• May 27, 2012

Rick Santorum Knows Why Rich Don’t Pay More To Social Security: Abortion

by Ken Layne  11:40 am March 30, 2011

The only way to really destroy Social Security is to retroactively abort everyone in this picture, starting with the baby doll.You’ve probably heard the “social security is bankrupt!” propaganda enough times to half believe it. Social Security is outta money! — even though it’s currently sitting on $4.3 trillion, and it’s fully funded by existing contribution schedules and existing reserves for the next quarter of a century. And after 2037, it’s still 75% funded. Time for lazy old people to work until they’re 72! — again, just cruel bullshit and utterly unnecessary (and in this economy, impossible), unless your only true goal is to slash benefits for retired workers. Maybe someday before the actual minor shortfall in 2037, wealthy people who earn more than a hundred grand a year will have to actually pay into social security for that extra income, because right now the rich don’t have to pay into Social Security on anything they earn above $106,800. In other words, Rick Santorum says the reason Social Security is broke (it’s not) is because of abortion.

America’s craziest abortion nut is campaigning in New Hampshire and was apparently asked about Social Security, which is a subject that frightens old people and middle-aged people and working people in general because, for decades now, they’ve been told a complete lie about Social Security being “on the verge of bankruptcy” because Republicans and Libertarians want to kill off Social Security entirely and send America’s elderly into abject poverty. (Does anyone even remember when Bush Junior tried to shut down Social Security a couple of years ago and shovel people’s existing contributions into 401ks?)

Anyway, Rick, please tell us what’s wrong with Social Security, starting with how it’s simply wrong for workers to have a system by which they contribute part of their own earnings into a government fund so that they have a few dollars to live on, once they’re too old to work or simply discarded by WalMart:

“The social security system in my opinion is a flawed design, period. But, having said that, the design would work a lot better if we had stable demographic trends. … The reason social security is in big trouble is we don’t have enough workers to support the retirees. Well, a third of all the young people in America are not in America today because of abortion, because one in three pregnancies end in abortion.”

Rick Santorum, everybody! [Salon/L.A. Times]

{ 170 comments }

OC_3300X_Serf March 30, 2011 at 11:43 am

Conservatives care more about acorns than they do Oak trees…on so many levels.

MildMidwesterner March 30, 2011 at 12:31 pm

And Wonkette cares most about closeted log cabins.

memzilla March 30, 2011 at 11:45 am

Another Rethuglican bemoaning the fact that if poor people just had more babies, there'd be a bigger underclass to rape and exploit. Let me guess: he also wants to outlaw the minimum wage.

Redhead March 30, 2011 at 11:53 am

"there'd be a bigger underclass to rape and exploit."

literally and figuratively

smokefilledroommate March 30, 2011 at 12:13 pm

Maybe we can fully return to the days of child labor as well.. The Repubs could produce PSAs with titles like "Baby's First Day at the Factory".

GeorgiaBurning March 30, 2011 at 2:08 pm

Expect to see "industrial arts academies" for kids once they get rid of public schools. Sort of like Chinese factories but lower pay.

OC_3300X_Serf March 30, 2011 at 11:45 am

Santorumial Freakanomics 101

ManchuCandidate March 30, 2011 at 11:49 am

Pretty much.

MARCdMan March 30, 2011 at 11:46 am

Yes! keep the population growing unsustainably. That'll work great Rick!

philpjfry March 30, 2011 at 11:47 am

What the fuck is wrong with these people? And what is wrong with us for electing them? Do they even hear what they are saying? Apparently not or they wouldn't say it. Despicable bitches.

BlueStateLibel March 30, 2011 at 11:52 am

The good news is that Santorum isn't currently elected to anything. He is just an out-of-work fearmongering asshole who likes to rant and rave about topics he knows absolutely nothing about. Also he looks like a total dweeb.

Sophist [غني عن ذلك] March 30, 2011 at 12:00 pm

It's a good thing out-of-work fearmongering assholes who like to rant and rave about topics they know absolutely nothing about have absolutely no sway in the Republican party, right?

fuflans March 30, 2011 at 12:46 pm

to be fair, i don't think most of the wonketteria voted for these asshats…

wondering where i am March 30, 2011 at 1:29 pm

"the wonketteria" Is that the free cafeteria Google provides for its customers. Personally, I prefer the Wonketteriat.

Andrew Drinker March 30, 2011 at 2:03 pm

Rick Santorum hasn't won an election since 2000!

mrblifil March 30, 2011 at 11:47 am

So the problem is not one of unwanted pregnancy, it's one of initiative. C'mon ladeez get them uterine chutes spit shined, greased up, and ready to go, we's about to haz us a youthquake! Respect for your elders demands your full cooperation on this point. I mean you can hate babies or you can hate old fartsacks, but you can't really hate both. Can you? CAN YOU???!!

