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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 11:47 AM Original message |
Sen Linsey Graham (R SC) proposes $200,000 wage cap on Soc Security |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. Bush wants to kill Social Security, not save it. As a matter of fact, |
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Guns Aximbo (324 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. stock market |
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gjb (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 03:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. You are 100% correct. Bush wants hand the SS fund to Wall St brokers |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 07:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Social Security and the Stock Market |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 01:25 PM Response to Reply #30 |
55. Hi unlawflcombatnt!! |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
2. If we did that, the Social Security surplus would probably last |
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WildClarySage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. Lindsay Graham also proposed |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. you might be thinking of Jim DeMint |
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WildClarySage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. damn, yeah, you're right. |
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ShaneGR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 01:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. That was DeMint.... |
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faithfulcitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 01:51 AM Response to Reply #5 |
38. r u sure? I didn't know he was gay...nt |
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Mike L (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 11:17 AM Response to Reply #38 |
44. I'm pretty sure he's gay. He's still in the closet, but |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. I see it was cleared up. Thanks. nt |
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WyLoochka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Well, if he's for raising |
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Mike L (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 11:12 AM Response to Reply #3 |
43. I live in SC and Graham is not that bad (for a repuke). |
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ally_sc (238 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 11:19 PM Response to Reply #43 |
53. hmmm...the devil you say. |
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Nite Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. If it were even higher than that |
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WildClarySage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Because, silly, |
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Nite Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. If the dems would frame it |
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sheilajane (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. 10 myths of Social Security from the Century Foundation |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Link? Thanks, and welcome to DU! |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
12. Wow, that's a RAISE. |
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sheilajane (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. the link! |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 01:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Just copy from your address bar. For instance, the link below is this thre |
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RafterMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
14. Good call by him. |
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kodi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
15. that is the GOP chip, what are they going to demand in exchange? |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 08:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
31. You are ahead of the curve - and correct - "Temp wage base increase to |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
16. Why Fix Something That Isn't Broken |
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MrUnderhill (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
19. I honestly think the solution here is "everybody loses...a little" |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
22. One idea should be, that wealthy reitirees should not be |
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cattleman22 (356 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 01:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
57. You favor a means testing? |
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EQPlayer (36 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
23. Lindsey Graham |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 08:29 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. welcome! |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
24. Raise the ceiling to save Social Security, NOT to destroy it! |
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shuffnew (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 10:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Why not just remove the "caps" completely and never have a problem? eom |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 08:24 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Too politically difficult to do so, altho no ceiling on Medicare taxes. |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
26. They want to kill social security in order to put more fear back into life |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
27. It's not Soc Sec that's broken, its MEDICARE/MEDICAID ! |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 04:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Along with the Enron debacle |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
29. $200,000 cap shot down |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 09:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. "How Social Security Taxes Subsidize the Rich" in PerfectlyLegal |
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cyn2 (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
35. Lindsey Graham |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 11:19 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I would go as high as 500K.. |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 08:32 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Absolutely! There is no lockbox; excess FICA contributions are put into |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 08:26 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. But only to save SS, not to destroy it through privatization! |
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Mike L (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 11:28 AM Response to Reply #35 |
45. He was also willing to tell the truth about the extent of the Abu Ghraib |
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johnnyrocket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
36. Bush proposed borrowing 1 trillion to make up the SS |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
42. Good idea except that there is no reason there should be a cap at all. |
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Mike L (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 03:42 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. The politicians would just steal the extra money to use for something else |
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Mike L (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
46. If the politicians had not stolen money from the SS Trust fund, |
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Redleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
48. Raising the cap is a good idea. |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
49. SS didn't need saving - but this stunt revealed W's true intentions anyway |
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DoveTurnedHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
50. We Need to Raise Taxes on Wealth, Not Work |
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Mike L (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 06:26 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. We need to raise the top tax rate back to 39.6%. |
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DoveTurnedHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 11:12 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. LOL |
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A Simple Game (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 12:55 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. We could have a check box on the tax forms. |
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CheshireCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
56. Graham has surprised me more than once. |
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Mike L (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-04 10:15 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. So, we have it. He's a culturally conservative, economically leftist, |
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