A Short Film on Social Security

[FrozenFireDuck]

If you decide not to participate you can either retire on the money you make, or sell yourself to medical testing facilities?

Wait, this is supposed to be a GOOD thing?

So much for that "strictly optional" policy.

[oldParasiteSingle]

Excellent! I'm adding this to my Baby Boomer comic playlist.

[decimated550]

good to see young people thinking about SS, it's a big ponzi scheme. A downfall of democracy is that the political results of demographic shifts can lead to incredible, unsustainable programs. When too many old people exist, and for longer, they have not much else to do all day but vote, and they vote in complete tools who give the grey hairs what they want!

[kingryanarthur]

Great job man! That's too funny. It was my intro into Social Security, so be proud! :)

[aSuperbadassninja]

"excercise equipment theyll never use" haha so true

[stevenewman01]

I love the talking shoe! At least he doesn't put his foot in his mouth.

Oh wait, I guess he does...

[HorribleBurrito]

Your short film is brilliant. I actually work for Social Security and found your film to be quite good and very entertaining. Nice work.

[juana4molina]

allow gen x and gen y to drop out from social security!!!

[jessica10986]

Your young, your cute, your funny, and your smart. No seriously I have an English presentation on SS tomorrow and your video has actually been the most informative. So my applause to you.

[JeffersDodge]

Do the math. If you make $15 p/hour from age 22 to 67 the GOV will take $6.20 from you and $6.20 from your employer for a total of $12.40 out of every $100 you make. That is expressed this way $15 X 40 X 52 = $31,200 X 12.4% = $3,869, which is contributed to Social Security each year. Compound that using 10% per year and you should have $892,437 in your Lockbox when you retire. At 6% interest you will receive a monthly check until death of $4,462. Under the old Social Security it would be $1,195

[hobofactory]

Easy there fella... it's mostly humor, there's no political bias here AT ALL, so drop it.

[hobofactory]

Also it's worth noting that even though this Social Security movie isn't meant to be a completely serious movie, it is politically balanced, as it does address a variety of proposals.

[AllenBros]

including a piece of footwear's proposal.

[hobofactory]

Naturally.

I think the world would be a far better place if the opinions of footwear were weighed more seriously when important national and international policy debates take place.

[AllenBros]

But if your looking for a serious political critique, watch "ShrinKING". There is absolutly nothing absurd or trivial about "ShrinKING". It is an a hip and artistic piece of invovative experimental film mastery. Do I sound insincere, because I'm not.

[hobofactory]

"ShrinKING" isn't merely about politics though, it goes so far as to as to address the very meaning of the human race.

[AllenBros]

I think a few of you are taking this movie a little too seriously. This was not the original intention. I happen to be the owner of Past Participle Pictures and I am the voice for Dave the Angry Robot and the Talking Shoe. The mere fact that it features two such absurd characters is proof that it was not meant to be a serious political critique. Feel free to watch some of my videos. Most of them are silly and not serious.

[bmw06m6]

Boy you Liberals are genius, how about we BAN SS and I don't have to pay into the crooks in Washington to cover deficits they created!

[wwwPNACATTACKcom]

No...Republican and some Democratsamericans arestupid because they are rather hipocrate than wise...

[MidnightChimes]

Great stuff. I did one too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v­=Zf94wi3KWWo

[Loremasten]

Wow, nice satire. Put together well, except for the penguin scene..kinda hard to see the script. I loved the ending.