CrankyLttlCamperette March 30, 2011 at 11:51 am

I dunno about all that babymaking stuff but a spit-shine sounds like fun!

Boojum_Reborn March 30, 2011 at 8:18 pm

More greasy birth canyons!

Boredw/Gravitas March 30, 2011 at 11:48 am

Keep protecting the unborn, Rick, so that you can deny them every possible human right after they're born.

Schmannnity March 30, 2011 at 11:49 am

Because children of unwanted pregnancies usually tend to be the most productive workers?

GunToting[Redacted] March 30, 2011 at 1:20 pm

Hey, that meth isn't just going to sell itself!

wondering where i am March 30, 2011 at 1:30 pm

According to Freakonomics they usually go on to become criminals.

forgracie March 30, 2011 at 11:50 am

Glad to see Santorum (or the mailman on his route) is doing his part. I'm sure that brood will all turn out to be productive wage earners who pay into the system.

elviouslyqueer March 30, 2011 at 11:50 am

Frothy mixture of fecal matter and lube is frothy.

prommie March 30, 2011 at 11:50 am

So, we take a tax (social security) which only applies to the poor, divert it from its purpose (funding retirement benefits for the poor) and use it to fund 40% of the government's general expenses (cruise missiles, killing browns, subsidizing GE). This allows us to further cut taxes on the rich, who are already exempt from this particular tax. And now that there's no money for the people retiring, we just say, "oops, sorry, we spent your money so we could give tax breaks to millionaires."

And its not even a tax, its an insurance premium, SSI means Social Security Insurance. The Insurance Company (the government) absconded with the premiums and is leaving the policyholders, well, fucked.

Thanks GOP.

Sue4466 March 30, 2011 at 12:02 pm

Are you saying that's a problem?

Commie.

Sue4466 March 30, 2011 at 12:05 pm

Oh, but we're not intellectually honest enough to say "oops, sorry, we spent your money so we could give tax breaks to millionaires."

We say "That's your own fault for not working harder and saving more and for thinking my taxes should pay for you lavish retirement lifestyle."

Or shorter: "I got mine, you can suck it."

baconzgood March 30, 2011 at 12:13 pm

Ayn Rand social justice.

baconzgood March 30, 2011 at 12:12 pm

That's a well stated and very accurate analogy.

TRAITOR!!!!!!!!!!! YOU'RE DESTROYING UMERICA PROMMIE!!!!!!!!

wondering where i am March 30, 2011 at 1:35 pm

My understanding is that Social Security bought US guvmint bonds, just like China did. (I mean you can't just keep $4.3 trillion in a mattress.) These folks don't want to stiff China, so they decide to stiff their own citizens instead.

GOPCrusher March 30, 2011 at 3:05 pm

Why do you hate our Corporate Overlords?

JustPixelz March 30, 2011 at 11:50 am

I thought the Repubicans had a moral objection to abortion. Turns out they just want more taxpayers. Why do they love taxes so much?

memzilla March 30, 2011 at 11:50 am

The Downfisting Don't-Have-A-Life Troll has returned! Its latest guise is "Leona Helmsley = Dem." http://intensedebate.com/users/2370767/following

genxr March 30, 2011 at 12:19 pm

I kinda like that theme, it has potential.

John Wilkes Booth = dem
Bull Conner = dem
Charles Manson = dem
David Duke = dem
They were all dems, right? Dem means everything bad?

GunToting[Redacted] March 30, 2011 at 1:22 pm

How do ya like Dem apples?

GOPCrusher March 30, 2011 at 3:07 pm

If David Duke is a dem, why does he always run as a Republiklan? Must be one of those self-loathing Democrats.

MarshallBanana March 30, 2011 at 2:05 pm

Oh, really? Well then, I've completely and inexorably switched over to the side of the teabaggers when faced with that shockingly powerful argument. Thanks, trollcunt! I've seen the light!

horsedreamer_1 March 30, 2011 at 3:37 pm

The downfister reminds me of the Slipknot ditty "People=Shit".

ifthethunderdontgetya March 30, 2011 at 11:51 am

1) Any excuse to post that picture is a good excuse

2) Ken Layne for Preznit!
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smokefilledroommate March 30, 2011 at 11:59 am

That one never gets old. Just like the Fuckabee barbershop quartet.

Lascauxcaveman March 30, 2011 at 11:51 am

I'm pretty sure it was abortion that caused my tomatoe plants to not do jack last summer.

