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Lone_Wolf

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Thu May-19-05 01:11 PM
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24. My suggested fix is to use eminent domain to take public ownership of

Newsweek, and while were at it... Halliburton, GE, Exxon/Mobil, The Carlyle Group... auction them off, and use the money realized from the sale to prop up any shortfalls in SS.

:evilgrin:

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-Newsweek's suggested SS "fix"...raise retirement age and curb benefits	Bush_Eats_Beef	May-19-05 12:03 AM	#0
- Didn't they shut that rag down yet?!	eleny	May-19-05 12:13 AM	#1
- No kidding - feels like they just keep wanting to move the finish line.	djmaddox1	May-19-05 12:26 AM	#3
- And what happens when a person becomes a caregiver	eleny	May-19-05 12:33 AM	#6
- Right on that! I took care of my grandpop his last 9 months, if it wasn't	djmaddox1	May-19-05 01:07 AM	#8
- Mom went to work with my dad	eleny	May-19-05 11:06 AM	#19
- "Things came full circle" - That says it all, doesn't it?	djmaddox1	May-19-05 08:54 PM	#25
- Nice chatting with you!	eleny	May-19-05 11:48 PM	#27
- The seldom mentioned problem with retirement age	Gormy Cuss	May-19-05 11:37 AM	#20
- "older workers needed"?	SimpleTrend	May-19-05 12:18 AM	#2
- Only if you can compete with the illegal aliens. nt.	cyberpj	May-19-05 08:06 AM	#16
- So is THIS their mea culpa	chalky	May-19-05 12:29 AM	#4
- Samuelson is doing his usual...	tokenlib	May-19-05 12:30 AM	#5
- Yeah - I got some talking points right here!	eleny	May-19-05 12:35 AM	#7
- Where will the "older" workers WORK during the interim?	SoCalDem	May-19-05 01:15 AM	#9
- I'm in a field with...	stevietheman	May-19-05 01:39 AM	#10
- Having worked in IT, I can back up what you're saying...	Bush_Eats_Beef	May-19-05 07:53 AM	#12
- Employers like this...	stevietheman	May-19-05 12:52 PM	#21
- This is plainly stupid RW thinking.	Cleita	May-19-05 01:51 AM	#11
- So that was the deal -	sparosnare	May-19-05 08:01 AM	#13
- Water boys for bush	triguy46	May-19-05 08:02 AM	#14
- Newsweak is trying to suck up to Bush now!	Hubert Flottz	May-19-05 08:03 AM	#15
- In fairness to Newsweek they're only following orders.	Sentinel Chicken	May-19-05 08:06 AM	#17
- Newsweak is working their hardest at whittling away at Social Security	w4rma	May-19-05 08:25 AM	#18
- This is outrageous! Raise the fucking $90K cap. It WILL be fixed, then	Husb2Sparkly	May-19-05 12:59 PM	#22
- Great - I'm supposed to retire in 2030. eom	lukasahero	May-19-05 01:05 PM	#23
- My suggested fix is to use eminent domain to take public ownership of	Lone_Wolf	May-19-05 01:11 PM	#24
- Fuck them	notmypresident	May-19-05 08:59 PM	#26

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