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In reply to the discussion: So I opened my paycheck today---well---actually I get direct deposit.... [View all]truedelphi
(32,324 posts)Republican at best, and a traitor to the elderly at the worst.
Over the last few months, we have already heard the fact that Social Security is taking in a lot less money (Multiply those $ 40 by 100 million households, and the Fund is losing a lot of money.) Then the "experts" come in and start yapping about how it can't go on like this - X amount of Baby Boomers retiring every damn minute, yet the Social Security payments are declining. What is being "hinted at" of course, is the fact that maybe Social Security needs tweaking, like the CPI chained cuts to the program, or even upping the retirement age.
Meanwhile, some 69.55 billions of dollars were just added too the nation's deficit so that AIG, Goldman Sachs, Disney and NASCAR can continue feeding at the Corporate welfare trough.