But it teh sozshulisms that brought the fungus to my raspberries.

riverside68 March 30, 2011 at 11:51 am

Loves me the righteous indignant Ken 3.0 (or is it 4.2? I can't keep it 'straight.')
mor scorn, heap it on!

Redhead March 30, 2011 at 11:52 am

"America’s craziest abortion nut"

I think Jan Brewer claimed that title…

But I'd like to enlighten Santorum on the difference between spontaneous abortion (ie, miscarriage, which many many early pregnancies end in) and induced/clinical/medical abortion (ie, choosing to have an abortion).

SorosBot March 30, 2011 at 12:04 pm

The craziest would be the murder-encouraging terrorist Randall Terry, but Santorum is up there and probably the craziest who was ever in the Senate. And speaking of miscarriages, remember the ghoulish story he's told of how, when his wife had a miscarriage, they brought the remains home and showed it to all their living kids; and told it as a point of pride, the sick fucko.

V572del c:/*.* y/n? March 30, 2011 at 12:15 pm

Miscarriage is unpatriotic. Everyone knows that.

Redhead March 30, 2011 at 12:21 pm

Except in Georgia – there, it's reasonable suspicion for the cops to lock you in a cell and interrogate you.

genxr March 30, 2011 at 12:25 pm

I would seriously like this to happen to every militant pro-life woman in the country. As they leave the jail ask them, "Maybe this does fall under the right to privacy like Roe v Wade said?"

GunToting[Redacted] March 30, 2011 at 1:24 pm

Are you sure you're not thinking Sharrrrrron Angle? It's hard to tell the sun-dried harpies apart in the great southwest. I don't remember Jan pandering to the anti-abortion crowd, but with all her Koch-sucking of the Arpaio crowd, It's possible I missed something.

Redhead March 30, 2011 at 8:20 pm

Nope, Jan Brewer. Outlawing abortions performed because the parents didn't like the race or gender of the fetus and wanted a do-over. Because the majority of abortions are performed AFTER doctors can tell the gender at 16-20 weeks… well past the first trimester…

Slim_Pickins March 30, 2011 at 3:58 pm

God is the #1 abortionist by far.

arihaya March 30, 2011 at 11:52 am

is Rick Santorum one of those 'unwanted children' ?

DaRooster March 30, 2011 at 12:03 pm

I'll bet every time he sees that picture he thinks twice about his decision making…

Sophist [غني عن ذلك] March 30, 2011 at 12:07 pm

To quote Vast Aire, Ricky was a stillborn baby: mother didn't want him but he was still born.

Jerri March 30, 2011 at 2:18 pm

He's definitely an unwanted adult.

GOPCrusher March 30, 2011 at 3:41 pm

I would have to think that Little Mordecai, with the Children Of The Corn look on his face, has to be questionable, with that obsession he has with trying to take kitty's rectal temperature with a pencil all the time.

NorthStarSpanx March 30, 2011 at 11:52 am

The GOP – Representation without Taxation. . .it just doesn't make sense.

Sophist [غني عن ذلك] March 30, 2011 at 12:11 pm

No, they're fine with both representation and taxation. The rich get one and the poor get the other.

V572del c:/*.* y/n? March 30, 2011 at 12:24 pm

Government is terrible! It can't do anything right! Elect me, and I'll prove it!

prommie March 30, 2011 at 11:53 am

Hey, though, the cost savings attributable to cigarrettes (we saved tons in Social Security we didn't have to pay to people who died young from lung cancer) were way more than the payments we would have gained gained from un-aborted babies. Just shows what an idiot Santorum is; if we want to save Social Security, we should legalize coke, heroin, and meth, and encourage smoking, its so easy.

genxr March 30, 2011 at 12:27 pm

Add crack cocaine to the list of drugs covered under Medicare Part D, and designate pipes as medical devices eligible for tax-exempt HSA spending. Nobody survives the first year of Medicare eligibility. Problem solved!

OvertonWindolt March 30, 2011 at 11:53 am

Let us examine the thought process here. Social Security needs more workers to make it work indefinitely. Ok, that isn't the dumbest thing a person has ever said.

But the problem is that we don't have enough people? 1 in 10 can't find a job even though they want one. A whole mess more of those people want to work more than they do. But really we need more population.

The stupid is strong with this one.

SayItWithWookies March 30, 2011 at 12:07 pm

If population growth was the Ponzi scheme The LORD intended (rather than the Malthusian trainwreck it actually is, apparently) Rick Santorum would be absolutely right. Too bad this isn't an endless world with an unlimited supply of food and water.

