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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 09:55 AM Original message |
Early retirements strain Social Security system |
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SharonRB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. They need to remove the cap completely |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Just think of where we would be with Social Security if they had lifted the cap 20 years ago |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 11:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. exactly the same place we are now: huge surpluses being poured into |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. And if you are rich why do you need the extra income of SS? |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. I have a friend who recently had to get on it earlier than he wanted to |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
3. Who the Fuck can retire after their 401K being stolen |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. You got that right.These people are being forced into early retirement by their corporations. |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
4. I have been saying all year that disability applications must be |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
5. That's me. No job. No health insurance. Age 63. Received my first SS check two |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Well, thank goodness it's there |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. If I could have only stuck it out another 3 years it would be at least another $300/month. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
6. Remove the caps. YEAH! |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
7. No not true - the number of people who will be retiring is the real drain |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 10:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. That was anticipated in the 80's when the tax was increased to... |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. But didn't some of the SS Trust Fund go to help pay |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. It has been loaned to the general budget and then they turned around... |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
8. What about the caps on the amount paid out each year, I'm assuming... |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Were you asking me? |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
29. Yes, but I was speaking of the maximum amount paid out by SS... |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
11. I retired at 59 in '07, will get my first SS payment this month. Certainly not a lot of money |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
12. SS continues to run a huge surplus. 'Lifting the caps' instead of rolling back the bush tax cuts |
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madamesilverspurs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
16. And there are countless people who, |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. At 44 you would not be eligible for Medicare |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. People do become eligible for Medicare for reasons other than age. |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. All I know is the Medicare web page states that you must reach 65 to |
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madamesilverspurs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I have Medicare, |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Okay, |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
25. If they retire, eventually there will be a job opening for someone without a job. |
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retread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 05:12 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. No. Usually the remaining worker bees absorb the work into their work loads. Only rarely |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
27. Everybody says this isn't a problem, because we can simply raise taxes on young workers |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. End the cap and we won't cut anyones benefits in the future. |
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