Obama lost my vote because he is ending the yearly Social Security mailing.

[LoZoccolo]

[leftstreet]

1. I don't think he's running n/t

[FLyellowdog]

2. But I got my pony. Didn't you? nt

[Mimosa]

3. Are you serious?

People need that.

[LoZoccolo]

4. The new phone book's here.

[bobbolink]

8. Naw.

We also don't need low-income housing or heat, either.

We just need to learn how to be Air Plants.

Or, better yet... just die.

[Yo_Mama]

5. Are you serious?

I admit I think it's wrong, but...????????

[LoZoccolo]

6. He touched Social Security.

[bobbolink]

7. We always appreciate your compassion and caring for those of us who are inferior to you.

[LoZoccolo]

11. Thank you. If Sarah Palin wins, people will come running to a progressive Democrat who cares.

[bobbolink]

13. And, instead, we will get the same old dismissal and uncaring.

psst... your threat thas lost its punch.

Time to come up with a different one.

[LoZoccolo]

14. I think that now my empty cup is as sweet as the punch.

[JuniperLea]

15. The Sweetest Punch!

An old high school chum of mine produced this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDnn-dn6Q90

The line you posted is one of my all time favorite lyrics. Good job!

[bobbolink]

16. Not in my book. And the pride in that statement says it all.

At least there is now the admission that it is EMPTY.

[LoZoccolo]

20. My vote is mine and it is never empty. Democrats have to earn it.

[bobbolink]

22. yay.

:eyes:

[Tikki]

9. The S S A has a nifty website were they'll share all kinds of...

information with you.


Tikki

[Bluenorthwest]

10. And do they provide internet access to those who need it?

I mean, Paris has some nifty museums, if you can afford to get to them.

[LoZoccolo]

12. That's another reason; he shut down the phones and incoming mail to Social Security offices.

[RBInMaine]

17. Who ya gonna vote for? Nader? Kucinich? Some other waste of a vote?

[LoZoccolo]

21. I might write in FDR. None of this balderdash that he is dead or kept people in camps, please.

[ReggieVeggie]

26. you must not read many other threads

besides your own

[Pirate Smile]

18. Heh

[riderinthestorm]

19. Proof positive on this thread DU has lost it's sense of humor. Snort! Good one. nt

[Obamanaut]

23. You have access to a computer. You have access to a calendar so you

can tell when the year ends.

Look up the information you need on the SS website. It is the environmentally friendly thing to do.

Perhaps a poll is due.

[LoZoccolo]

24. It is the symbolic principle of having contempt for Social Security that is the worst thing.

[ReggieVeggie]

25. flamebait divisive unconstructive

thread won't be locked...you got some kind of in with the owners?

[LoZoccolo]

27. This has been an April Fools' Day joke.

[Hannah Bell]

28. it's my recollection that the yearly social security mailing was started by a republican a/o

a republican congress in order to gin up support for the destruction of the program.

i'm guessing sometime in the reagan or bush 1 era.

i don't remember getting them before that.

ah, yes: bush 1:

5) P. L. 101-239, Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989, signed 12/19/89:

This law contained 25 provisions related to SSA or its programs. (See Appendix 1 for a complete list).

Among the provisions of note was a requirement that SSA send annual Personal Earnings & Benefit Estimate Statements to virtually all persons working under Social Security. These statements (which we now call simply Social Security Statements) are the primary financial-planning tool made available by SSA. As a result of this legislation, SSA mails a Social Security Statement automatically to all workers age 25 and older. (The Statements can also be requested by any worker at any time.)

http://www.ssa.gov/history/ghwbushevents.html.

[LoZoccolo]

29. Why would that gin up support for the destruction of the program?

[Hannah Bell]

30. well, for one thing, the annual scary message they include about the state of the program.

Social Security is a compact between generations. For
more than 60 years, America has kept the promise
of security for its workers and their families. But
now, the Social Security system is facing serious
future financial problems and action is needed...

Unless action is taken
soon to strengthen Social Security, in just 11 years we
will begin paying more in benefits than we collect in
taxes. Without changes, by 2040 the Social Security
Trust Fund will be exhausted.* By then, the number
of Americans 65 or older is expected to have doubled.
There won't be enough younger people working to pay
all of the benefits owed to those who are retiring. At that
point, there will be enough money to pay only about
74 cents for each dollar of scheduled benefits. We will
need to resolve these issues soon to make sure Social
Security continues to provide a foundation of protection
for future generations as it has done in the past.

https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms/images/SSA7/G-SSA-7005-SM-SI-1.pdf

for another, the relatively low amount young workers will see on their statement v. the cut from their paycheck.

[AllyCat]

31. Actually, i've always found that a waste of money. And trees.

I'm not a huge Obama fan, but people are now on the internets. For those that aren't, requesting a paper copy seems fine.

[Beaverhausen]

32. are you talking about that booklet that tells you what you paid

and what you get when you retire? My husband go his. I'm confused

[riderinthestorm]

33. It's faux Obama poutrage. It's an April Fools joke.

I'll tell you I'm shocked how many DUers didn't get this....