Romney: "We'll just SLOWLY and GRADUALLY raise the retirement age for Social Security..."

[Amerigo Vespucci]

CPAC speech. Said "People in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s are going to see some CHANGES."

WOW! He's REALLY selling this one to me. Raise the retirement age! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!

[liberal N proud]

1. But it will be SLOWLY!

[atreides1]

2. Just think

How much money the government can save...especially if you die before you can file for Social Security benefits...now they'll just have to fiure out a way to deny benefits to minor survivor's like Paul Ryan was!!!

[BeyondGeography]

3. The only thing you'll be doing next year is licking your wounds, Willard

[Amerigo Vespucci]

4. It will be much, much sweeter that when we sent Meg Whitman home to Atherton.

[BeyondGeography]

7. I like being able to fire certain people

[HockeyMom]

5. Work until you drop dead on the job

Fun, fun, fun!!!!!!

[HughBeaumont]

6. Giftastic: "Work Until You're Carried Out on a Gurney!! HOWZZAT SOUND!?!?!?"

Spoken like a retiree with a quarter-billion net worth who never has to worry about landmines.

They're TRYING to lose now. I'm completely convinced. Nobody could provide damaging soundbites this awesome without trying.

[Robbins]

8. Wow

I can't believe Romney actully said that.Yeah this and his support for Ryan plan to turn Medicare Into a voucher system Is really going
to play well.

[hughee99]

9. Yeah, like most people in their 20's will ever see a dime from SS.

By the time someone in their 20's reaches age 65, the retirement age will be 75 and the means testing will ensure only the poorest or politically connected will be getting any money.

[Matariki]

10. Good lord I wish there were magic words

to make people like Romney have to live the way other people live.

He really needs to know first hand what it's like to have to hunt for a low paying job and try to get by on it.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

11. In the last year I've created a number of Websites for 1/5 their true value

Of course, "value" only means "what someone is willing to pay for it."

I'm self-employed so I haven;t been in a position to take a low-paying job I didn't want, but I also had to make some hard decisions to pay the bills. That means busting my ass to create a professional Website, looking at the finished result, and knowing in my heart that I settled for about 20% of what I should have been paid.

Meanwhile, the "Romney Kids" are sitting on a $100 million trust fund. There's not a kid in that family that will ever have to work a day in their lives.

And THIS is the guy who wants to run the shop. No thanks.

[qb]

12. You won't feel a thing... just like that frog a dish of water

warming up over a low flame...

[City Lights]

13. Uniquely 'Murikan!

USA! USA! USA!

[WI_DEM]

14. Maybe if you really did some real work, Mittens, I mean physical work you wouldn't

be so smug about the rest of us having to work until we are in our 70's.

[Cali_Democrat]

15. Did he mention anything about raising the cap?

Of course he didn't. Rmoney wouldn't want the wealthy to pay more.

[gratuitous]

16. Too bad this repugnant idea has such bipartisan support

Nobody's stupid enough to mess with the benefits currently being paid, but there are slavering wolves on both sides of the party divide who are just itching for the chance to slowly and gradually "raise the bar" for us hoi polloi.

[ProSense]

17. Someone

needs to drug test Romney.

Romney: As President, I'll Prevent Federal Funds For Planned Parenthood

Romney is outlining his presidential plans. One of his initiatives, he said, is ensuring that "organizations like Planned Parenthood get no more federal support."

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/romney-as-president-ill-prevent-federal-funds-for