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In reply to the discussion: In 10 years CBO expects the number of people on social security to increase by 40% [View all]rhett o rick
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In 10 years CBO expects the number of people on social security to increase by 40% [View all]
dkf
Feb 2013
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Huge future problem that will drown out all the investment and much of the safety net.
dkf
Feb 2013
#4
And a good portion of the investment is from pension funds and 401(K)s which belong to
JDPriestly
Feb 2013
#7
I do not fear his "intent". I have confidence that I can refute or ignore as needed.
rhett o rick
Feb 2013
#20
Your breathless defense of the Bush tax cuts can be easily found in the archives
RandiFan1290
Feb 2013
#19
You miss the point...if we had stayed on the path Clinton had set up for us, our situation would be
dkf
Feb 2013
#23
So your point is that if we had done stuff differently in the past, we wouldnt be focked now?
rhett o rick
Feb 2013
#31
I would love to see your sources for the calculation. In any case the answer is easy.
rhett o rick
Feb 2013
#43
And to think that there were some folks here who wanted the payroll tax holiday extended yet again
bluestateguy
Feb 2013
#10
And that's why the Greenspan commission decided we should pay extra to provide a cushion.
pa28
Feb 2013
#14
I agree completely. Having a "trust fund" is only a temptation for spending.
rhett o rick
Feb 2013
#21
The purpose of the "trust fund" was to have extra money to pay the baby boomer
rhett o rick
Feb 2013
#30
That's exactly what happened and we gen x'ers helped. Part of the social contract.
pa28
Feb 2013
#41
Of course we dont put the SS revenue in a box until we need it. But we do keep track
rhett o rick
Feb 2013
#42
I knew you would catch on. "Cut Social Security benefits now, so we dont have to cut them in the
rhett o rick
Feb 2013
#45
I might be wrong but arent they leading up to suggesting "targeted" euthanasia?
rhett o rick
Feb 2013
#34