SorosBot March 30, 2011 at 12:13 pm

But in Santorum-land, there will always be unlimited resources because his invisible friend will magically make sure people (the right kind of people, that is) are well off.

wondering where i am March 30, 2011 at 1:40 pm

We need a bigger population to support us old fucks when we retire? I have an idea: Amnesty for illegal aliens. How about that, Rick?

Monsieur_Grumpe March 30, 2011 at 11:54 am

Is there any Republican reasoning that isn’t framed in terms of abortion?

philpjfry March 30, 2011 at 12:54 pm

You assume there is such a thing as republican reasoning

genxr March 30, 2011 at 1:20 pm

If it wasn't for abortion, it would all make sense to you.

edgydrifter March 30, 2011 at 11:54 am

Shorter Santorum: "You're killing my unborn slaves!"

nounverb911 March 30, 2011 at 11:57 am

Needs more Koch.

nounverb911 March 30, 2011 at 11:57 am

Santorum isn't working anymore, is he on welfare?

Ken Layne March 30, 2011 at 12:13 pm

Santorum is a multi-millionaire. Sorry I don't have anything funny to add to that.

(He has been skimming hundreds of thousands a year off his PAC and campaign funds throughout his short & stupid yet lucrative career as a senator, which is how he managed a $700,000 suburban mansion in Virginia and a fancy house in PA and his DC townhouse. Since being thrown out of office, he has piled up cash from Fox News and various "consulting" and speeches-to-wingnut schemes. He also was caught pulling a massive fraud against the state education system of PA, by making it pay for tutors and online schooling for his six fucking kids all living in Virginia. He's a crook.)

horsedreamer_1 March 30, 2011 at 2:31 pm

Will Johnny Depp play Ricky in the movie, like how JD did that one about another criminal mastermind in Blow?

Come here a minute March 30, 2011 at 2:32 pm

Since being thrown out of office, he has piled up cash from Fox News and various "consulting" and speeches-to-wingnut schemes.

A.K.A. wingnut welfare, so "yes" to the original question.

BlueStateLibel March 30, 2011 at 11:57 am

Thanks for writing the truth about Social Security–it needs to be said loud and often. Even those shitheads on CNN will come out with crap that "Social Security is bankrupting the country, we can't afford it," when nothing could be further from the truth.

smokefilledroommate March 30, 2011 at 11:57 am

God wants us to overpopulate the Earth because it's good for Social Security.

ifthethunderdontgetya March 30, 2011 at 11:58 am

Downfister troll (not the Wonkette common tater, the Breitbart mouthbreather stalker(s)) stopped by here and of course, the Sarah Grifter thread. Also.

Feexed, for Great Justice!
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DahBoner March 30, 2011 at 11:59 am

Raise the cap and the Rich will have to pay their fair share of SS.

Now, building a nuclear facility called "Los Alamos" in New Mexico RIGHT ON TOP OF A VOLCANO IS BRILLIANT!

The probability of a volcano going off is almost nil.

Don't worry, it's SAFE. Volcanos never go off…

tessiee March 30, 2011 at 1:56 pm

It's OK, Los Alamos is built out of "Seld-M-Break" materials.

owhatever March 30, 2011 at 11:59 am

A third of the young people in America aren't here because they were aborted? With new GOP anti-abortion legislation, that figure could drop to one in three.

friendlyskies March 30, 2011 at 11:59 am

Poor Fecalfroth can't afford real focus groups, so instead he's cleverly recycling to tried-and-true conservative vote trolls in new, exciting combinations. Say what you want, I think it shows spunk.

elviouslyqueer March 30, 2011 at 12:05 pm

I saw what you did there.

[redacted]hse March 30, 2011 at 1:04 pm

heh. Spunk.

SorosBot March 30, 2011 at 12:00 pm

If the problem (that doesn't actually exist, but let's run with it) really is caused by not having enough people, then the only solution is to force people to have kids they don't want; it's not like there's a whole bunch of people right next door who want to come live and work in America but we won't let do so because of racism or anything.

Sue4466 March 30, 2011 at 12:01 pm

By increasing the numbers of unemployed who are looking for work and thereby driving down wages. To exploit workers you need a lot of possible replacements if they get uppity. Aka, what memzilla said above.

And, all the while, the T'baggers and right wingers do everything they can to protect the corporate class so they'll "give us jobs." They talk about "the freedom," but really they are in service to our corporate overlords.

baconzgood March 30, 2011 at 12:01 pm

"Well, a third of all the young people in America are not in America today because of abortion, because one in three pregnancies end in abortion.”

