WAKE UP GEEZERS!!! HE'S CUTTING YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY!!!

[MikeG]

[Mizmoon]

1. When looking for the Senior vote

it's best not to call them "geezers". :)

[MikeG]

2. They only focus on the checks.

[Ardee]

4. well now we know

that you've absolutely no idea about what "geezers" think, not to mention how to win friends and influence people.

[MikeG]

7. You need to hang with more of them.

They got an alarm rigged to C-Span to warn them.

[Ardee]

26. I AM one , Sonny boy

So I understand , as others might not, how full of nonsense is your premise.

[Ardee]

5. once was more than enough

n/t

[Gold Metal Flake]

10. That was my thought.

When the check gets smaller, you will see some yelling.

[Mike L]

9. Yeah, call them "Old Farts".

[Glenda]

14. LOL!!!

This whole thread is making me laugh :)

:toast:

[Cobalt Violet]

36. How about "Buzzards"

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[shimmergal]

46. Yes.

It's almost as offensive as racial or sexist slurs.

[cattleman22]

3. Boomers have more to worry about

Is Bush proposing to cut SS for people who are already senior citizens? It seems to me that Boomers have more to worry about. For generation X and Y, Bush's plan may be a wash.

[newyawker99]

25. Hi cattleman22!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[blondeatlast]

6. Nice, real nice.

You kiss your mom with that mouth?

[MoonRiver]

8. Well, what are they supposed to do about it now

that the election has been stolen? :shrug:

[tsuki]

11. Repubs won't cut check to elderly now.

They are in waiting for the Boomers.

[shrike]

Don't know about that

According to what I read, if Bush's privatization goes through (and how could it possibly fail to go through?), the fund for current retirees will have a 2 trillion shortfall. Now, I don't know what's in the fund currently, but a shortfall is still a shortfall.

[shrike]

43. Don't know about that

According to what I read, if Bush's privatization goes through (and how could it possibly fail to go through?), the fund for current retirees will have a 2 trillion shortfall. Now, I don't know what's in the fund currently, but a shortfall is still a shortfall.

[baltodemvet]

12. Uh? Wha...?

S'ok. I mean it's you youn'uns that'll have to pay off the national debt. Now, pass me my smuggled canadian meds, would ya?

[demgrrrll]

13. Geezerina here. I am planning for no social security. Berm house,

land for vegetables and other produce and hybrid cars. Probably should do all of that anyway but I figure we should be able to eke out some kind of existence.

[n2mark]

15. HEY YOU!

Don't call me an old geezer and don't call me an old fart!!!!!!!!!!

Just remember you will be my age someday. AND I DID NOT VOTE FOR THE ASSHOLE SHRUB.

[MikeG]

16. Look at my profile. I'm not far behind. Ms. Chronologically challenged.

[ArkDem]

27. Oh well, I guess we can always file for bankruptcy.

[AnIndependentTexan]

17. Good boy MikeG is getting better at this then I am

[A Brand New World]

18. I don't think it's the current seniors who will be affected. I think its

us middle-agers who will be screwed. I'm 49 and my husband is 54. We've been paying into SS for 35 years and are so close. Will it be there in 15 years for us? I doubt it. And it's really, really sad. All in order to keep the billionares status quo. God, do I hate *!

[seemunkee]

32. Agreed, middle agers will get hit the most.

If (or more likely when) it happens the young will have longer to plan and the elderly will hopefully not see a change. It's those of us in the middle who are too close to save substantially more that will get screwed.

[shanti]

47. AND

because there are more of us boomers than any other generation. i will have a pension....hopefully it will remain solvent so i don't become a bag lady!

[MeanAndGreen]

19. When does it start?

I'll ask my mum to tell me when her check changes.

[dogman]

20. The young have more to lose.

By calling SS a retirement fund they've already screwed you. It is an insurance policy also. Widows and orphans collect from this fund as well as disabled workers. It's another fraud like the MSAs. You are going to be betting that you accumulate enough funds to carry you through before a disaster hits. Typical GOP ploy plays on greed. Hoping to get yours and screw the less fortunate=values.

[Lugnut]

21. No geezer here

To remind you that it's not just the elderly who receive SS checks. Those of us who are too young to "retire" but are disabled are affected just as much and are screaming just as loud as the "geezers".

[RPM]

22. its not that bad...

the dogfood tastes better to old folks when they know that the sanctity of marraige has been protected

[DemBones DemBones]

23. Do you have a link to any info on him cutting Social Security, or is

this just a preemptive rant?

[shrike]

44. Been a couple of articles posted on DU lately

Go to Slate and do a search; I don't have the link handy.

As I understand it, the privatization plan will leave the fund for current retirees' with a 2 trillion dollar shortfall.

[MaineDem]

24. Geezers? Only concerned about the check?

You have a lot to learn.

