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In reply to the discussion: This Is A Message To All On DU That Are Below The Age Of 55...... [View all]benld74
(9,904 posts)42. Dog and Cat people in the future IF the GOP wins this election!!!!
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The whole "if you're over 55 the changes won't affect you" argument is just another lie.
lunasun
Aug 2012
#102
I recall well thinking, lying in bed one night at about 14, if I were only 18 how great it
RKP5637
Aug 2012
#54
Damn, that really sums it up well! It does seem to run so much faster toward the end!!! n/t
RKP5637
Aug 2012
#105
Damn right. ANYONE below 55 is at risk of losing SS and Medicare in this "election"
ProfessionalLeftist
Aug 2012
#2
And the response to "but they're saving it"/"won't be there if they don't save it"
Patiod
Aug 2012
#4
What they're saving is fat tax cuts for the multi-millionaires.. and subsidies for Big Oil. n/t
progressivebydesign
Aug 2012
#25
My 4 children are all below 55 and I worry about their future should MittRyan win/steal the election
Auntie Bush
Aug 2012
#5
And on top of this the market is rigged in favor of wealth. Any thinking they are going
RKP5637
Aug 2012
#52
Right. And try saving that after inflation on $50,000 per year and a family.
JDPriestly
Aug 2012
#108
Yep--I'm in my forties. Spend 20+ years paying in, get "coupons" back that won't
TwilightGardener
Aug 2012
#8
Billions to kill Iranians - Nothing for Seniors/Students/Schools/the Middle Class/the Poor....
LibDemAlways
Aug 2012
#16
Lurking in the background is the catfood commission appointed by Obama to develop recommendations to
Citizen Worker
Aug 2012
#11
and this is helpful to defeat the republicans and the Ryan budget, how exactly?
progressivebydesign
Aug 2012
#22
I thought we were talking about defeating the attempt to end or cut benefits to those 55 or younger.
Dragonfli
Aug 2012
#50
Don't trust them. over 55 u need to know that they WILL make changes, and screw you too.
progressivebydesign
Aug 2012
#19
If what they're advocating were any good, they wouldn't HAVE TO 'reassure' 55+ seniors.
TahitiNut
Aug 2012
#21
They will try to sell the idea that it will be a "modified" version so the elderly + stoopid
flamingdem
Aug 2012
#29
Exactly!!! Some people just don't get it that SH** happens. Something happened like
RKP5637
Aug 2012
#59
I like to tell all the conservatives to go frack themselves but bestiality is against the law.
part man all 86
Aug 2012
#46
A lot of people in this country are woefully uneducated and if not that, a large
RKP5637
Aug 2012
#60
Damn... I was really hoping the body of the message would read "Get off my lawn!!"
harmonicon
Aug 2012
#67
Over 55 but know people whose lifeline, literally, is Medicaid. We can't let R-R kill them.
freshwest
Aug 2012
#69
Ryan simply had no balls to say this policy will start immediately because,
chelsea0011
Aug 2012
#73
I am 56 BUT I have grown kids. I want Medicare & Social Security to be there for them too.
jillan
Aug 2012
#83
A lot of young people have parents who are under 55 and we have to remind them
kimbutgar
Aug 2012
#88