Let's follow this logic.

America is not america because the tide goes in the tide goes out!

ChurchofRealism March 30, 2011 at 12:01 pm

Every time I see that pic, I just laugh and laugh and laugh…that shit is never not funny.

Hatrabbit March 30, 2011 at 12:07 pm

They're creepy and they're kooky,
Mysterious and spooky,
They're altogether ooky,
The Santorum Family.

__kth__ March 30, 2011 at 12:51 pm

Weeping Nellie Olsen somewhat obscures Deliverance Banjo Boy (or cousin from NatLamp Vacation), though

(btw, imdb says the girl cousin, the one of whose French kissing "daddy says I'm the best", was Jane Krakowski of 30 Rock).

[redacted]hse March 30, 2011 at 1:06 pm

It will be a fantastic campaign poster!

Hatrabbit March 30, 2011 at 12:04 pm

Here's a stable demographic trend we could work on: 100% of rich people and corporations pay their fucking taxes.

glamourdammerung March 30, 2011 at 12:21 pm

Why do you hate America?

Also, socialism or something.

philpjfry March 30, 2011 at 12:56 pm

Hatrabbit for president

freakishlywrong March 30, 2011 at 12:04 pm

Those poor kids in that pic pray daily that they are aborted.

donner_froh March 30, 2011 at 12:07 pm

Shorter Social Security problem: They done stole the money.

wondering where i am March 30, 2011 at 1:51 pm

No. Social Security bought government bonds. They loaned the money to the US guvmint. Maybe they should have bought European bonds or something. Maybe Europeans would be more likely not to welsh on their debts.

Jim89048 March 30, 2011 at 12:07 pm

I guess the plan is to make it up on volume?

DaRooster March 30, 2011 at 12:07 pm

"The reason social security is in big trouble is we don’t have enough workers to support the retirees."

Hey if all your fat cat buddies (dicks you suck) didn't send all the jobs to other countries and exploit other races we wouldn't have this problem.

Oh, and what the fuck is up with that stoopid kid of yours? Is she crying because you are her dad?

widestanceroman March 30, 2011 at 12:07 pm

Could there be a clearer sign from Got that Brisket needs to get busy doing what she does best?

C'mon, girl, it's for exceptionalism.

[redacted]hse March 30, 2011 at 9:58 pm

For some reason I was under the impression that what she does best involves scooting her ass around, leaving skid marks on the wall-to-wall while attempting to relieve the itching. Then licking her own rug-burned asshole.

freakishlywrong March 30, 2011 at 12:08 pm

Shorter Santorum; "Well, someone's got to repair the roofs and pick lettuce!"

[redacted]hse March 30, 2011 at 9:52 pm

Leaving skidmarks on the wall-to-wall while dragging her ass around to ease the itching?

CapeClod March 30, 2011 at 12:09 pm

The best strategy of all would be to outlaw abortions for women who face health risks if they carried the child for the full term. That way you eliminate someone who has already paid into the system and didn't recieve any benefits and get a whole new wage earner in the process. Two birds with one stone, I say!

June_Cleaver2.0 March 30, 2011 at 12:10 pm

Picture. Still. Funny.

V572del c:/*.* y/n? March 30, 2011 at 12:10 pm

Manful resolve and brave face on the failed candidate, weary resignation in the dutiful spouse, no-White-House-wedding-for-me-thinking oldest daughter, son envisioning his Columbine-style rampage, and youngest with doll in matching dress just telling it all in one face: "Why, Jeebus? WHY?"

I'll stop posting this when you stop posting that wonderful, wonderful picture.

weejee March 30, 2011 at 12:17 pm

V57, whatever to you mean? That photo is helpful for training attack dogs.

V572del c:/*.* y/n? March 30, 2011 at 12:20 pm

I lerve that pic a lot.

DaRooster March 30, 2011 at 12:23 pm

I put the boy on, "World of Warcraft… World of Warcraft…" which I suppose is about the same mentality as yours.

bumfug March 30, 2011 at 12:15 pm

If only those aborted babies had been born they could be working at all the extra jobs in America that are just lying around, waiting to be filled.

baconzgood March 30, 2011 at 12:17 pm

"a third of all the young people in America are not in America" Wait a sec…That's completely nonsensical. How can 1/3 of all the young people "IN" America "NOT" be "IN" America at the same time? I don't understand. God, and this guy made decisions for me in the Senate?

Callyson March 30, 2011 at 12:18 pm

Those poor Santorum children…the girls look like they are going to have/are having a nervous breakdown, the boy just looks freaked out, and the mom is cursing her fate…
Also: to the extent that there is an issue with funding the baby boomers' retirement, the problem of too many retirees for too few workers can be solved by a coherent and civilzed immigration policy with a guest worker program. Just in case anyone cares.