[Malva Zebrina]

28. they won't make outright cuts to SS

they have already upped the premiums to Medicare over the past four years at the rate of 54%. That money is deducted from your SS check.

The majority of the people depending solely on SS, are poor elderly women.

If there is a catastrophic illness or accident requiring a lot of medical intervention, there will be lots of bills to pay that Medicare will not pay. If one cannot make those bills, and is forced to go on Medicaid, one's house and property will be confiscated in order to pay for those bills.

No matter what it means, no matter if it keeps you independant and out of nursing homes, no matter if you have lived in it for fifty years.

That is justice. :shrug:

I sense a perception that the young resent paying for the elderly-as if there is a direct hand over of their money to us and we do not deserve it because we get sick too much. We live in houses that they cannot now afford to buy. We are retired and worryless about striving to make it in today's world (although many seniors are forced to go back to work) After all, we have had the good fortune to have lived in what I think is the best years ever to live in this country before it started downhill and dammit that is just not fair.

[American Tragedy]

40. Well, this 21 year old doesn't resent paying for the elderly

But then, I'm fairly well read in twentieth century American history. It may not be safe to presume that others are as well.

[leesa]

29. I'm a pre-Geezer and fully awake. There's not a damn thing I can do to

stop it.

[Nederland]

30. What Bill are you referring to?

I was unaware of any pending legislation that cuts SS benefits...

[Carolina]

31. here in SC, I see more

seniors than I can count cruising around in their Buicks with W04 bumper stickers still affixed. I work next to a VA hospital and you wouldn't believe the dumb vets (yea, I said it) with either pro-Bush stickers still on their jalopies or worse, with anti-Kerry ones.

FUCK 'em all. When their SS, Medicare and veteran's benefits dry up, I will happily remind them if their vote and right now I don't give a shit what happens to them. Let them live on faith.

Hey Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, does anyone ever get stuck in the anger stage??? Cause I don't see my rage softening anytime soon.

[ArkDem]

34. You are absolutely right! The only people in this country

that we need to worry about are Democrats. They don't deserve to live.

[gordianot]

48. That is possible.

There are some who theorize that is what happened to Hitler after his mother died. He blamed his Mother's physician which led to his advocating persecution. I always thought that was a poor excuse for mass murder of millions.

There are a lot of people who are generally angry, some behaviorist call this "setting events". Some events are more lasting than others.

[Mr.Green93]

33. GEEZER?

is ageist and disrespectful. What do you call other groups?

[sherilocks]

35. Listen up sonny boy

Who are you calling a geezer? You wouldn't use a slur like that for any other group of people, so just pipe down you snotty nosed little whippersnapper. It's your social security that going to get, not mine.

A proud old geezer

[American Tragedy]

39. Oh come on now, have a sense of humor

It got your attention, didn't it? :)
My dad proudly calls himself a geezer and he's just 55.

[sherilocks]

49. That is my sense of humor

Sorry if you didn't catch it.

Signed, once again
Proud Old Geezer

[American Tragedy]

51. Sorry, my sense of irony has gotten rusty in recent days

There have been so many times lately when I've assumed that something had to be meant tongue-in-cheek but then turned out to be genuine insanity, like the eminent werenotsorry.com. I now have some trouble discerning humor from sincerely blind outrage.

[sherilocks]

52. My sense of humor gets a tinge of

sarcastic irony sometimes, which probably doesn't translate well in print. I'll have to remember to use smilies.

[oregongal9]

37. The cost will be too high

How can Bush expect to cover the transition cost of 2 Trillion dollars? We've already reached our credit limit! The country will go bankrupt - hopefully, there are enough fiscal conservatives in Congress to thwart the plan.

[newyawker99]

42. Hi oregongal9!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[The Flaming Red Head]

38. I know elderly people who are very worried about Bush

and their SS and their grandchildren and the draft and Iraq. Not everyone of a certain age group, even in Red states voted for him. If you were in your 70s or 80s and left to the mercy of the system and you watched as Bush stole another election and started talking about the privatization of Social Security; you'd be upset.


Elderly people are stunned by what is going on in our country, and some even voted early to make sure they got their vote in, in case they died or became ill before election day. This was a big deal to many folks. A very big deal.


Keep yelling voter fraud and yell it louder for those who are unable to raise their voices.

[proud_Kucitizen]

41. What we should do

is create our own network to help liberal retirees/disabled and hope that Bush does cut social security, it's what rebublican retirees deserve.

[shrike]

45. They Don't Want to Hear It

My husband tries telling the old guys he knows that Social Security as they know it is moribund. They all say, "Oh, they'll never touch Social Security. They wouldn't dare."

[lectrobyte]

50. Stop calling me "Geezer", you young whippersnapper you!

:-)

[Skittles]

53. lol, I don't really find "geezer" that offensive

it denotes a feistiness - like the word BROAD.