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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 06:36 PM Original message |
I'm so tire hearing about SS having to pay out more than they take in |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. If Congress paid back all the IOUs for money taken out for other |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 06:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. EXACTLY! |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. damn skippy...they owe us. |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. It was theft..it really was. That was our money. Line item taken out of my paycheck. nt |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
30. That's right. And when those "IOUs" become "only pieces of paper"... |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 08:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
39. You sound as if congress has this pile of money |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. LOCK BOX! |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 09:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. bush won ...no box ..no lock. Now no money. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. How much did they spend? |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. Outright White Collar Robbery of SS Funds!!! |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. It should be more obvious to people. It was a fund we all paid into for a specific purpose. nt |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yep ...Alan Greenspan said take more out of their paycheck, they did and then stole it. |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 10:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Thankfully |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:49 AM Response to Reply #16 |
28. Unless they're going to put the trust fund in a giant mattress, they have to invest |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:38 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. LOL |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:01 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. There is no trust fund |
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prostomulgus (188 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
11. SS payments should be means tested. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. There are fewer fat cat baby boomers than you think. |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 10:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. No it was meant for everyone. That is what the law says. |
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prostomulgus (188 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 05:48 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Laws can be changed. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:20 AM Response to Reply #17 |
26. why would you want to make a bad change? |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:07 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Um fuck no. Not welfare. |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:42 AM Response to Reply #11 |
29. BS- You Pay In You Get Benefits |
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hansberrym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. The chickens are coming home to roost! It was the baby |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
15. Sorry, it was not GWB |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 05:54 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Correct |
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Jim Lane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:13 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Right, it was both parties |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:19 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. It will blow up before that |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:14 PM Response to Reply #22 |
36. It was not "borrowed" |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 05:53 AM Response to Original message |
18. Well at least they didn't get the private account nonsense they wanted |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 08:07 AM Response to Reply #18 |
40. I don't agree with the stock market idea, but |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:07 AM Response to Original message |
20. Filed under NO SHIT. |
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Jim Lane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:20 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Yes, the Social Security tax revenue should be increased, by raising or eliminating the cap |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:46 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. everything you've written is pretty much mistaken. |
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Jim Lane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:04 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. After carefully reviewing your post, I stand by everything I wrote. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 07:29 AM Response to Reply #31 |
38. response: i'll start from the last point. |
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Jim Lane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 08:51 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. I absolutely never said that the bonds shouldn't be repaid; just the opposite, in fact |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 04:39 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I've read every SS report dating back to the 90s. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 06:33 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Second response: |
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W_HAMILTON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:16 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. You know... |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 08:10 AM Response to Reply #25 |
41. There should be two changes |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:19 AM Response to Original message |
23. yes. raise their income taxes. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
33. how much are they spending on 2 ILLEGAL OCCUPATIONS? |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
37. Raise the Social Security tax cap from $106,800 to $1 million. |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
42. Remove the fucking cap! |
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