Mahousu March 30, 2011 at 12:22 pm

How about this compromise? To receive SS retirement benefits, you have to agree not to have any more abortions once you reach age 65.

Now that I've written that down, though, I'm afraid the GOP will actually propose it.

fuflans March 30, 2011 at 12:51 pm

yeah, but the only one it will affect is madonna, so there's that.

genxr March 30, 2011 at 12:23 pm

Prisons, like tax cuts, don't cost money. It's spending on things that are not prisons or wars that costs money.

cheaphits March 30, 2011 at 12:23 pm

Did Rick learn to limbo in Aruba?

HistoriCat March 30, 2011 at 12:24 pm

Well if we just got rid of that stupid 14th amendment we could sell them off – profit!

Not_So_Much March 30, 2011 at 12:25 pm

But how is our Santorum supply? Will we have to tap the national reserve or just tighten belts until Larry Craig passes away?

loulouroo March 30, 2011 at 12:25 pm

One THIRD? Think again, Ricky. Santorum must have had the Asian kid in his dorm do his math exam for him. Then he shot him from a helicopter.

genxr March 30, 2011 at 12:29 pm

Did he just argue for looser immigration rules?

Dudleydidwrong March 30, 2011 at 12:30 pm

That photo should replace Grant Wood's art as the New American Gothic, as it provides great insight into what's happening in this country: Santorum smiles innocently while the rest of the nation/family looks as if they're standing in shit and the only one who honestly reacts to that reality is the youngest member of the family who understands what shit smells like and knows where it is coming from but can't do anything about it because there's a claw on her shoulder.

BTWBFDIMHO March 30, 2011 at 12:31 pm

From Wikipedia:
"Santorum and his wife, Karen Garver Santorum, have seven children: Elizabeth Anne. (etc). … In 1996, their son Gabriel Michael was born prematurely and lived for only two hours (a sonogram taken before Gabriel was born revealed that his posterior urethral valve was closed and that the prognosis for his survival was therefore poor).
Karen Santorum wrote a book about the experience: Letters to Gabriel: The True Story of Gabriel Michael Santorum. In it, she writes that the couple brought the deceased infant home from the hospital and introduced the dead child to their living children as "your brother Gabriel" and slept with the body overnight before returning it to the hospital."

loulouroo March 30, 2011 at 12:56 pm

God, I hope that's not true. How morbid. Freaks.

chicken_thief March 30, 2011 at 1:00 pm

They couldn't find a really big Baby Fetus jar?!

jus_wonderin March 30, 2011 at 1:18 pm

Studies have proven it is not safe for an infant to sleep in the parents bed. One or the other parent could roll over and smother the child.

However, since this kid was already dead as a doorknob…no prob.

KeepFnThatChicken March 30, 2011 at 12:32 pm

Too bad those aborted children aren't here, else they could also be on unemployment in an upside-down mortgage.

Thurman Munster IV March 30, 2011 at 12:33 pm

And there's no question that every one of those aborted fetuses would have grown up to make $106,500 a year at the body shop, Anus Burger joint and/or Walmart. These guys are truly our generation's Greek philosophers, aren't they?

Steverino247 March 30, 2011 at 12:36 pm

Let us assume for the sake of this argument that SS is in trouble (which Ken has very helpfully shown is not the case). There are two simple ways to fix this "broken" program.

1) Eliminate the cap and make everybody pay into it at the same rate. Yes, this is a regressive tax, because the rich can afford it better than the poor, but at least the fuckers are paying something.

2) Means test it at the other end. It is insurance, after all. You don't get back all your car insurance premiums when you're too old to drive your car anymore and you shouldn't get SS benefits solely because you paid into the system. If you're wealthy, you don't need it. Period.

(This would be bad news for John McCain. Just sayin'.)

Pop_Socket March 30, 2011 at 12:40 pm

Santorum has made an iron-clad argument for illegal alien amnesty and is just too stupid to realize it.

chicken_thief March 30, 2011 at 1:02 pm

With his "stable demographic trends." I couldn't figure out if he was suggesting:

a. horse fucking
b. death panels
c. amnesty for the brownz
d. whatever, I'm out of ideas

Gold_ManSacks March 30, 2011 at 12:47 pm

If only a young Mrs. Santorum hadn't been one of the foolish 2/3 that didn't abort her baby 50 some-odd years ago this cock-socket wouldn't be here today.

