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In the discussion thread: David Corn says this is just the first wave of Bain exposures [View all]

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Tue Jul 17, 2012, 03:57 PM

antigop (8,875 posts)

79. the companies with defined benefit pension plans pay the premiums to the PBGC.

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It's right there on the link to the PBGC website. (Post #67)

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89 replies	Author	Time	Post
David Corn says this is just the first wave of Bain exposures [View all]	grasswire	Jul 2012	OP
Butter?	malaise	Jul 2012	#1
Brrraaaaaaaaaaaaaap!!!!! - 'scuse me.	TheCowsCameHome	Jul 2012	#5
Seriously this is delish	malaise	Jul 2012	#20
I'm a sculptor and I am constantly cleaning my hands to get on	snappyturtle	Jul 2012	#45
Buttered Corn?	DJ13	Jul 2012	#11
Enjoy	malaise	Jul 2012	#23
Yes please	Aerows	Jul 2012	#18
Feast away	malaise	Jul 2012	#24
Don't forget this...	Gold Metal Flake	Jul 2012	#47
Can We Get A More Healthy Snack	Yavin4	Jul 2012	#74
Popcorn is the healthiest snack around. Even real butter on top is not bad. New findings	juajen	Jul 2012	#75
Eating lots of buttered biscuits is cool when you work on a farm	demwing	Jul 2012	#82
Only if he releases his returns. He will never do that. Its a moot point. nt	riderinthestorm	Jul 2012	#2
Bain's record is public knowledge	MannyGoldstein	Jul 2012	#7
I sincerely hope you are right but the American public is going to latch onto sound bites	riderinthestorm	Jul 2012	#14
Obama's message machine is also extraordinary when	MannyGoldstein	Jul 2012	#30
A lot of people are morans, but who trusts somebody who is obviously hiding things?	yardwork	Jul 2012	#43
Answer to that one:	treestar	Jul 2012	#44
Better yet	LiberalFighter	Jul 2012	#50
You guys are very good.	MissMarple	Jul 2012	#69
And the answer is...	WinstonSmith4740	Jul 2012	#54
well said!	Blue_Roses	Jul 2012	#57
My response to that	Blue_Roses	Jul 2012	#56
this message isn't directed to the Mitt base	lunatica	Jul 2012	#64
So respond: "How can you trust Romney with our taxes	demwing	Jul 2012	#83
But Mitt did use our money. He stole those pension funds and made taxpayers make up the difference.	SunSeeker	Jul 2012	#86
He will have to if the heat gets turned up.	TheCowsCameHome	Jul 2012	#10
No can do !	jaysunb	Jul 2012	#13
That's a good option.	TheCowsCameHome	Jul 2012	#17
Don't go there	lark	Jul 2012	#73
Even without tax returns anyone who has made hundreds of millions has a long paper trail	Bjorn Against	Jul 2012	#15
You could tell tonight he's already on	DevonRex	Jul 2012	#42
Even tho he looked tired he's got SO much enthusiasm and a twinkle	snappyturtle	Jul 2012	#46
The OP isn't talking about tax returns. It's talking about public filings and contracts. Docs filed	Honeycombe8	Jul 2012	#21
I'm getting the feeling	PatSeg	Jul 2012	#3
+1 nt	jaysunb	Jul 2012	#16
Yep. I saw it. Said he and Fineman could	DevonRex	Jul 2012	#4
he and Fineman could each keep 100 reporters busy for 4 months digging into Romney's dealings	DJ13	Jul 2012	#12
It has ALREADY happened. Have you read the	DevonRex	Jul 2012	#19
Sure, its a hot story now	DJ13	Jul 2012	#25
I'd bet everything I own on INSURANCE FRAUD. Romney looted the pension funds knowing federal program	blm	Jul 2012	#29
Looting workers pension funds	B Calm	Jul 2012	#36
Did you see the Dem ad with the former steel worker?	snappyturtle	Jul 2012	#48
You just might be onto something there.	DevonRex	Jul 2012	#39
NO! NO! NO! The taxpayer DOES NOT PICK UP THE TAB FOR GOVERNMENT INSURANCE (PBGC)	antigop	Jul 2012	#67
