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Fri Mar-02-07 10:45 AM
Response to Reply #6 |
| -Future of America's financial health is at stake. Comptroller David Walker on 60 Minutes this Sunday |
Roland99 |
Mar-01-07 06:23 PM |
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The World's Only Superpower has run out of cash. I wonder |
Benhurst |
Mar-01-07 06:46 PM |
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Have no worry or fear 'cause as the the nation's debt has mushroomed several trillion |
indepat |
Mar-01-07 06:55 PM |
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Well, these obligations dwarf the national debt by several times over. |
Roland99 |
Mar-01-07 07:19 PM |
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We might consider not spending more than all the rest of the world |
Benhurst |
Mar-01-07 08:21 PM |
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True but, again, that amount is DWARFED by the Medicare/SS obligations. |
Roland99 |
Mar-01-07 08:28 PM |
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Keep in mind that our Social Security money is being used because the rich wanted a tax cut. |
SharonAnn |
Mar-01-07 10:20 PM |
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Exactly. And medical bills end up being paid one way or the other. |
Benhurst |
Mar-02-07 07:46 AM |
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Damn right. |
closeupready |
Mar-02-07 10:45 AM |
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Social Security would be Solvent IF Bush hadn't used it to offset |
KoKo01 |
Mar-02-07 11:06 AM |
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The Bush tax cuts were meant to expire in 2010 anyway. They are not the cause. |
Roland99 |
Mar-02-07 12:24 PM |
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sorry your right. |
closeupready |
Mar-02-07 12:42 PM |
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No worries. And there's this from the Concord Coalition link I posted below |
Roland99 |
Mar-02-07 01:12 PM |
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Spread over a long, long period. |
amandabeech |
Mar-03-07 08:34 PM |
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I am at 40 and have no retirement setup. |
Roland99 |
Mar-04-07 12:17 AM |
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That's just part of the scheme to make it impossible to meet future "entitlement" obligations |
indepat |
Mar-02-07 08:00 AM |
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All this is known by all with a modicum of knowledge and a smattering of intelligence:that's |
indepat |
Mar-02-07 06:56 AM |
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Norquist's wet dream. |
Roland99 |
Mar-02-07 06:59 AM |
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"You want to know how it happened? Smirk, smirk, smirk. - Commander AWOL |
SpiralHawk |
Mar-04-07 08:51 AM |
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Time to take a long hard look at the money system itself: |
rman |
Mar-02-07 08:12 AM |
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Thanks for that. I'll have to check it out this weekend. |
Roland99 |
Mar-02-07 08:42 AM |
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Issue Brief: Will the Budget Come Into Balance By 2012? |
Roland99 |
Mar-02-07 09:53 AM |
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The answer: Raise FIT rates progressively |
davekriss |
Mar-02-07 10:30 AM |
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Walker is fueling the move to allow Privatization of SS? |
KoKo01 |
Mar-02-07 10:51 AM |
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Well, he doesn't state to have the answers and does want a bi-partisan solution |
Roland99 |
Mar-02-07 11:05 AM |
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Why sacrifices on each front? There weren't benefits on each front! |
SharonAnn |
Mar-02-07 01:09 PM |
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There are no other options. Besides, the tax cuts are NOT the source of the problem. |
Roland99 |
Mar-02-07 01:21 PM |
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Universal, single-payer health care would reduce some of the cost. |
SharonAnn |
Mar-02-07 01:25 PM |
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They didn't steal it all. Just the surplus of tax revenue over outlays. |
Roland99 |
Mar-02-07 01:28 PM |
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There's another layer to this whole conversation that hasn't been mentioned... |
ryanmuegge |
Mar-02-07 02:26 PM |
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Would you give up Social Security/Medicare to Privatization CUTS...thats |
KoKo01 |
Mar-02-07 07:38 PM |
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I'm not really sure how that's a response to what I said. |
ryanmuegge |
Mar-02-07 08:40 PM |
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Is there a "Trade Off" that you would ACCEPT, then...if we are F***d |
KoKo01 |
Mar-03-07 06:00 PM |
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I posted on the "Fly" and yet I hope folks will read this"Atlas" post |
KoKo01 |
Mar-03-07 06:16 PM |
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Solution? End this stupid flirtation with American imperialism |
Muddy Waters Guitar |
Mar-04-07 02:45 AM |
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Kick for a reminder. On in just a few hrs (East Coast and Midwest) |
Roland99 |
Mar-04-07 03:12 PM |
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It was very good! |
JerseygirlCT |
Mar-04-07 07:37 PM |
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yeah, yeah, yeah |
ldf |
Mar-04-07 10:14 PM |
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I've said it more than once in this thread and Walker says it himself |
Roland99 |
Mar-04-07 10:19 PM |
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