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As Talks Begin on "Fiscal Cliff," Report Warns "Fix the Debt" a Front for Corporate Bailouts (Original Post) geefloyd46 Nov 2012 OP
The politicians will go after those that they feel nineteen50 Nov 2012 #1
The Social Security Insurance Trust Fund is not a part of the National Debt. Your payroll deduction DhhD Nov 2012 #2

nineteen50

(1,187 posts)
1. The politicians will go after those that they feel
Thu Nov 29, 2012, 08:52 PM
Nov 2012

will cause the least amount of noise and monetary backlash.

DhhD

(4,695 posts)
2. The Social Security Insurance Trust Fund is not a part of the National Debt. Your payroll deduction
Thu Nov 29, 2012, 10:34 PM
Nov 2012

is the insurance premium. How dare Corporate America to think that they can just seize my trust fund and use it to pay their taxes or to pay down the debt that Reaganomics created. Wall Street wants to privatize the fund so they can charge a 50% fee on my retirement account/Social Security Benefit like they do when a 401 K is cashed in; yes a 50% fee. How foolish are Americans to let go of their future so Billionaires can set up a Corporate Kingdom.

An Amendment to the Constitution to end US Congressional membership every November could get them to work for the 99%. That would reform campaign spending also. (It only took three months to bring the voting age down to 18.) The Amendment could begin on December 3, 2012. Primaries could start in the Spring of 2013, right after the State of the Union Address. Anyone not working for the 99% could lose their seat. They answer to the voters, the 99% majority has returned.

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