Rick Santelli nails Thomas Friedman over the Social Security “Ponzi Scheme”

From Ed Morrissey; My friend Jazz Shaw worries that Rick Perry’s argument that Social Security in its present form is a “Ponzi scheme” leaves him vulnerable in a general election. Rick Santelli gave it a workout on CNBC today against the New York Times’ Thomas Friedman, who ends up sputtering into ad hominems when he [...]

Continue ReadingRick Santelli nails Thomas Friedman over the Social Security “Ponzi Scheme”

Rick Santelli schools Ezra Klein about money not moving “Fairly”

Ezra Klein is one who’ll never understand the world beyond what some college professor told him once or twice. “The system, young Ezra, is inherently unfair. It’s up to you to see to it that money is forcibly taken from the evilll rich and the wealth is spread around equitably. Read Alinsky. Robin Hood. Misdirect. [...]

Continue ReadingRick Santelli schools Ezra Klein about money not moving “Fairly”

Rick Santelli gives the exact date the US will stop spending itself into ruin

“We need to knuckle under and we need to live more prudently.” “When do we do that, Rick? When do we do that?” “November second. November second is the day.” At 1:29 He then proceeds to inform the panel on CNBC’s Squawk Box what we need to do to bring the economy out of its [...]

Continue ReadingRick Santelli gives the exact date the US will stop spending itself into ruin