest up to 25 percent of their Social Security taxes into retirement/investment accounts and have this money used to pay for
Funeral costs
Life insurance
Short term disability insurance
Long term disability insurance
Health insurance plans
Health care costs
Gold
Silver
Index mutual funds
Mutual funds
Government bonds
For themselves, family members, others.
Government bonds including bonds that are used to build and run food banks, supermarkets in food deserts, homeless shelters, houses on Native American reservations, high quality affordable public housing apartments that are NOT in public housing towers, public k-12 schools, free child care centers, free elder care centers, free job training, etc.
The bonds, free child care, free elder care, free job training will likely increase tax revenues for local governments, state governments, federal government.
Life involves risks. Each person should get to decide if want to have Social Security retirement/investment account. If people put money into Social Security retirement/investment account need to realize this may reduce amount of money people get if become disabled and when retired. Do people care about Individual Liberty and Individual freedom?
GAO discussed Social Security Disability backlog in 1997.
Over 100,000 have died waiting to see an Administrative Law Judge for Social Security Disability.
Congress has the power to employ Tribunals inferior to US Supreme Court and Administrative Law Judges are Tribunals inferior to US Supreme Court.
People in their 20s, 30s, and 40s are more likely to become disabled than die.
CHANGING SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY
When people first apply for Social Security disability, they are able to get attorneys for a percentage of past due benefits.
When people have Social Security Disability and Social Security says person is no longer disabled, person should be able to get an attorney for a percentage of monthly benefits during the review process and Social Security should hold onto attorney fees during review process.
Medicare should start when first qualify for Social Security disability.
People should be allowed to buy into Medicare for all. They should not have to buy into Medicare for all.
USA should never have just Medicare for All.
When Democratic Party was in control of the US House of Representatives, the Indian Health Service did forced sterilizations of Native American females.
Congress should back our currency with gold, silver, other valuable commodities, federal government owned lands.
Need over $900 now to buy what $250 could buy in January 1981 when national debt was under $1 trillion.
Congress should be in control of Federal Reserve.
The higher property taxes go up the harder it is to save for retirement.
I pay more in taxes than a family of 6 that has 4 kids in school because city says my property is worth more than their property. 10 or more people could live in a home and use lot more city services than me and yet I pay more in taxes. This is theft. This is NOT fiscal responsibility.
Taxes on primary residences are not based on income coming, usage of services, and harm people cause.
It is not possible for our city or other cities to fund schools when funding of them is based on value of primary residences. Taxes should be reduced on primary residences and user fees should be adopted to help fund schools, police, fire, etc. The more kids your family has in school the more money you pay to educate them. If have 6 kids in school, pay more than if you have 4. More people in your home more you pay for police, fire, highway, parks.
I expect the US Supreme Court after Democrats pick judges who care about the Constitution to decide cities may not base providing of local government services on property taxes of primary residences. I expect the US Supreme Court to also say that when a city government takes a home for non payment of taxes it has to pay the home owner the appraised value of the home and not what the city gets at auction. I think a lot of cities are stealing homes from people now. They sell homes at auction cheap so politically connected people may buy them and flip them for huge profits.
The US Supreme Court will most likely say a federal law making Roe v Wade law of land is not constitutional if it is not based on free exercise of religion dealing with health care.
The right to have abortions and the right to have a doctor for doctor assisted suicide depends on free exercise of religion dealing with health care. The War of Democratic Party and ACLU against free exercise of religion dealing with education - vouchers led to people losing the right to have abortions. If you make people pay taxes for public schools, must allow students/parents to use vouchers for religious schools. If do not, establishing religion in the form of secularism and making it harder for free exercise of religion to take place. Cities may set a limit on how big a voucher may be. State Supreme Court may make it bigger.
It is possible over 200,000 have died since January 1998. GAO discussed the backlog in 1997.
The deaths have been caused by Congress refusing to employ enough Administrative Law Judges for Social Security disability.
Do you think Democratic Party, Fake Republican Party, AARP, Social Security Works cares? I do not. I have tried to get them to care
Less than 5,000 died on 9/11.
