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Mon Nov-08-04 09:20 AM
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Poll question: If Soc. Security is privatized, what will you do with your SS taxes? |
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Mon Nov-08-04 09:21 AM
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or maybe invest it in scratch tickets
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Mon Nov-08-04 09:21 AM
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2. I would bet we will still have to pay for it, just get nothing in return. |
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Mon Nov-08-04 09:23 AM
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3. Airfare. And a globe. n/t |
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Mon Nov-08-04 09:25 AM
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4. foreign bonds. the euro is and shall continue to rise. |
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so long as we have a treasury secretary with a hard-on for a "soft dollar."
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Mon Nov-08-04 09:25 AM
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5. I would probably put it in a private account |
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Let me start by saying that I really don't agree with privatizing SS, but if it were to happen, I'd have to protect myself somehow.
I imagine that might be what most young people would do--with the knowledge that Bush & the Repubs will bankrupt the SS system well before we reach our 70s.
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Mon Nov-08-04 10:09 AM
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Your retirement income will flow from younger workers. If there are enough of those (be fruitful and multiply--LOL), your income will be safe. That said, there are winnners and losers re: social security (as in everything). Winner--minimum wage worker who lives long past the age s/he retires. Loser-anyone (but especially high income workers) who dies shortly after retiring. The question becomes who will be the winners and losers. Under Bush, I have a sneaking suspicion I know.
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Mon Nov-08-04 09:27 AM
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6. this SUBDIZING the stock market, they will steal it and you will be FUCKED |
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Mon Nov-08-04 09:27 AM
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7. you'll only "get" to invest among a selection of Bush* approved funds.... |
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So, forget having any real choice. It's just a way to get more millions into the hands of his cronies.
But, if I could, i'd take it and emigrate! (don't yell, Duers who are tired of expat discussions-- just a fantasy, for God's sake)
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Mon Nov-08-04 09:32 AM
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12. I didn't even think about that |
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How could I forget that each of W's schemes are designed to make his friends richer? Honestly I have no idea what I'd do with the money now.
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Mon Nov-08-04 09:28 AM
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8. Buy dog food, funeral home stocks |
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Mon Nov-08-04 09:28 AM
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Cut out the middle man and send it to the rich like * want's.
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Mon Nov-08-04 09:28 AM
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10. purchase assault weapons |
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and video surveillance equipment
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Mon Nov-08-04 10:17 AM
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18. Sorry, it is not possible to buy assault weapons any more |
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There is no longer any such thing. They've all reverted back to being rifles, pistols, and shotguns.
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Mon Nov-08-04 11:01 AM
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Mon Nov-08-04 11:09 AM
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21. You won't find any "assault weapons" there either |
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Edited on Mon Nov-08-04 11:10 AM by slackmaster
Automatic rifles, RPGs, maybe some shoulder-launched AA missiles but nothing that would ever have been classified as an "assault weapon" in the US. Military forces don't use semiautomatics.
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Mon Nov-08-04 04:08 PM
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23. yeah. this was plan B |
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not a restatement of plan A
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Mon Nov-08-04 09:31 AM
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11. Uh, hello? you are not going to be able to decide where your |
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money goes....at least not totally, you get to decide which crooked fanancial instution gets to invest your money....don't think it's ever going to be in YOUR hands, cause it's not.
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Mon Nov-08-04 09:35 AM
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13. where can I go to find info about this? |
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I admit I'm confused about the specifics of what * is proposing.
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Mon Nov-08-04 09:41 AM
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14. We still must pay in to support present retirees |
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I guess I'll just put the rest in a jar.
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Mon Nov-08-04 09:48 AM
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15. I didn't vote in this poll. |
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Because I'm totally confused.
Even though I'm a * loather, I recognize that SS needs to be made solvent for future generations. As it stands now, there is nothing but a stack of IOUs in a file drawer in Washington. (I actually saw the file drawer on a Paul Salmon segment on the NewsHour).
The question is what to do.
I've just started to read "Running on Empty" by Peter G. Peterson. Maybe that will give me a clue.
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Mon Nov-08-04 10:20 AM
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19. there are IOUs because bush has stolen the SS money and spent it on Iraq |
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and for tax cuts for the wealthy. In 2000 when bush took office, there was a surplus. He has taken the SS money and spent it on Iraq and not replaced it because of the tax cuts for the wealthy. All that needs to be done is that the government has to stop running deficit budgets.
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Mon Nov-08-04 09:55 AM
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16. Social Security ensures a lifelong retirement fund |
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You can live to 110 and never stop getting your checks.
But if your self-managed retirement fund runs out when you're eight five, what then?
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Mon Nov-08-04 11:42 AM
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22. Public teachers in CA don't get SS... |
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Our money gets put into a state retirement program for teachers, although I guess I'll get a little SS from the odd jobs I've held over the years.
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