So I got booted from the “Strengthen Social Security” Facebook page today. I made the mistake of posting that Social Security was a ponzi scheme that’s $17.9 trillion dollars in debt. When the moderator accused me of making the number up, told me I had no ‘acumen’ and said that I probably got the number wrong because I work for HP, I got mad! I posted a link to the 2011 Social Security Trustees Report that was my source and told him to check page 14, paragraph 2, row 6 for confirmation of my data. I suggested he do his homework if he was going to continue moderating a page about Social Security. I stated that I’m both proud of my job and my employer and don’t appreciate them being made fun of. Finally I made the mistake of telling him that I don’t open my mouth unless I know what I’m talking about and that he should do the same or run the risk of being made to look like an “ignorant jackass!”
My full response didn’t sit too well with the Strengthen Social Security people and they un-friended me this morning. Lesson learned; don’t attempt to change simple minds with documented facts.