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About Social Security being 'on the table [View all] Dog Gone at Penigma Dec 2012 OP
All great reasons to stick 1% with the tab, leave that on the table . orpupilofnature57 Dec 2012 #1
don't leave it on the table so much as Dog Gone at Penigma Dec 2012 #3
K&R !!! orpupilofnature57 Dec 2012 #5
I believe that the Trust Fund was loaned, not spent. MannyGoldstein Dec 2012 #2
loans taken without the permission of those who contributed the funds Dog Gone at Penigma Dec 2012 #4
The very definition of theft. RC Dec 2012 #9
I have a great idea--we could put the segregated funds in a "lockbox." Jackpine Radical Dec 2012 #27
loans which Bush actually calle Worthless IOU's Pharaoh Dec 2012 #10
I am almost 50 and have been paying in since I was 12. That is MY MONEY! Dustlawyer Dec 2012 #6
The fund is NOT empty silhouete2 Dec 2012 #7
"The GOP hates social programs" is only half of it, xtraxritical Dec 2012 #12
Well silhouete2 Dec 2012 #23
Sure, well thanks for the opinion, it's as good as mine. xtraxritical Dec 2012 #24
because one of the things that has been suggested to deal with the 'problem' of Social Security Dog Gone at Penigma Dec 2012 #29
And that's ALL political silhouete2 Dec 2012 #30
clearly Dog Gone at Penigma Dec 2012 #31
I agree silhouete2 Dec 2012 #32
This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #8
Obama has tried Dog Gone at Penigma Dec 2012 #18
kick! diddlysquat Dec 2012 #11
This is one of the best posts I've ever read here. However, plethoro Dec 2012 #13
Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #14
That wasn't taking to the streets. That was being thrown to plethoro Dec 2012 #17
Dog Gone, I missed your orginal post. Thank you saidsimplesimon Dec 2012 #15
The GOP PATRICK Dec 2012 #16
The very kindest thing I can say about this OP is that it is "misleading". bvar22 Dec 2012 #19
and yet repeatedly, when this question of repayment has been raised Dog Gone at Penigma Dec 2012 #20
let me elaborate Dog Gone at Penigma Dec 2012 #21
Hope it clarifies that more people don't give a flying rat's ass what the right thinks than do. jtuck004 Dec 2012 #22
I think at least enough people did pay attention Dog Gone at Penigma Dec 2012 #25
Assuming Pelosi Will Take SS "Off the Table" Iggy Dec 2012 #26
K&R JDPriestly Dec 2012 #28
The "trust fund" is an accounting gimmick that today allows the full payment of benefits. dkf Dec 2012 #33
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