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TheKentuckian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-10 11:39 AM
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23. Raise/eliminate the cap, apply the tax to all income not just work, increase the rate
Of course recover the raided surplus by getting it from military contractors and the wealthy who were the ones who benefited.

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  -Why We Can't Raise the Social Security Eligibility Age JDPriestly  Aug-17-10 01:51 PM   #0 
  - I'm ten years your junior, but I still completely  SlimJimmy   Aug-17-10 02:02 PM   #1 
  - We can't rule it out altogether  Uben   Aug-17-10 02:09 PM   #2 
  - Isn't the whole point REALLY about slowly weaning the Americanpeople off of SS?  CTyankee   Aug-17-10 02:20 PM   #3 
  - I don't know what republicans want.....  Uben   Aug-17-10 03:40 PM   #13 
     - Right. What young workers obviously need--  eridani   Aug-18-10 03:27 AM   #20 
  - Some jobs take a toll on the body.  Dr.Phool   Aug-17-10 02:25 PM   #5 
  - All jobs take a toll.  JDPriestly   Aug-17-10 03:17 PM   #9 
  - Sorry, but i'm 67. Certainly healthy people should be encouraged  JDPriestly   Aug-17-10 02:46 PM   #7 
  - delete - wrong place  nashville_brook   Aug-18-10 11:55 AM   #25 
  - Saying "sacrifices will be needed" is not realistic  starroute   Aug-17-10 03:41 PM   #14 
  - Why not increase revenue if need be and why do you want to increase the supply of workers?  TheKentuckian   Aug-17-10 03:48 PM   #15 
  - Increase revenue?  Uben   Aug-17-10 04:09 PM   #18 
     - Raise/eliminate the cap, apply the tax to all income not just work, increase the rate  TheKentuckian   Aug-18-10 11:39 AM   #23 
  - That is complete horseshit. Life expectancy from birth is totally irrelevant nonsense  eridani   Aug-18-10 03:26 AM   #19 
  - Yes we can!  Enthusiast   Aug-18-10 07:51 AM   #21 
  - And what do you expect people to do at that age  MadHound   Aug-18-10 11:47 AM   #24 
  - Until something is done to combat age discrimination against workers over 50, it should be ruled out  JVS   Aug-18-10 12:05 PM   #27 
  - Social security disability income is available but hard to qualify for.  dkf   Aug-17-10 02:23 PM   #4 
  - I have a lot of experience with rural communities and aging.  JDPriestly   Aug-17-10 03:13 PM   #8 
     - Thank you for some excellent points. nt  Enthusiast   Aug-18-10 07:59 AM   #22 
  - We need to lower it to open up jobs for younger people  Cleita   Aug-17-10 02:26 PM   #6 
  - We have more to remember  izquierdista   Aug-17-10 03:21 PM   #10 
  - These days companies can get rid of older folks & NOT get sued.  SoCalDem   Aug-17-10 03:21 PM   #11 
  - Social Security is SOLVENT.....it's the government that's broke  thelordofhell   Aug-17-10 03:35 PM   #12 
  - I think the GOP longs for the day that somebody in the GOP even more  Hubert Flottz   Aug-17-10 04:04 PM   #16 
  - I totally agree...  4_TN_TITANS   Aug-17-10 04:07 PM   #17 
  - all that, and there's no jobs for older people. so what we're really saying is "starve old man."  nashville_brook   Aug-18-10 11:56 AM   #26 
 

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