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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 08:01 PM Original message |
SS FIX??? If 50% of the people in this country end up finding out that |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. Link ? |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 08:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. No link, I'm just musing..... I have spoken with many people who |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 08:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Thats what scares me, I don't see how I and my wife will ever retire. |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 08:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Hey!! I didn't mean anything by that!! :) |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 08:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I joke .I joke |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 08:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Links |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 08:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. I' don't see how we can retire ,, that is why I'm so frustrated. |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 10:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. Living longer means working longer - SS is NOT in funding trouble - Bush |
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cdsilv (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. I have a handicapped daughter who may never be able to live on her own.... |
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Quakerfriend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. I hear ya. Thank god, they've not been able to push this one |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. The oldest boomers had their pension contributions flat out robbed |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 08:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. If they work until they drop, will the net effect be that the SS burden |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 10:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
34. Yes you can work and draw social security |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 05:23 AM Response to Reply #34 |
42. Oh goody.... I will be able to afford cragars for my wheelchair |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 08:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. yup that`s me! |
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AnnaLee (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 08:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Older boomers are being targeted for something. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 12:11 AM Response to Reply #18 |
38. Yes, we have been blamed and demonized and now we |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 09:40 AM Response to Reply #18 |
48. Hi AnnaLee!! |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 08:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. So true! So true! |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 09:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. Robbed even if they kept their jobs. "Restructuring" the pension |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 10:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. ?? = there is not now and never was a employer may keep payroll |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 12:06 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. No, I'm referring to company pension plans |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 06:49 AM Response to Reply #37 |
45. company pension plans are indeed not fully funded - but PBGC insurance |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 10:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
32. I had my Social Security contributions robbed. |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 06:52 AM Response to Reply #32 |
46. If the company still exists you do have recourse as your contribs have |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 01:35 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. the company is LONG since gone... |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
10. yesterday a guy on npr a guy |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 10:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
35. But that's a short-term fix |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 10:22 AM Response to Reply #10 |
51. "who is going to contribute to social security?" |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
13. After Katrina, how could you not realize that you're on your own now. |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 08:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I am expecting a global dimensional shift in 2011, anything less |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
14. One way to 'fix; social security is to tax all |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 09:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Bingo. Why is that so difficult to implement? |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 10:44 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Why difficult to implement? |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 10:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. true - but the assumptions being used result in"only 90%" of the gap being |
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NaturalHigh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 12:33 AM Response to Reply #14 |
39. You got it. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 05:28 AM Response to Reply #14 |
43. why just wages? |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 06:57 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Also true - should be "income" has a "payroll" tax so that the 90% |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
17. That "loyalty to the employee" never existed and never will |
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Golden Raisin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
19. "Loyalty to the employee" ??? |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 08:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Well hells bells, they are the ones who make the "big" decisions |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
22. Republicans want to make you work until you die. Never forget that. |
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3ringcircus (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
23. google totalization,,,,,,,,,, |
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emcguffie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
24. But there's another side to that. |
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TheFarseer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
26. It's so they can do some crazy sh*t like privatization |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
31. Only upper & middle class people can realistically even think of retiring |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-07-06 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
33. Social Security was never meant to be your retirement |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 01:07 AM Response to Reply #33 |
40. You are right. Problem now is corporations have done away |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 10:16 AM Response to Reply #40 |
50. Yes - pensions are gone |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
41. SS is not in jeopardy |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 05:32 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. This country thanks to republicans is in debt (BIG TIME )!!! |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 09:59 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. well then, the whole country goes down...not just the 50% not getting SS |
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