wel, all and all, the consumer is still paying for it in added costs to their insurance premiums	blm	Jul 2012	#72
once again, the PBGC IS NOT FUNDED BY TAXPAYERS. It's on the PBGC website. n/t	antigop	Jul 2012	#78
the companies with defined benefit pension plans pay the premiums to the PBGC.	antigop	Jul 2012	#79
the PBGC is NOT FUNDED by taxpayer dollars. I keep trying to tell DU'ers this fact. n/t	antigop	Jul 2012	#68
ALL fraud affects the taxpayers. Plus....The article said he socialized the losses.	blm	Jul 2012	#71
the PBGC covers pensions of bankrupt companies. IT IS NOT FUNDED BY TAXPAYERS!	antigop	Jul 2012	#77
Companies pay premiums to PBGC. And the recently passed highway bill increased those premiums.	antigop	Jul 2012	#81
So then the Companies pay a higher premium - and guess what that means?	demwing	Jul 2012	#84
but taxpayers don't pay for premiums -- which is what several DU'ers have claimed n/t	antigop	Jul 2012	#87
not necessarily when it comes to pensions...the EMPLOYEES may pay for it, but not necessarily the	antigop	Jul 2012	#89
I do get that, and thanks for posting it I'll correct my wording, but costs ALWAYS get passed on	blm	Jul 2012	#85
not necessarily...in this case the employees may take the brunt..not the general public/taxpayer.	antigop	Jul 2012	#88
I missed the Vanity Fair article...	Blue_Roses	Jul 2012	#59
Here it is.	DevonRex	Jul 2012	#61
Oh..this is going to be fun..	HipChick	Jul 2012	#6
Like a smugglers cove	Rosa Luxemburg	Jul 2012	#8
Earlier Sharpton said that there were at least 134 documents that Rmoney signed	BumRushDaShow	Jul 2012	#9
It's not surprising- look how confident the Obama team is	KaryninMiami	Jul 2012	#22
My guess from the way Obama handled bin laden	Blue_Roses	Jul 2012	#58
That's why you push. Peel away one layer of bones in the closet and find another.	pa28	Jul 2012	#26
Oh thank you Mitt.	Marie Marie	Jul 2012	#27
Agreed :D	jillan	Jul 2012	#34
"Bain, Bain, Bain, Bain, eatin' Romney's Bain."	randome	Jul 2012	#28
It's so nice to be on the giving side for a change.	jillan	Jul 2012	#31
The Obama campaign gets it	creeksneakers2	Jul 2012	#41
True. Crazy birther-esque crap won't fly if it's seen as retaliation or the Bain exposure.	lindysalsagal	Jul 2012	#52
Kernels of truth from Corn! We are all ears!	NRaleighLiberal	Jul 2012	#32
Groan...	Blue_In_AK	Jul 2012	#37
I know. I just like puns. guilty!	NRaleighLiberal	Jul 2012	#38
oh no. NRaleigh - that was some kind of corny there.	nc4bo	Jul 2012	#80
I'm curious to know how much corporate welfare	B Calm	Jul 2012	#33
David Corn is a very respected author, journalist, and researcher. Bring it on, David! nt	ailsagirl	Jul 2012	#35
That Makes Sense	DallasNE	Jul 2012	#40
Caribou Barbie is a stalking moose.	Octafish	Jul 2012	#49
We love you David Corn: even if people tire of this it keeps Mitt off balance	flamingdem	Jul 2012	#51
I don't understand why this didn't come out in the primaries.	Marr	Jul 2012	#53
Because they were all repugs,	WinstonSmith4740	Jul 2012	#55
TALK ABOUT BAIN'S OWNERSHIP OF TALK RADIO	Harley Jacobson	Jul 2012	#60
Clear Channel! All that right wing radio. I didn't realize.	Overseas	Jul 2012	#63
Bane Capital	JCMach1	Jul 2012	#62
David Corn	Dalai_1	Jul 2012	#65
Corn is generally right about things.	mwb970	Jul 2012	#66
I liked it when David Corn said "Kind of like the DDay Normandy Invasion". And someone said David	ArnoldLayne	Jul 2012	#70
Can we now pronounce Mitt terminally "Bain Damaged?"	nichomachus	Jul 2012	#76

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