SorosBot March 30, 2011 at 12:49 pm

But the anti-choicers who get abortions all do so because they special good reasons which make them actually OK in that specific situation, but everyone else who gets one is just a stupid slut who deserves to pay for being one.

fuflans March 30, 2011 at 12:50 pm

you know all the times you guys have posted that fab picture, i never thought about that doll.

i bet it had a sad end.

jonzin March 30, 2011 at 12:51 pm

These people just make shit up. Where did he get the stat that one in three pregnancies end in abortion? Did Jesus appear to him while he was masturbating and tell him that? Auto-erotic asphyxiation will do some strange shit to a man.

Also, too, why would he think that those aborted Americans would be productive members of society? They would probably require more sucking on the tit of the welfare state or whatever. You would think the repubs would like abortion for economic reasons and that it keeps the poors of the streets.

mourningnmerica March 30, 2011 at 12:52 pm

Based on that picture, I'm going to speculate that his son already has a substantial history of torturing animals.

loulouroo March 30, 2011 at 12:58 pm

Let's not forget that the Great Abortionist in the Sky is responsible for most of them. Jeebus wanted all those squishy fetuses to be his special angels and took them from their mommies.

PsycWench March 30, 2011 at 12:59 pm

You know, I see our some of our alumini who graduated Phi Beta Kappa two or three years ago STILL working in grocery stores and as secretaries, trying to break into "real jobs". Having a third more young people would surely magically make that situation so much better.

chicken_thief March 30, 2011 at 1:03 pm

My bad. I thought that was Trig.

jus_wonderin March 30, 2011 at 1:19 pm

It probably has the face chewed off.

Guppy06 March 30, 2011 at 1:05 pm

We can't fund Social Security because of abortion!

Condoms can't be used to prevent abortion because condoms cause AIDS!

The Pill can't be used to prevent abortion because… I don't know, it makes priests rape boys?

tessiee March 30, 2011 at 2:03 pm

We also can't have any medical care for the mothers and snowflake babbies because, um, soshulizm.

GortRay March 30, 2011 at 1:06 pm

How is it even possible that a huge chunk of the USA population kneels at the fascist altar of scum-maggots like Santorum? What the hell is wrong with them? You gotta eat a lot of Little Debbies and smoke a lot of meth to get that dumb.

BarackMyWorld March 30, 2011 at 1:20 pm

Rick Santorum blames abortion when he can't find his car keys in the morning.

genxr March 30, 2011 at 1:25 pm

True, in reality they would decide that the goodly christian women of polite society are innocent, no need for an investigation. It's those other women with loose morals, bad reputations, and perhaps don't go to church quite often enough who will get the rough treatment of the law.

The_Great_Gazoo March 30, 2011 at 1:25 pm

Frankly, I am surprised he didn't lump in all the anal sexxing and dog fucking as threats to Social Security, along with all the the baby aborting.

chicken_thief March 30, 2011 at 1:38 pm

Hey, Mark Foley isn't even in office any more – how could it be his fault?!

Duly_Noted March 30, 2011 at 1:27 pm

Everything just comes back to sex with you, doesn't it, Rick?

metamarcisf March 30, 2011 at 1:35 pm

How low can you go?

tessiee March 30, 2011 at 1:44 pm

Step 1: Gestate fetuses to term
Step 2: ?????
Step 3: Big munnies for Social Security.

clactonian77 March 30, 2011 at 1:48 pm

wait a second Ken you're very much misinforming your audience about the way social security works. And what I'm about to share with you is not a partisan comment but simply a statement of fact.
The social security trust fund is NOT sitting on 4.3 Trillion in reserves. The social security taxes that the government collects is either spent right away on social security payments or spent on other items in the budget. The government keeps track of how much tax they collect from citizens but that money is not invested but is just a special bookkeeping entry that represents a promise to pay. If current soc. sec. taxes don't cover outgoing social security transfer payments that money has to be borrowed from other countries or the federal reserve prints more (funny) money. Neither of which is a sustainable option.
That's the problem that conservative republicans and democrats are worried about. Nobody wants grandma to starve whether they're right or left.

tessiee March 30, 2011 at 1:48 pm

You know what else would put money into the Social Security system?

Trannysurprise March 30, 2011 at 1:52 pm

If one in three pregnancies end in abortion, does that mean that child #3 in the picture is holding an aborted fetus?

IT'S SIMPLE MATH PEOPLE.

