Judge Brybe
Junior Member
- Joined
- Feb 5, 2010
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- Russian
- Home Country
- Russian Federation
- Current Location
- Russian Federation
The entire sentence runs:
You can jigger the numbers to make sure that it [personal retirement scheme - J.B.] balancess social security over the long haul.
I understand, 'over the long haul' = in the long run (or 'on the whole'), so there's no trouble here.
As for 'jigger the numbers', does it necessarily have a touch of disapproval? Like monkeying around with numbers or even cooking the books? Trouble is, the speaker I'm quoting from is definitely pro-personal retirement scheme and an outspoken critic of government retirement schemes.
Thanks, y'all
You can jigger the numbers to make sure that it [personal retirement scheme - J.B.] balancess social security over the long haul.
I understand, 'over the long haul' = in the long run (or 'on the whole'), so there's no trouble here.
As for 'jigger the numbers', does it necessarily have a touch of disapproval? Like monkeying around with numbers or even cooking the books? Trouble is, the speaker I'm quoting from is definitely pro-personal retirement scheme and an outspoken critic of government retirement schemes.
Thanks, y'all