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You've either somehow overlooked the two I initially named - one of which has been actively discussed, or you disagree and have decided to make a sarcastic rema

• SamReidHughes 11y ago
  Social security is not a good or service, it's money. You can't consume money. Also, we consume more healthcare today. Also, sarcasm doesn't mean what you think it means. So no, you haven't named a good or service that we consume less of today.
  • woodman 11y ago
    > Social security is not a good or service, it's money. I'd agree if it were a self funding program, but it isn't. Due to the ever increasing deficit, scarcity increases with consumption - the earlier generations are paying less and drawing more than later generations. > Also, we consume more healthcare today. That is news to me - and probobly the entire health insurance industry, how did you arrive at that conclusion? > Also, sarcasm doesn't mean what you think it means. I made my point, being aware of my point you stated the opposite in a ridiculing manner: that is the very definition of sarcasm. It doesn't need to be a sassy remark made with an eye-roll and accompanied by a laugh track to be sarcasm.
    • SamReidHughes 11y ago
      > That is news to me - and probobly the entire health insurance industry, how did you arrive at that conclusion? Take any illness you might get and look at the outcome 40 years ago versus today. Look at the maintenance treatments people make for vision, dentistry, and orthodontics. > I made my point, being aware of my point you stated the opposite in a ridiculing manner: that is the very definition of sarcasm. That's not the definition of sarcasm.