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But that's the GOP plan my dear. Sadly, its looking like the Dem plan too. MichiganVote Jan 2013 #1
Agree...they have run out of "Bubbles" ....so Low Wage American Workers KoKo Jan 2013 #5
Yes, this is part of the plan... TheProgressive Jan 2013 #2
That is John2 Jan 2013 #3
I've been thinking quite a bit about this. LWolf Jan 2013 #4
Well...they tell us we are "lazy" and expect hand outs. KoKo Jan 2013 #6
Yes - this is really, really on point Yo_Mama Jan 2013 #7
I started paying into SS when I was only 11...and paid in for 50+ years.. My check each month SoCalDem Jan 2013 #8
Yup - a whole lot of working people are facing retirements on three hots and a cot Yo_Mama Jan 2013 #9
Are you saying that you feel your benefits are too generous? KoKo Jan 2013 #10
I'm saying that this is probably the BEST that future retirees could hope for SoCalDem Jan 2013 #11
Ok....but what do you think our President in Second Term would do about that? KoKo Jan 2013 #12
I have no idea what can be done at this point... SoCalDem Jan 2013 #13
if you did not save during the "good times:, you're fucked Skittles Jan 2013 #14
For some of us there have never been good times. Demo_Chris Jan 2013 #15
I am in the IT industry Skittles Jan 2013 #17
SS doesn't have the funds to pay promised benefits within the lives of current workers Romulox Jan 2013 #16
There's class war and generational war... Demo_Chris Jan 2013 #18
I've had DUer tell me, straight up, that they'll be gone in 2035, and they don't care. Romulox Jan 2013 #19
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