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In reply to the discussion: Question: how would you feel if they raised the minimum age of Social Security or Medicare? [View all]Marrah_G
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Question: how would you feel if they raised the minimum age of Social Security or Medicare? [View all]
nashville_brook
Nov 2012
OP
with Obamacare, insurers might oppose raising the age, and it might add to the deficit anyway
CreekDog
Nov 2012
#191
totally agree - no one takes into account the kind of work 90% of us do.
nashville_brook
Nov 2012
#62
Give the desk jockeys a break, we're all in this together. The attitude you project about those
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#129
The pay is definitely an an issue even though many office guys make less that physical work.
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#163
i'm urging folks to start thinking about what you're able to do to prevent this
nashville_brook
Nov 2012
#190
But you posted incorrect information about disability and Medicare, claiming that
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2012
#227
If you are trying to make a point, spit it out. Using questions is like Hannity. nm
rhett o rick
Nov 2012
#111
I'm 51. I do NOT believe "Social Security" as we know it now will be in effect when I'm 60, 65...
cherokeeprogressive
Nov 2012
#11
The Soc Sec trust fund is intact. In fact it runs a surplus. Which is invested in interest-bearing
pinto
Nov 2012
#205
precisely -- but, the good thing is that it hasn't been taken seriously in this latest debate.
nashville_brook
Nov 2012
#234
I agree, it should stand on its own. And does. Soc Sec payments aren't borrowed money.
pinto
Nov 2012
#237
If you were born in 1960 or later, your full benefit age is already 67.
Sekhmets Daughter
Nov 2012
#28
cutting off payments to people with income >120,000 would cut less than 1% out
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#46
Not only would I feel betrayed but I would never vote again. I mean, why bother?
forestpath
Nov 2012
#23
the range of ages collecting, means that a raise in the age lowers EVERYONE's benefits.
nashville_brook
Nov 2012
#90
It's such a cynical way to cut off benefits to people. A certain percentage will die before ever
geckosfeet
Nov 2012
#26
As pointed out above, you (and I) aren't even eligible for full benefits until you're 67.
bluedigger
Nov 2012
#34
probably too young to care or be paying much attention. up into your thirties you
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#48
nope, 1983, ushered in in steps. reagan, the source of all things shitty where SS
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#64
Americans live longer today than in FDR's time. Therefore, it is not necessarily something to deny
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#36
Benefit age has already been raised. The gap between post-retirement longevity
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#54
raising the age would actually REDUCE the benefits everyone gets, regardless.
nashville_brook
Nov 2012
#82
I blame Ralph Nader for this too... Gore and Bush were NOT the same, yet Nader lied again.
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#131
Nobody said you were simple minded, your argument is and you did nothing
TheKentuckian
Nov 2012
#137
If Obama gets us a France like health care, we save 1000 times the money SS provides
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#138
it is flat-out untrue that people are living longer (dying at an older age)
nashville_brook
Nov 2012
#145
this isn't about "the baby-boomers being greedy" it's about Wall Street being greedy
nashville_brook
Nov 2012
#151
Wow! Well lucky you if your kids won't need SS. Lucky me too. But I am not so
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#202
ranting is nice, but reading what I said would be nicer. Nobody is taking SS away. However
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#213
TOTALLY P.O'D! Seriously. I will be very angry. Very very very angry. It's unacceptable. nt
Honeycombe8
Nov 2012
#47
Goddamn right. UNACCEPTABLE. We can expand, NOT contract the social contract
DirkGently
Nov 2012
#49
+10000000 -- there's too many people who want you to think it's "inevitable" right now...
nashville_brook
Nov 2012
#66
totally betrayed. i started paying in just when reagan doubled fica, exactly to prevent this.
unblock
Nov 2012
#53
seriously -- to pile and age change with the decimation the middle class has endured
nashville_brook
Nov 2012
#85
this assumes your elected politicians care what you think now that they elected again nt
msongs
Nov 2012
#63
It would be another American ripoff in US = United Stupidity, Inc. on the fast train
RKP5637
Nov 2012
#68
I'm eligible to file for early SS in December--and I am--to begin when I turn 62 next March.
mnhtnbb
Nov 2012
#70
If you get $700 month at 62, and the age is raised to 69, your benefit drops to $610 (less $90)
nashville_brook
Nov 2012
#84
call and write your senators, also -- that's where the action is right now.
nashville_brook
Nov 2012
#175
You have it all wrong. See, the money doesn't all go into offshore accounts
MannyGoldstein
Nov 2012
#102
An honest description of how I feel about this would probably be a TOS violation. n/t
gkhouston
Nov 2012
#94
Enraged. That would be discriminatory and there's no need to raise the age
BlueCaliDem
Nov 2012
#101
it's a RW red herring that "people are living longer" -- completely NOT TRUE
nashville_brook
Nov 2012
#150
Raising the age is ok for some worker classes. All workers should have the option to
bluestate10
Nov 2012
#167
wondering also, given how negatively we feel about it, what are we willing to do?
nashville_brook
Nov 2012
#184
indeed -- most people don't realize this. also, you're able to take a percentage of bennies
nashville_brook
Nov 2012
#181
we have a messed up way of thinking about work -- i mean, working people KNOW the product/service
nashville_brook
Nov 2012
#196
AFL-CIO is doing an organized effort against this -- sign the petition
nashville_brook
Nov 2012
#200
What would they do if the 99% just said no and stop working until we got what we wanted
Pakid
Nov 2012
#204
Encourage you to persistently document med conditions that effect your work abilities.
pinto
Nov 2012
#206
What amount a year is the largest amount someone receives from their SS a year?
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#219
people aren't living longer -- that's a Wall St myth: why do rich guys want to raise retirement age?
nashville_brook
Nov 2012
#229
Are you smarter than a US Congressman? I think we all are- why are we waiting on them?
RepublicansRZombies
Nov 2012
#246