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Fri Feb-13-09 09:48 PM
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| 7. What's the cap at now? I forget! |
| -The Economists Who Missed the Housing Bubble Are Coming After Your Social Security! (TPM) |
KoKo |
Feb-13-09 07:59 PM |
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The only thing I want to see done with Social Security, is to see the cap removed |
notadmblnd |
Feb-13-09 08:03 PM |
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What's the cap at now? I forget! |
Suich |
Feb-13-09 09:48 PM |
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$106,000 in 2009 n/t |
Cleita |
Feb-14-09 12:16 AM |
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last I knew it was like 85,000 |
notadmblnd |
Feb-13-09 10:19 PM |
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They raise it regularly to keep it covering 90% of wages. |
Hannah Bell |
Feb-14-09 12:27 AM |
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Amen. Problems solved.n/t |
Cleita |
Feb-14-09 12:16 AM |
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There is no problem. But there will be if you remove the cap. |
Hannah Bell |
Feb-14-09 12:28 AM |
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Why would that be? |
Cleita |
Feb-14-09 12:35 AM |
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The billionaires won't be paying. They don't get most of their income in wages, |
Hannah Bell |
Feb-14-09 12:53 AM |
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CEO's do earn wages in the stratosphere. |
Cleita |
Feb-14-09 01:21 AM |
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Never said they didn't. I said billionaires in general don't make their money primarily from wages. |
Hannah Bell |
Feb-14-09 03:43 AM |
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There is a problem with Medicare partly through underfunding, which comes |
Cleita |
Feb-14-09 12:43 PM |
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I'm not talking about Medicare, I'm talking about Social Security. Don't blur the distinctions. |
Hannah Bell |
Feb-14-09 05:11 PM |
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I don't see how you can't blur the distinctions since what is collected as |
Cleita |
Feb-14-09 05:19 PM |
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The Social Security & Medicare portions are assessed separately, the rates |
Hannah Bell |
Feb-14-09 10:03 PM |
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you are exactly right |
Celebration |
Feb-14-09 08:04 AM |
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There are two trust funds and they reported a $2.4 trillion surplus in 2008. |
bottomtheweaver |
Feb-14-09 11:38 AM |
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BAD idea. The Social Security funding mechanism relies on FAIR payroll compensation. |
TahitiNut |
Feb-14-09 12:34 AM |
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You want to see an angry swarm of worker bees then just TALK about screwing with SS. |
Phoebe Loosinhouse |
Feb-13-09 08:03 PM |
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Good points...don't know why Josh Marshall & Dean Baker have this alert though unless it's dire.... |
KoKo |
Feb-13-09 08:05 PM |
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As an old guy boomer here |
blues90 |
Feb-13-09 10:18 PM |
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When I've got nothing to lose, I'm pitching my tent on the front lawn |
Cleita |
Feb-14-09 01:24 AM |
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Agreed - that was what turned many people against Bush - they |
Thickasabrick |
Feb-14-09 12:48 PM |
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If Obama is true to his campaign pledges SS is safe & will get stronger. |
The_Casual_Observer |
Feb-13-09 08:06 PM |
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they will do whatever they want |
marketcrazy1 |
Feb-13-09 08:18 PM |
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He wouldn't be messing with it, then. |
Hannah Bell |
Feb-14-09 12:29 AM |
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What can we say about this? Hopefully it is not true? |
Greyhound |
Feb-13-09 08:59 PM |
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Who are these economists? |
JDPriestly |
Feb-14-09 12:11 AM |
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Word has it, huh? |
Lasher |
Feb-14-09 01:55 AM |
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Not so surprising. Here's what Obama told the WaPo on Jan. 15: |
bottomtheweaver |
Feb-14-09 03:02 AM |
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Good point. I just got concerned. |
Lasher |
Feb-14-09 03:09 AM |
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Or those who want to spend it :( |
varelse |
Feb-14-09 11:57 AM |
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I'm not economist but I saw the housing bubble bursting... |
Catshrink |
Feb-14-09 12:56 PM |
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