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3. And if you don't want to rob your retirement Peter to pay your parental leave Paul

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Wed Mar 27, 2019, 05:46 PM

Mar 2019

I guess you can always just cash some stocks your father gave you, right Mitt? Your wife certainly painted a sad picture of when you two crazy kids were starting out and you had to fall back on daddy's stock to support your burgeoning family. I cried for hours, thinking of all that idle money being tossed into the economy like so much kindling into a bonfire.

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GOP lawmakers offer paid parental leave legislation linked to Social Security [View all] babylonsister Mar 2019 OP

Kind of like withdrawing funds from your 401(k) Plan to fund children who will no_hypocrisy Mar 2019 #1

Sounds to me like families are being penalized. nt babylonsister Mar 2019 #2

And if you don't want to rob your retirement Peter to pay your parental leave Paul gratuitous Mar 2019 #3

Republicans Are Always Looking for Novel Ways to Cut a Person's Social Security dlk Mar 2019 #4

It's a sneaky way to weaken future SS payments when those folks procon Mar 2019 #5

What you said, exactly. nt babylonsister Mar 2019 #7

NO NO NO NO. Bad idea. Leave SS alone. What is WRONG with people? yellowcanine Mar 2019 #6