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Johnny2X2X

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27. It's about dignity
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 12:11 PM
Sep 2019

The disabled and the elderly cannot live in dignity with what the minimum is now, this would lift millions up towards a dignified existence.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
There she goes with her plans again BeyondGeography Sep 2019 #1
yeah!! she doesnt fall for scrapping the cap! mopinko Sep 2019 #3
Completely agree. Nt lostnfound Sep 2019 #5
thanks for that insight rurallib Sep 2019 #9
i learned that from teddy kennedy. mopinko Sep 2019 #11
All well and good, but... Wounded Bear Sep 2019 #13
Not sure I follow you. The article says she would lift the cap KPN Sep 2019 #16
lift the cap, fine. scrap the cap, no. expand fica to investment income is the biggie. mopinko Sep 2019 #23
Thanks. I was thinking lifting and scrapping KPN Sep 2019 #36
Her plan is to lift the cap and tax investment income IronLionZion Sep 2019 #21
Thank you for that detailed and clear explanation. KPN Sep 2019 #37
Warren's plans are very well thought out. She's got my vote IronLionZion Sep 2019 #42
Social Security is not a "retirement benefit.". "Retirement" is nowhere in the law. MadDAsHell Sep 2019 #38
I love this Ohiogal Sep 2019 #2
Tax cuts serve 2 purposes Martin Eden Sep 2019 #8
well said. nt iluvtennis Sep 2019 #17
It's been their strategy for decades. And then they KPN Sep 2019 #19
F.U. Rob Portman ECL213 Sep 2019 #14
The difference between Warren and others who make proposals grantcart Sep 2019 #4
Why a wealth tax above $50 million? Make it a bloody $5 million. Get rid of the zero! DemocracyMouse Sep 2019 #7
Perhaps because if her wealth tax is annual, the 5 million would be gone in 50 years. KPN Sep 2019 #22
Oh dear, wouldn't Pragmatic Incrementalism be much safer? Fiendish Thingy Sep 2019 #6
Warren is educated. REALLY educated. DemocracyMouse Sep 2019 #10
She is going in the correct direction. safeinOhio Sep 2019 #12
At LEAST raise the cap. Rep Sean Duffy said he couldn't survive on $176,000 / year. usaf-vet Sep 2019 #15
Bingo....................the rich do not have to pay on anything above $132,900.01 turbinetree Sep 2019 #24
Warren's new proposal leaves a donut hole for income between $132,900 and $250,000 a year, highplainsdem Sep 2019 #30
I imagine doing so would result in fewer ayes. KPN Sep 2019 #35
K&R HeartlandProgressive Sep 2019 #18
Let it be her. zentrum Sep 2019 #20
I know senior women living on 900 per month with 15 dollars in Food Stamps this is Florida Oppaloopa Sep 2019 #25
While I sure can use the $200/month, I don't think this is a good idea -- except at lowest levels - Hoyt Sep 2019 #26
But this proposal entails new taxes, though with a strange donut hole for income between highplainsdem Sep 2019 #29
Nothing Warren can propose is going to satisfy you Hoyt. crazytown Sep 2019 #39
What evidence to the contrary? And last night, she was right back on her "Economic Patriotism." Hoyt Sep 2019 #40
'Free Trade' was not popular in the midwest in 2016 (and still is not, but they're learning) crazytown Sep 2019 #41
Definitely not popular. They consider foreign workers scabs -- "Screw poor Mexicans, Vietnamese, Hoyt Sep 2019 #43
What Warren calls 'Economic Patriotism', is not 'America First'. crazytown Sep 2019 #44
It's about dignity Johnny2X2X Sep 2019 #27
I'm not sure why we need to increase Social Security payments for those who are well off. And as highplainsdem Sep 2019 #28
Promises and proposals are easy, how to get them passed into law & paid for, much harder. n/t elocs Sep 2019 #31
Yeah Bradical79 Sep 2019 #32
Yea..... paleotn Sep 2019 #33
Did you set up that clever strawman just so you could knock it down? elocs Sep 2019 #34
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