Many years have had over 5,000 a year losing their lives waiting to see an ALJ.
People in their 20s, 30s, and 40s more likely to become disabled than die.
The wait to get Medicare after get Social Security Disability is usually 2 years. Have over 200,000 died waiting to get Medicare when not have Medicaid.
If a member of your family gets disabled, Social Security will most likely say not disabled. The wait to see an ALJ is often over a year. Varies by state.
If a member of your family who is 25 dies while waiting to see an ALJ, I doubt you would be happy about it.
The design of Social Security is a bigger problem and it killed my father. My father had a heart attack in 2010 and died in 2019. If he had been able to retire at 50, he might still be alive today.
My dad is dead in part because Democratic Party, AARP, Social Security Works all DENIED him the Liberty and Freedom to have Social Security Retirement Account.
We talk about Liberty and Freedom with July 4 coming while Democratic Party, AARP, and Social Security Works all deny us Liberty and Freedom.
Black solders and black spies fought in the American Revolution.
The families most likely to be harmed by current Social Security system are black families. I think the main reason Social Security has not been fixed is the extreme racism of Democratic Party, AARP, Social Security Works. The Fake Republican Party is more racist than the Democratic Party.
Do people care if millions of their family members keep being killed by design of Social Security.
If you have ideas on how to improve my plan, please share.
I have not been able to get members of media to care that members of their own families may die because of the current design of Social Security.
Many millions of people have died before 60 years old after paying into Social Security for more than 30 years causing their children in their 30s to get little from Social Security increasing poverty, hunger, and homelessness.
Thieves like the current design of Social Security because it helps them murder people so more money for them. Longer it takes before people may retire more people going to die before retirement.
Thieves like the current local government taxation system so they do not have to pay their fair share in taxes while they demand I pay more in taxes than they do even though they have 4 kids in school and they have more wealth than I do.
I am trying to save lives by having Congress have tariffs and graduates sales taxes as part of trade agreements.
The more people attack wealth creation more poverty and deaths going to have.
Ignoring history, reality, and human nature does not change them.
Fake progressives never learn. Fake progressives go out of their way every day to make poverty, hunger, and homelessness worse.
I am a Real Republican Progressive Capitalist. A Real Republican is an opponent of gerrymandering and poll taxes. Real Progressives want to reduce poverty while fake progressives go out of their way to increase poverty. Fake progressives go out of their way to be ignorant of history and are clueless dealing with why the Constitution says what it does.
Want to save lives hold people accountable for the harm they cause via sales taxes.
Have any of the candidates for Congress come forward with a plan to reduce deaths from the current design of Social Security?
Do any of them care about buying power of money over time?
I ran for US Senate in 2002.
How to increase membership in the Republican Party - Green Papers Vox Populi
Congress should use March in Rights of Bayh Dole Act to reduce prices of prescription drugs, high tech, medical equipment, etc. March in Rights of Bayh Dole Act allows Congress to license patents of drugs to other companies when the prices are high.
If people in Maine and other states do not like the people who are running, they may want to write in the names of candidates they do like.
If people want to have more secure retirements, they may want to have interest, dividends, capital gains.
Job creation depends on capital formation.
Social Security is an important component of national security.
I would like interest, dividends, capital gains, and estates not to be taxed by federal government and other governments.
I would like gold coins and silver coins minted in USA not taxed by federal government and other governments.
I would like Congress to use Tariffs, graduated sales taxes as part of trade agreements with foreign countries to help reduce national debt and help fund Social Security, education,
Medicare, etc. I would like a percentage of the money from the taxes to go to local governments and state governments. Negative externalities are the leading cause of death in the USA. Sales taxes reduce the amount of harm people cause themselves and others.
Social Security recipients may lose $500 monthly in 2032, report says
By Medora Lee USA TODAY
Jun 4, 2026
Social Security recipients may lose $500 monthly in 2032, report says | Nation | unionleader.com
Do people in our Republic believe in Liberty and Freedom?