It was cute of them to dress it up just like her.

hagajim March 30, 2011 at 1:55 pm

I can only hope that little Rick chokes on a big puddle of Santorum

DashboardBuddha March 30, 2011 at 2:06 pm

The little girl seems to be saying, "Mommy…daddy made a bad smell again". And mom seems to be saying, "I know dear…it's just the Santorum ".

horsedreamer_1 March 30, 2011 at 2:29 pm

Ok. I'm out. I'm going to Carlos n' Charlie's for van der Slooters.

horsedreamer_1 March 30, 2011 at 2:31 pm

SAAAAAAN TOOOOOOOR UMMMMM

Leave me alone!!!1!!!

horsedreamer_1 March 30, 2011 at 2:40 pm

Everybody discusses the daughter in the photo, but the son, over his sister's shoulder, will haunt me 'til I die. Almost as scary as "unblinking cricket fan".
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MrFizzy March 30, 2011 at 2:48 pm

Freakonomics authors argued (with actual statistical study) that the advent of legal abortion in the 70s actually caused a decrease in crime 20 years later. Santorum is a putz. Too bad his penis gets hard, or at least did seven times in the past. Gnarly looking kids.

krazyvladimir March 30, 2011 at 2:55 pm

Poor girl in the photo, I'd be crying too if I were related to santorum. What is a relative of santorum anyway???

MiniMencken March 30, 2011 at 4:05 pm

If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

anteater March 30, 2011 at 4:15 pm

Is his daughter making that jeezusie prayer face while she wishes that Razorface Daddy will just shut the fuck up forever? or just crapping her pants?

David_in_NYC March 30, 2011 at 5:04 pm

"a third of all the young people in America are not in America today".

So, I guess it is possible to be in two places at once when you're not anywhere at all.

lochnessmonster March 30, 2011 at 5:26 pm

I have decided I am living in an alternate reality and the children are the adults and the adults are children…or something? Or am I living in a nightmare I can't wake up from?

PublicLuxury March 30, 2011 at 5:45 pm

Some santorum just got on me…..

PublicLuxury March 30, 2011 at 5:47 pm

These little fuckers are just pissed because SS is the ONLY fund they haven't been able to rob. Greedy little whiny spineless freak bastards lube-eating wiener heads should just shut the fuck up

pdiddycornchips March 30, 2011 at 6:01 pm

Look at the body language of that family. Those kids are not well. They look like the off spring of Bing Crosby and Joan Crawford. Oh, the stories they will tell one day. I cannot wait for the Lifetime miniseries.

ttommyunger March 30, 2011 at 9:31 pm

If I ever start to feel sorry for myself, I just stop a minute and reflect: at least I'm not Rick Santorum…..or New Gingrich…..or John Boehner……

badkarma92 March 30, 2011 at 9:39 pm

Why dos every one cited Freakonomics on this sight, it really isn't that great of a book and the authors make a lot of leaps in there conclusion, while the authors point out numerous "correlations" between abortion and crime reduction. but has there ever been a true study on the correlation of abortions and crime rates, pleas share if you know of one. Also the 50's has one of the lowest crime rates in U.S. history which would be the time that most kids born in the 30's a really bad time one in which "responsible" people would note have kids because of obvious reasons. So most kids born in the 30's are "underprivileged" kids from poor families as poor people are generally the group you refer to as having all these abortions that other wise would have grown up to contribute to the crime rates. I don't agree or disagree with abortion, i just think its a leap to say that the demographic who get abortions are predisposed to being "bad" for a lack of a bedder word.

[redacted]hse March 30, 2011 at 9:49 pm

How can we tell which of the young people on Spring break are the aborted fetuses?

Winnie_Cooper March 31, 2011 at 1:09 pm

Dear Rick Santorum:

If you are so concerned that our workforce is being depleted, I have another solution that may not have occurred to you: offer a pathway to citizenship or permanent residency for the millions of undocumented workers already working here. Or let in more people who are fighting tooth and nail to get into this country because they want to work. Just think of all of the payroll taxes you could collect then. If the problem is too few people (and not too few jobs, no accountability for the obscenely wealthy, etc.), then that should solve everything.

Hope this helps.

Hugs and kisses,

Winnie Cooper

Digital_Gravy April 1, 2011 at 5:53 pm

Boy oh boy…. those Repugnicans, Old Rick included. Ever notice how close Rick is to Dick? Social Security is broke? Then Rick along with John Bonier what's to rise the retirement age to 76 hey… smart move Repugnicans! That means only about 4% of the total contributing population will ever live long enough to collect SS. Hummmm I'll bet most of those will be rich already when they reach 76 so as to collect everyone else contributions.

Ardiva40 August 6, 2011 at 9:08 pm

What the hell is wrong with his daughter there?? Holding a dolly at her age too??
Whoa!!!!!

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