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Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,481 posts)
70. I figured you're hip to what's going on. I just feel the urge to say it out
Mon Dec 31, 2012, 05:25 PM
Dec 2012

loud sometimes. It's a real shame though how it constantly gets away with this shit. I figured the Benghazi RW horseshit spewed by it would've been enough. But oh well, wrong again.

I've been reading people lately saying SS is fine--if the US economy grows at 3% a year Romulox Dec 2012 #1
But people come to depend on it for much more. That's the reality of it. randome Dec 2012 #2
You hit it on the head...tax rates are not set to provide more than the minimum. dkf Dec 2012 #7
then stop opposing unions and higher wages for people if you want them to save more CreekDog Dec 2012 #12
I have no problem with unions. dkf Dec 2012 #15
At some point in the future worldwide wage levels will probably level out for respective RKP5637 Dec 2012 #27
All governments will strongly oppose real international labor unions. closeupready Jan 2013 #82
Yep, the greatest fear of all governments is people talking and making decisions ... it's a RKP5637 Jan 2013 #84
way off point here Dyedinthewoolliberal Dec 2012 #72
"To expand the system to more than a minimal payment we must increase payroll taxes." Bullshit ... Scuba Jan 2013 #75
FICA taxes reteachinwi Jan 2013 #79
It's not a retirement fund. L0oniX Dec 2012 #3
It is for an increasing number the primary source of retirement funds ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #5
That's not news to me. It was never designed to be a retirement fund. L0oniX Dec 2012 #10
Lots will be alive in 30 years. Igel Dec 2012 #49
You're not a baby boomer ...where the surge in use of funds is. L0oniX Dec 2012 #60
Technically Igel is a baby boomer GObamaGO Dec 2012 #62
Point is that the amount of people on the SS fund will diminsh in 30 years... L0oniX Dec 2012 #66
It's a great addition to workers destroyed & looted pensions. If not for SS poverty would be HUGE! JaneyVee Dec 2012 #4
Definitely is. RebelOne Dec 2012 #33
That assumes pensions DavidDvorkin Dec 2012 #6
True. But that's not what it was designed for. It's an edge against homelessness. Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #76
Don't assume that old people blew their money when they were young DavidDvorkin Jan 2013 #80
And your point would be? Tsiyu Dec 2012 #8
Well said! Spazito Dec 2012 #9
Thank you Spazito Tsiyu Dec 2012 #13
+1 leftstreet Dec 2012 #19
Thanks leftstreet Tsiyu Dec 2012 #22
+1 forestpath Dec 2012 #24
Well maybe you need to address the specific problems instead of expecting social security dkf Dec 2012 #28
Times change and Social security' function has as well Harmony Blue Dec 2012 #30
How about going back to the federal tax rate from 1939.... Spazito Dec 2012 #34
Maybe YOU need to address them Tsiyu Dec 2012 #36
It's a quote from the legislation that broadened benefits. dkf Dec 2012 #38
And you just plopped it down there with no comment Tsiyu Dec 2012 #43
Oh Hell yes! 99Forever Dec 2012 #41
It's called trolling. Some trolls manage to walk between the rain drops on this website. For years Guy Whitey Corngood Dec 2012 #64
Oh, I know but thanks Tsiyu Dec 2012 #67
I figured you're hip to what's going on. I just feel the urge to say it out Guy Whitey Corngood Dec 2012 #70
I understood you completely mon ami Tsiyu Dec 2012 #71
Hells yeah! I'll Guy Whitey Corngood Dec 2012 #73
TO those of us who have maintained our humanity Tsiyu Dec 2012 #74
Shit happens. Things change. SS can be whatever we want it to be. closeupready Jan 2013 #83
. . . Le Taz Hot Dec 2012 #37
The OP thinks it's all your fault CreekDog Dec 2012 #39
It's been wholesale robbery for a long time Tsiyu Dec 2012 #42
Well there is always the dumpster, right? Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #54
That's romanticizing things. Igel Dec 2012 #53
I've been here a while - on this earth Tsiyu Dec 2012 #69
Thank you, thank you!!! nt shanine Dec 2012 #57
+ 1,000,000,000... What You Said !!! - K & R !!! WillyT Jan 2013 #81
"...as a basis upon which the worker, through his own efforts, will have a better chance to provide Brickbat Dec 2012 #11
This quote comes from an era that was mostly rural and it was much easier to provide extras from jwirr Dec 2012 #14
Then maybe the problem is social security hasn't kept up with the times. dkf Dec 2012 #40
In that I agree with you. jwirr Dec 2012 #68
It should be changed to a retirement fund. Pensions don't exist anymore, firehorse Dec 2012 #16
Me, too. randome Dec 2012 #21
So would I. forestpath Dec 2012 #25
But then employers decided that since there is social security they didn't need pension systems. JVS Dec 2012 #17
This is my argument as well Harmony Blue Dec 2012 #20
Looniz, Grey, Lionessa and slackmaster Tsiyu Dec 2012 #18
I can cherry pick too ... GeorgeGist Dec 2012 #23
Another gem from the Traitor To His Class: Arkana Dec 2012 #46
A Bootstraps thread! And it's only Monday n/t leftstreet Dec 2012 #26
ss benefits could be tied to ceo's mean compensation. MrYikes Dec 2012 #29
My mother lived on Social Security and Union retirement income...just barely. Agnosticsherbet Dec 2012 #31
What's your fucking point? 99Forever Dec 2012 #32
The entire premise is a contradiction Harmony Blue Dec 2012 #35
You attacking Social Security or Medicare or tax increases for the rich isn't exactly a surprise. nt stevenleser Dec 2012 #44
The poster never seems to advocate the 90 percent top tax rate of the period. ProSense Dec 2012 #55
In theory... WCGreen Dec 2012 #45
You mentioned the key word there. PENSIONS. When SS was introduced, almost everyone had one. stevenleser Dec 2012 #47
You can't cut it now... WCGreen Dec 2012 #50
There is a slight chronology problem here, but it doesn't change the essential argument. JVS Dec 2012 #52
What the OP also doesn't point out is that the amendment was in tandem... Spazito Dec 2012 #58
Correct, that is what it was designed to do... ms liberty Dec 2012 #48
Correct Harmony Blue Dec 2012 #51
And? Starry Messenger Dec 2012 #56
What's your plan? Specifics please. neverforget Dec 2012 #59
l'll guess gollygee Dec 2012 #63
And what about those retirement age people who did all the right things GObamaGO Dec 2012 #61
Those investors still have their money in those mutual funds in their 401ks. Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #78
thanks for the info, hannity. dionysus Dec 2012 #65
Oh, yes, because circumstances and laws must never change from PRE-WWII!! WinkyDink Jan 2013 #77
and it might have worked too quaker bill Jan 2013 #85
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