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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 06:24 AM Original message |
Keep Your Fucking Hands Off My Social Security |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. K&R |
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LARED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 06:30 AM Response to Original message |
2. What happened to |
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Firebrand Gary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
3. I'm with you on this. K&R |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
4. PS: the meme that Social Security will need to cut benefits in 25 years is bullshit |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 07:34 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Agreed...Baby boomers and beyond need to HANG TOUGH on this. n/t |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #4 |
31. Excellent sig. Thank you. nt |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
42. CEPR Responds: Washington Post Discards All Journalistic Standards In Attack on SS |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 11:30 PM Response to Reply #42 |
66. Thanks Hissyspit. I consider Dean Baker |
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Marazinia (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
43. Sad |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 05:23 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. K&R=kick and recommend. |
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Marazinia (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 10:20 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Thank you! |
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pasto76 (835 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 04:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
50. I wish more people would know this! |
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Harmony Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
60. I find it funny that those leading the charge |
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99th_Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 11:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
67. Didn't Bush ALREADY steal the SS Trust blind, leaving only worthless "IOU"s? |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 08:44 AM Response to Reply #67 |
71. IOUs like any other Treasury Bonds. Are the bonds we sold to |
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99th_Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 02:37 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. I'm not saying I don't think the US Gov't is responsible for paying them. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
5. Reason for this is because the workers who make our imported stuff don't contribute to SS/Medicare |
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andlor (300 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 07:35 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. +1 |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 08:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Yeah, but import taxes aren't allowed by the WTO. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 08:43 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Think Brazil |
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Marazinia (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
45. Please, we don't have to follow WTO guidelines |
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Marazinia (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
44. I approve of this solution |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 06:51 AM Response to Original message |
6. SS is NOT sucking money out of the treasury. This article is |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 06:54 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. +6.02x10^23 |
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Admiral Loinpresser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 11:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
62. + Avogadro's number! n/t |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 09:49 AM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Sabrina 1 ..Thank you for your sanity and an informed post.. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #6 |
32. Thank you. Again. nt |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 06:29 AM Response to Reply #6 |
70. Right on, Sabrina! |
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Flatulo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 10:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
75. I agree wholeheartedly with raising the income cap - I just wonder |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
8. Kicked for rebuttals by Manny and Sabrina. n/t |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 07:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. It's difficult to refute facts. n/t |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 07:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. But other than facts, your side's got NUTHIN' |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 07:52 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Believe me, ANYTHING the Washington Post prints is not on my side. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 11:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
64. Operation Mockingbird was the source of WAP and NYT 'journalists' |
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blkmusclmachine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
11. . |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
12. Declaring selected t-bills worthless |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 08:54 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. The corporate overlords have already stolen the future social security and the revolution |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
18. Lori Montgomery is the Judith Miller of domestic reporting. This is War! |
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stillwaiting (591 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 09:18 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. They KNOW the Dems can be bought. |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. "Democrats can be bought".? |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. They're going to sell us out. I can feel it in my bones. |
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cyberpj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
23. I know. But Republicans had so much fun with Al Gore and that "LOCKBOX" word people didn't get it. |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
25. The Trust Fund has a zero sum effect on our total debt. |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
26. Another criminally inspired, clap trap article from the folks trying to steal |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Yes, clearly The Post is advancing an agenda - like they advance war. |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
28. Your Social Security has long since been deposited in the pockets of the 1%. nt |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
29. Amen. K/R |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
30. Hear hear! |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
33. sorry Sammy |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
34. K&R! |
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ellenrr (619 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
35. repayment not repaiment |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
36. k&r |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
37. Key phrase "The government has borrowed every cent " that happened when WE invested our SS funds in |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 04:04 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. Yes, they do - but only the Social Security Trust Fund T-Bills. |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
38. K&R |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
39. i predict the super committee will cut nothing but 'entitlements' |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
40. The whole OP is based on misinformation |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
41. Every time I hear the phrase "now must raise taxes, cut spending or borrow more heavily" |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
46. Is that negative rate caused by the payroll tax cuts in SS revenues? |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
48. My??? Social Security? My God, how egotistical can you be? Once the money went to the |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
49. Not just Social Security but Medicare as well |
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orbitalman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
51. K & R |
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ProfessionalLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
53. And Obama instituted tax cuts for workers and companies that also |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
54. How is the Payroll Tax "Holiday" Obama is pushing in his "Jobs" Bill... |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
55. K&R x 1000 |
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Yon_Yonson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
56. Could not have said it better myself ... |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
57. K&R....n/t |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
58. HUGE K AND R |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
61. Excuse me, but payouts are now SUPPOSED to exceed revenues |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
63. Wars suck money out of the common Treasury. N/T |
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999998th word (555 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
65. RW (S)hit piece. Look who wrote/published it-nuff said P.E.R.I.O.D. |
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JustAnotherGen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 05:23 AM Response to Original message |
68. tax me! |
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ScottLand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 05:25 AM Response to Original message |
69. K&R |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
72. Lori Montgomery wrote a full out attack on Social Security chock full of lies |
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econoclast (259 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
73. How SS actually works and it's impact on the debt and deficit... |
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