If they do, they believe adults should be allowed to smoke in restaurants that allow smoking.
If they do, they believe more drugs should be legalized for adults to use.
If they do, they believe people should be allowed to invest up to 25 percent of their Social Security taxes into Social Security Retirement Accounts. Social Security tax should be placed on all wages a person makes in a year including stock options - difference between bought at and sold at.
How many millions of people have died before turning 60 after paying into Social Security for over 30 years?
Are there any MAGA Republicans for whom any laws apply? They all think they are Trump and can do whatever they want with taxpayer or donor money.
Portrait of a Nation Crumbling. One hopes that this anti-immigrant fever that the right wing has whipped up (again), will fade. Once we have cleared out all people that are 1) non-white 2) seeking a better life and the pursuit of happiness, then will white people be happy?
change his conduct? Just who is going to convince Collins to change his conduct? Republicans have found that they are able to get away with blatant disregard for the law. That's what happens when power is handed to dishonest, cruel people.
If anyone still thinks their vote doesn't count, think again.
Just what I thought. He'll probably double-down. Why not? We are incapable of enforcing the few remaining rules governing campaigns.
If I didn't know better, I'd think our president's proud of his corruption and approves of it down ballot...
To what extent can Collins and other flagrant violators even be censured for failing to adhere to these standards? Or is it purely up to voters? Frankly, in either case, I'm not terribly optimistic given the current political climate.
As a resident of Georgia, I can confirm that Mike Collins is unfit for public office. Thanks for shining the light on this cockroach that feeds off my purse. VOTE FOR JON OSSOFF!
Collins wouldn’t change. Trump doesn’t bother.
Not true but when “Conservatives “ own just about all media now you aren’t going to hear the good stuff, only the more extreme oppressed views.
It isn’t always the Republicans but they are clearly the most. But it takes two …the politician and the citizen voter. Wake up! Pay attention!
This is the cost of losing and for the thousandth time the Democrats will lose again and again as long as they cannot come up with a message that resonates with the majority of Americans. The GOP has handed Democrats a golden ticket to sweep the midterms but I have little doubt the progressive wing of the party will mistake noise with information. They will scream and shout about the “billionaire class” and LGBTQ+ equality and all manner of “pay attention to me I am oppressed” and last but not least “Eat the rich” and lose the center of one’s parties. The Democrats cannot for the life of them come up with a coherent message and stay on script.
I disagree, and that's why I support Jon Ossoff's re-election for U.S. Senate.
I respect your optimism but I don’t share it.
part 2
There should be a new 3 percent Social Security tax on wages above $1 million a year. Employers should not match a person's Social Security taxes on wages above $100,000 a year.
I expect black families to be the families that benefit the most from Social Security retirement accounts. I expect many will pour their money into their family businesses. I expect they will help black males to live longer lives and over time to help reduce maternal mortality which is sky high for black families in the USA. I read over 33 years ago that black males are likely to live shorter lives than white males in the USA.
Social Security should allow people to invest up to 25 percent of their Social Security taxes into retirement/investment accounts and have this money used to pay for
Funeral costs
Life insurance
Short term disability insurance
Long term disability insurance
Health insurance plans
Health care costs
Gold
Silver
Index mutual funds
Mutual funds
Government bonds
For themselves, family members, others.
Government bonds including bonds that are used to build and run food banks, supermarkets in food deserts, homeless shelters, houses on Native American reservations, high quality affordable public housing apartments that are NOT in public housing towers, public k-12 schools, free child care centers, free elder care centers, free job training, etc.
The bonds, free child care, free elder care, free job training will likely increase tax revenues for local governments, state governments, federal government.
Life involves risks. Each person should get to decide if want to have Social Security retirement/investment account. If people put money into Social Security retirement/investment account need to realize this may reduce amount of money people get if become disabled and when retired. Do people care about Individual Liberty and Individual freedom?
GAO discussed Social Security Disability backlog in 1997.
Over 100,000 have died waiting to see an Administrative Law Judge for Social Security Disability.
Congress has the power to employ Tribunals inferior to US Supreme Court and Administrative Law Judges are Tribunals inferior to US Supreme Court.
People in their 20s, 30s, and 40s are more likely to become disabled than die.
CHANGING SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY
When people first apply for Social Security disability, they are able to get attorneys for a percentage of past due benefits.
When people have Social Security Disability and Social Security says person is no longer disabled, person should be able to get an attorney for a percentage of monthly benefits during the review process and Social Security should hold onto attorney fees during review process.
Medicare should start when first qualify for Social Security disability.
People should be allowed to buy into Medicare for all. They should not have to buy into Medicare for all.
USA should never have just Medicare for All.
When Democratic Party was in control of the US House of Representatives, the Indian Health Service did forced sterilizations of Native American females.
Congress should back our currency with gold, silver, other valuable commodities, federal government owned lands.
Need over $900 now to buy what $250 could buy in January 1981 when national debt was under $1 trillion.
Congress should be in control of Federal Reserve.
The higher property taxes go up the harder it is to save for retirement.
I pay more in taxes than a family of 6 that has 4 kids in school because city says my property is worth more than their property. 10 or more people could live in a home and use lot more city services than me and yet I pay more in taxes. This is theft. This is NOT fiscal responsibility.
Taxes on primary residences are not based on income coming, usage of services, and harm people cause.
It is not possible for our city or other cities to fund schools when funding of them is based on value of primary residences. Taxes should be reduced on primary residences and user fees should be adopted to help fund schools, police, fire, etc. The more kids your family has in school the more money you pay to educate them. If have 6 kids in school, pay more than if you have 4. More people in your home more you pay for police, fire, highway, parks.
I expect the US Supreme Court after Democrats pick judges who care about the Constitution to decide cities may not base providing of local government services on property taxes of primary residences. I expect the US Supreme Court to also say that when a city government takes a home for non payment of taxes it has to pay the home owner the appraised value of the home and not what the city gets at auction. I think a lot of cities are stealing homes from people now. They sell homes at auction cheap so politically connected people may buy them and flip them for huge profits.
The US Supreme Court will most likely say a federal law making Roe v Wade law of land is not constitutional if it is not based on free exercise of religion dealing with health care.
The right to have abortions and the right to have a doctor for doctor assisted suicide depends on free exercise of religion dealing with health care. The War of Democratic Party and ACLU against free exercise of religion dealing with education - vouchers led to people losing the right to have abortions. If you make people pay taxes for public schools, must allow students/parents to use vouchers for religious schools. If do not, establishing religion in the form of secularism and making it harder for free exercise of religion to take place. Cities may set a limit on how big a voucher may be. State Supreme Court may make it bigger.
Sincerely,
Ken Stremsky
187 Poplar Street
Manchester, NH 03104
603-647-5898
part 1 - I first read about the Social Security disability backlog more than 20 years ago.
The figure of 100,000 dead comes from
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/disability-benefits-gao-report-death-bankruptcies-waiting-hearings/
Actuarial Note 159 from Social Security came out in May 2018 and it mentions over 80,000 dead between fiscal years 2006 and 2017.
https://www.ssa.gov/oact/NOTES/pdf_notes/note159.pdf
It is possible over 200,000 have died since January 1998. GAO discussed the backlog in 1997.
The deaths have been caused by Congress refusing to employ enough Administrative Law Judges for Social Security disability.
Do you think Democratic Party, Fake Republican Party, AARP, Social Security Works cares? I do not. I have tried to get them to care
Less than 5,000 died on 9/11.
Many years have had over 5,000 a year losing their lives waiting to see an ALJ.
People in their 20s, 30s, and 40s more likely to become disabled than die.
The wait to get Medicare after get Social Security Disability is usually 2 years. Have over 200,000 died waiting to get Medicare when not have Medicaid.
If a member of your family gets disabled, Social Security will most likely say not disabled. The wait to see an ALJ is often over a year. Varies by state.
If a member of your family who is 25 dies while waiting to see an ALJ, I doubt you would be happy about it.
