Boehner: Retirement age needs to be raised to 70

[bigdarryl]

MY MY MY just when you think you heard the craziest things from the other side they top themselves with something else http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/29/john-boehner-accuses-demo_n_629265.html

[SpiralHawk]

1. And Man-Tan Abusers should be prohibited from receiving benefits

As long as we are proposing changes.

[PlanetBev]

15. Oh my God, ManTan

Haven't thought about that in years. Put me right in the WayBack Machine

[JVS]

2. To support such a policy without taking steps to help workers over 50 find jobs is insane.

[CanonRay]

3. Bohner's apparently never worked a construction job

Carrying bags of cement or roofing shingles at age 70? Yeah, right.

[monmouth]

4. I will turn 70 next week, enjoy good health, and still have a bit of

energy. However, if I had to work a 40 hour week at the pace I was I'd never make it to Friday. This is insanity. Your energy and quickness of the brain start to devolve. That's the truth of it and I'll admit it. This guy needs to actually work instead of sitting in his ivory tower....

[Mimosa]

5. Where are the jobs for 70 year olds?

What a fool.

[avaistheone1]

10. There are no jobs for 30 year olds

[rzemanfl]

14. There are 30 year olds who would pay my Social Security just to

have my shitty job.

[Arkana]

17. A-fucking-men.

[Enthusiast]

24. He simply doesn't care.

"Let them eat cake."

[WI_DEM]

6. Get this out that the man who wants to be the next speaker of the house wants to hike the retirement

age. I'll tell you. I now have to work until I'm 67 to get full social security and I'm not thrilled about having to go another three years! people deserve a few years before they die to rest. Start taxing the hell out of the rich.

[MichiganVote]

7. Yep, Time to empty out all those lazy bums in the local rest home and give them a shovel.

Face it, if the rich could dig us up from the grave and work people for 10 cents on the dollar, they'd do that too.

:eyes: These are exactly the morons who we DON'T need handling the government.

[Hekate]

8. All things considered, I guess we can just look forward to more 3rd World jobs, like oldsters...

... pottering along sweeping trash or leaves from the sidewalks, because they had to be gotten out of the way of the younger workers, and after all, people do slow down as they age. There won't be enough Wal-Mart Greeter jobs for all of them (soon to be me and my hubby as well) -- besides which, not everyone is able to stand for an 8-hour shift -- but I'm sure we can make accommodations for all those white collar workers to transition to 3rd World type jobs more suitable to their declining abilities.

Who needs Social Security? It's not like anyone gets bad leg veins or heart trouble or osteoarthritis or shortness of breath by the age of 65, right? Hip replacements, new heart valves -- who needs 'em? All those things that would make retirement sound like a nice idea --pfft!

And please, let's not forget that (as I have read many times on DU itself) Older Workers Should Get Out of the Way and Let Younger People Have the Jobs. So they (we) will just have to adjust to the new reality.

More goddam Social Darwinism coming from the Repubs, and embraced by more than a few younger Dems.

Hekate

[opihimoimoi]

9. The DUMB FUCK FACE,,,Its supposed to be the Opposte,,,retire at 58 to 62 ,,,Not 70

[KingFlorez]

11. There are people out there who can't make it that far

Not just because of energy, but because of how employers view age. Not many employers are going to keep someone on until they're 70 or hire someone of an advanced age.

[rzemanfl]

13. They would prefer folks who can spell, too. Sorry, that was

snarky but I couldn't resist.

[DCBob]

12. If this ever happens there needs to be additional legistlation that addresses jobs for the elderly..

such as stronger regs for age descrimination and incentives for companies to hire and retain older workers.

[rasputin1952]

16. If the IQ rating was upped to a minimum of 70 for R's in congress...

Boehner still would be 20 points below that minimum!

[Enrique]

18. desperate senior citizens are FABULOUS for profits

think of the increased power of the greedheads to squeeze more and more out of workers!

Next, get rid of unemployment compensation and the minimum wage and watch Wall Street really take off!

[backscatter712]

19. THANK YOU BOEHNER!!!

That is exactly what he needs to not say if he wants the GOP to make headway this November.

Hopefully, the Democrats will jump on this HARD!

[vaberella]

20. Nice way to say way too many people are mooching off of SS. n/t

[rocktivity]

21. Rocktivity: Social Security salary cap needs to be raised

to infinity.

And "The Grim Weeper's" IQ to seven.

:headbang:
rocktivity

[LatteLibertine]

22. Not sure why people don't get it

If you're not a member of the most wealthy minority in the United States you don't matter to the GoP. They will ignore your interests or actively work against them.

They spend and increase the deficit like anyone else when in the majority. With them you get the added perks of increased crony capitalism, tax breaks for the most wealthy and low to no regulation.

That said, regulation is meaningless if the regulators are corrupted puppets of those they are supposed to be regulating.

[treestar]

23. Why not? Boner plans on keeping his job till then and longer

:sarcasm: