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customerserviceguy

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70. How do you plan on convincing them
Sun Aug 12, 2012, 05:00 PM
Aug 2012

that it will be there for them anyway?

Here's a Gallup survey from two years ago: http://www.gallup.com/poll/141449/six-workers-hold-no-hope-receiving-social-security.aspx

Check the chart:


Seems like a tough sell to me. I'm 56, and I have severe doubts it will be there for me at 67.

K&R !!! Getting older comes on quickly, quicker than many think, one day 50's RKP5637 Aug 2012 #1
When I was 40 I woke up one morning and I was 60.. INdemo Aug 2012 #3
The despicable thing the GOP is not mentioniing in the "over 55" exemption catbyte Aug 2012 #40
The whole "if you're over 55 the changes won't affect you" argument is just another lie. lunasun Aug 2012 #102
Sitting with guys yesterday day....getting older was the topic. Historic NY Aug 2012 #51
I recall well thinking, lying in bed one night at about 14, if I were only 18 how great it RKP5637 Aug 2012 #54
Life is like a roll of toilet paper - CrispyQ Aug 2012 #95
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
Easy way to preserve them sandyd921 Aug 2012 #23
I think a lot of people aren't even aware that there is a cap. Blanks Aug 2012 #71
Raise the SS cap & tax investment like labor. CrispyQ Aug 2012 #96
Ironically, that's what the tea party should have stood for. Blanks Aug 2012 #110
Amen JustAnotherGen Aug 2012 #103
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
Wall Street is going to get... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2012 #30
Wall Street has invested heavily in both parties. girl gone mad Aug 2012 #74
Unfortunately, no politician.. awoke_in_2003 Aug 2012 #86
Will I still have to pay taxes for them? Comrade_McKenzie Aug 2012 #6
Yes. Medicare and SS for 55+ would still have to be paid for. (nt) jeff47 Aug 2012 #10
What neither side is mentioning is RC Aug 2012 #107
Add to this thought turtlerescue1 Aug 2012 #7
When you are young, you believe that you will do well. JDPriestly Aug 2012 #45
And on top of this the market is rigged in favor of wealth. Any thinking they are going RKP5637 Aug 2012 #52
Consider starting a thread with this.... nt raccoon Aug 2012 #68
Truer words have never been written. burnsei sensei Aug 2012 #93
If the Ryan Budget Is Enacted, You Will Have To Leave The U.S. Yavin4 Aug 2012 #99
An excellent post worthy of it's own thread. CrispyQ Aug 2012 #100
You Will Need to Have $1.4 million Saved In Order to Earn $14K in interest Yavin4 Aug 2012 #101
Thanks for doing my math for me! CrispyQ Aug 2012 #106
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
Those vouchers would be worthless anyway because no LibDemAlways Aug 2012 #12
There's Absolutely NO Profit to be Made from Insuring the Elderly Yavin4 Aug 2012 #104
All those over 55 and current recipients are at risk, too. Faygo Kid Aug 2012 #9
Billions to kill Iranians - Nothing for Seniors/Students/Schools/the Middle Class/the Poor.... LibDemAlways Aug 2012 #16
USA, a subsidiary of the MIC! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2012 #56
Yep. Just because you're over 55 doesn't mean you're safe....... socialist_n_TN Aug 2012 #41
I'll be 60 in a coupla weeks, and . . . tilsammans Aug 2012 #82
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
I do not think it is as easy as that. Drahthaardogs Aug 2012 #13
You are absolutely right! liberalmuse Aug 2012 #14
"It won't affect me because I am over 55" Syndrome HockeyMom Aug 2012 #15
So agree! marew Aug 2012 #20
Where does the support come from to keep SS as is for the over 55. KILL THE WISE ONE Aug 2012 #66
It shouldn't change for ANYBODY HockeyMom Aug 2012 #72
Ask him why we 54- people would keep paying for it. (nt) jeff47 Aug 2012 #80
I've been paying into SS since the age of 16... Cooley Hurd Aug 2012 #17
I so identify with what you said Grammy23 Aug 2012 #64
Your story is so familiar to mine LittleGirl Aug 2012 #87
And there is a message to all people in the "safe zone" of over 55 too. Curmudgeoness Aug 2012 #18
Don't trust them. over 55 u need to know that they WILL make changes, and screw you too. progressivebydesign Aug 2012 #19
They wouldn't do that...would they? bkurth Aug 2012 #27
Yup, if Republicans have Congress and the Presidency, nothing stops them... gulliver Aug 2012 #28
If what they're advocating were any good, they wouldn't HAVE TO 'reassure' 55+ seniors. TahitiNut Aug 2012 #21
kick! hedgehog Aug 2012 #24
All people over 55 lark Aug 2012 #26
Indeed. That would be like expecting the school bully to stop demanding-- eridani Aug 2012 #78
They will try to sell the idea that it will be a "modified" version so the elderly + stoopid flamingdem Aug 2012 #29
I am 55. The oldest to get screwed, of course, and the ones kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #31
Everyone above and below age 55 Golden Raisin Aug 2012 #32
HUGE K & R !!! WillyT Aug 2012 #33
Goodness! Do you mean Senate Democrats would go along with that? kenny blankenship Aug 2012 #34
I'm only 17. ANewEra Aug 2012 #35
Welcome to DU, ANewEra classof56 Aug 2012 #47
hello ANewEra! turtlerescue1 Aug 2012 #58
Welcome aboard I'm sure OFA will appreciate the help Historic NY Aug 2012 #76
I have a question for you, ANewEra Skittles Aug 2012 #90
Welcome to DU! Quantess Aug 2012 #92
I'm 58 90-percent Aug 2012 #36
Give The BOOT to the GOP elbloggoZY27 Aug 2012 #37
They are masters of using envy to divide n2doc Aug 2012 #38
They think they have to destroy Social Security in order to "save" it... lastlib Aug 2012 #39
Dog and Cat people in the future IF the GOP wins this election!!!! benld74 Aug 2012 #42
well, i'm 56 shanti Aug 2012 #43
Not just 55 and under - Consider xxqqqzme Aug 2012 #44
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
Teach your children well. WinstonSmith4740 Aug 2012 #48
Do I really need to Facebook? I don't think so. just1voice Aug 2012 #49
No one is "safe" -- not even one percenters nichomachus Aug 2012 #53
I'll be 64 in about a week too lunatica Aug 2012 #55
I really don't understand how anyone AsahinaKimi Aug 2012 #57
A lot of people in this country are woefully uneducated and if not that, a large RKP5637 Aug 2012 #60
meh. AsahinaKimi Aug 2012 #61
Yep, we're going to need all the help we can get IMO. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2012 #63
STOP WITH THE AGE 55 thing Skittles Aug 2012 #62
They will set a year, not an age. Anything prior to 1956 or 1955, perhaps. CrispyQ Aug 2012 #94
CORRECT Skittles Aug 2012 #109
I'm 54! AnnieK401 Aug 2012 #65
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
How do you plan on convincing them customerserviceguy Aug 2012 #70
Ryan simply had no balls to say this policy will start immediately because, chelsea0011 Aug 2012 #73
The rightwingnuts will go to far magic59 Aug 2012 #75
You have to do more than just vote for Dems eridani Aug 2012 #77
Oh it will affect you 55+ people. jeff47 Aug 2012 #79
couldn't say PatrynXX Aug 2012 #81
I am 56 BUT I have grown kids. I want Medicare & Social Security to be there for them too. jillan Aug 2012 #83
What gloal1 said Timbuk3 Aug 2012 #84
We're going to lose those benefits anyway Yo_Mama Aug 2012 #85
A lot of young people have parents who are under 55 and we have to remind them kimbutgar Aug 2012 #88
So get on your Tweety's and FB's and Blogs and shout it out!! Love it! nt MADem Aug 2012 #89
We know that's why we're democrats. craigmatic Aug 2012 #91
This message was self-deleted by its author crimson77 Aug 2012 #97
People OVER 55 need to advocate for universal health care. Then we'd all be in it together. nt Romulox Aug 2012 #98
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