The design of Social Security is a bigger problem and it killed my father. My father had a heart attack in 2010 and died in 2019. If he had been able to retire at 50, he might still be alive today.
My dad is dead in part because Democratic Party, AARP, Social Security Works all DENIED him the Liberty and Freedom to have Social Security Retirement Account.
We talk about Liberty and Freedom with July 4 coming while Democratic Party, AARP, and Social Security Works all deny us Liberty and Freedom.
Black solders and black spies fought in the American Revolution.
The families most likely to be harmed by current Social Security system are black families. I think the main reason Social Security has not been fixed is the extreme racism of Democratic Party, AARP, Social Security Works. The Fake Republican Party is more racist than the Democratic Party.
Do people care if millions of their family members keep being killed by design of Social Security.
If you have ideas on how to improve my plan, please share.
I have not been able to get members of media to care that members of their own families may die because of the current design of Social Security.
Many millions of people have died before 60 years old after paying into Social Security for more than 30 years causing their children in their 30s to get little from Social Security increasing poverty, hunger, and homelessness.
Thieves like the current design of Social Security because it helps them murder people so more money for them. Longer it takes before people may retire more people going to die before retirement.
Thieves like the current local government taxation system so they do not have to pay their fair share in taxes while they demand I pay more in taxes than they do even though they have 4 kids in school and they have more wealth than I do.
I am trying to save lives by having Congress have tariffs and graduates sales taxes as part of trade agreements.
The more people attack wealth creation more poverty and deaths going to have.
Ignoring history, reality, and human nature does not change them.
Fake progressives never learn. Fake progressives go out of their way every day to make poverty, hunger, and homelessness worse.
I am a Real Republican Progressive Capitalist. A Real Republican is an opponent of gerrymandering and poll taxes. Real Progressives want to reduce poverty while fake progressives go out of their way to increase poverty. Fake progressives go out of their way to be ignorant of history and are clueless dealing with why the Constitution says what it does.
Want to save lives hold people accountable for the harm they cause via sales taxes.
Have any of the candidates for Congress come forward with a plan to reduce deaths from the current design of Social Security?
Do any of them care about buying power of money over time?
I ran for US Senate in 2002.
How to increase membership in the Republican Party - Green Papers Vox Populi
Congress should use March in Rights of Bayh Dole Act to reduce prices of prescription drugs, high tech, medical equipment, etc. March in Rights of Bayh Dole Act allows Congress to license patents of drugs to other companies when the prices are high.
If people in Maine and other states do not like the people who are running, they may want to write in the names of candidates they do like.
If people want to have more secure retirements, they may want to have interest, dividends, capital gains.
Job creation depends on capital formation.
Social Security is an important component of national security.
I would like interest, dividends, capital gains, and estates not to be taxed by federal government and other governments.
I would like gold coins and silver coins minted in USA not taxed by federal government and other governments.
I would like Congress to use Tariffs, graduated sales taxes as part of trade agreements with foreign countries to help reduce national debt and help fund Social Security, education,
Medicare, etc. I would like a percentage of the money from the taxes to go to local governments and state governments. Negative externalities are the leading cause of death in the USA. Sales taxes reduce the amount of harm people cause themselves and others.
Social Security recipients may lose $500 monthly in 2032, report says
By Medora Lee USA TODAY
Jun 4, 2026
Social Security recipients may lose $500 monthly in 2032, report says | Nation | unionleader.com
Smoking Bans and the Role of Government
March 2, 2007
By Kenneth Scot Stremsky
https://www.thegreenpapers.com/Vox/?20070302-0
Do people in our Republic believe in Liberty and Freedom?
If they do, they believe adults should be allowed to smoke in restaurants that allow smoking.
If they do, they believe more drugs should be legalized for adults to use.
If they do, they believe people should be allowed to invest up to 25 percent of their Social Security taxes into Social Security Retirement Accounts. Social Security tax should be placed on all wages a person makes in a year including stock options - difference between bought at and sold at.
How many millions of people have died before turning 60 after paying into Social Security for over 30 years?
Sincerely,
Ken Stremsky