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In reply to the discussion: Is this a joke: 20 years? [View all]ProSense
(116,464 posts)34. Whatever it is,
it adds up over 20 years. You also have to consider the lost value and the tax increases, and what for: Preserving tax cuts for people earning $250,000 to $400,000.
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And to add to the pain of this many of us have lost our company retirement accounts, if we
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#2
Well I'll surely be dead by then, I just hope it's by natural causes and not starvation..n/t
monmouth3
Dec 2012
#3
Let's just make this easy, kill off all those ready to qualify for their SS "benefit". All the l%
mother earth
Dec 2012
#5
Exactly. If you can't make profits for the master, you worth is zero...the new slavery.
mother earth
Dec 2012
#17
It's called debt bondage. Nothing new, but it did go out of fashion here for about 150 years.
geckosfeet
Dec 2012
#43
In 2014, Tea Party 2 privatizes Social Security! And our dreams will come true!
freshwest
Dec 2012
#14
Obama's "compromise" is putting us on the road to privatization of everything.
JDPriestly
Dec 2012
#49
Lack of involvement on the state level by people who don't want that, is doing it.
freshwest
Dec 2012
#52
The elephant in the room: WHY have the CPI in the deal AT ALL? Whether it's large or small. nt
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#9
You think they don't know that? This is their way of stealing those copper pennies off
Autumn
Dec 2012
#21