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HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)
11. I will turn 64 in November
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 01:33 PM
Sep 2012

I don't TRUST them that I will get it in a year. I don't trust them that people already getting it NOW will continue to.

Keep it for EVERYONE no matter their age. If you say, well, I got MINE, they you are just playing into their hands. That is a me, me, me attitude like Repukes. If we are Dems, we care about everyone.

This 53 year old has it right.... [View all] Playinghardball Sep 2012 OP
yup. nt seabeyond Sep 2012 #1
SWEET!!! coldbeer Sep 2012 #14
Yep. The "over my dead body" part is quite accurate. Duer 157099 Sep 2012 #2
I am 47 I totally agree... Kalidurga Sep 2012 #3
Just turned 48 and totally agree MotorCityMan Sep 2012 #55
I'm 75 and I agree HelenWheels Sep 2012 #84
You are absolutely right OLDMDDEM Oct 2012 #89
Out of money is out of money. dkf Sep 2012 #4
RE: out of money is out of money ToxMarz Sep 2012 #19
+1 Jazzgirl Sep 2012 #25
Thanks for answering that so capably.. tokenlib Sep 2012 #51
How can you pay out $70 trillion when total US wealth is less than $70 trillion? dkf Sep 2012 #77
ummm Loudestlib Sep 2012 #85
There is plenty of money. It just needs to be paid. Ikonoklast Sep 2012 #20
The present value of our federal obligations is $70 trillion if you add social security and Medicare dkf Sep 2012 #31
You assume that there will be nothing done to change that. Ikonoklast Sep 2012 #33
RE: Crazy huh? ToxMarz Sep 2012 #37
"We" didn't get "ourselves" on any hook, we were robbed and the money is still there. n/t Egalitarian Thug Sep 2012 #39
You throw that $70 trillion number around pretty liberally (so to speak)... JHB Sep 2012 #64
The SS fund is not in any danger of not being able to meet its obligations for at least another sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #30
The net present value of federal obligations is $70 trillion. That equals all the world's assets. dkf Sep 2012 #34
Oh FFS dkf HangOnKids Sep 2012 #38
You tell me when the US Government has ever defaulted on its sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #40
They aren't going to default on the Treasury Bonds. It's the rest of the obligations at risk. dkf Sep 2012 #42
What obligations are at risk? sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #46
No...I'm talking about after the trust fund is used up. dkf Sep 2012 #54
The trust fund will not be used up. It has three sources of revenue and sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #56
Do you not understand they have obligated more money than exists? dkf Sep 2012 #69
You Understand That The Wealth Is Recycled Over Time? ProfessorGAC Sep 2012 #78
So you think it is perfectly reasonable to think that obligations with a net present value of $70 dkf Sep 2012 #80
The fucking trust fund is SUPPOSED to be used up, fercrhissakes! eridani Sep 2012 #58
When you add all the promises it exceeds our assets. dkf Sep 2012 #75
The we default to our other creditors and cut back our imperial war machine eridani Sep 2012 #87
How about you break that number down, and go into the assumptions behind it? JHB Sep 2012 #65
This is the same logic Bush & Issa used to kill the post office Doctor_J Sep 2012 #73
there are numerous flaws in the model cojoel Sep 2012 #83
+1 DeeDeeNY Sep 2012 #70
We need more bullshit RW talking points the way we need holes in our heads n/t eridani Sep 2012 #57
Did you get your numbers from Drudge Report? ...Again? n/t Scootaloo Sep 2012 #61
Really? Tell the 1%ers whose wealth is growing exponentially dotymed Sep 2012 #71
There is plenty of money. Its just spent on the wrong things. olegramps Sep 2012 #76
Am 64 and will be taking Medicare in Jan. I don't want to see anyone lose these benefits. southernyankeebelle Sep 2012 #5
+1000. Just found out that I will have to have a cataract operation eridani Sep 2012 #59
I am grateful to get it. I will fight for the younger people to have it also. Not just for my southernyankeebelle Sep 2012 #66
Oh, yes, and then some... MANative Sep 2012 #6
I resemble that remark liberal N proud Sep 2012 #7
I'm 51... Sophiegirl Sep 2012 #8
They need to raise the ceiling on FICA. Blanks Sep 2012 #9
Exactly PatSeg Sep 2012 #22
President Obama supported it in 2008--it's better than cuts.. tokenlib Sep 2012 #53
I'm 53 as well and that's EXACTLY how I feel. Matariki Sep 2012 #10
Especially when they enjoy all sorts of "entitlements" themselves Art_from_Ark Sep 2012 #48
I will turn 64 in November HockeyMom Sep 2012 #11
I'm 55 & I don't believe the bullshit that I'm safe. CrispyQ Sep 2012 #12
Anyone over 55 (or even over 65) who thinks they are safe is delusional eridani Sep 2012 #62
I'm a little short of that mark, but not by much... JHB Sep 2012 #13
as they talk about stopping Social Security and Medicare onethatcares Sep 2012 #15
Remember the "work until you're 70" suggestions of late? KansDem Sep 2012 #35
yes, I remember that onethatcares Sep 2012 #43
more divide + conquer. pansypoo53219 Sep 2012 #16
Do the right thing! HenryWallace Sep 2012 #17
So how do we fix it? pediatricmedic Sep 2012 #18
Change the tax rate paid from 2.9% to 4.25%. Medicare Fixed. Ikonoklast Sep 2012 #24
There are a number of tweaks that could be tried taught_me_patience Sep 2012 #28
Don't forget Medicare for All. If our per capita health care expenses were the same-- eridani Sep 2012 #63
Fix what? You just made a false statement regarding SS. sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #41
mark to come back to rurallib Sep 2012 #21
Bullshit. It's only a little adjustment around the margins. MannyGoldstein Sep 2012 #23
You think cat food is cheap? still_one Sep 2012 #27
Some of it is pretty cheap Art_from_Ark Sep 2012 #52
At 61 I'm eligible to file for SS in December--and I am. mnhtnbb Sep 2012 #26
I hope he explained that to his parents. JohnnyRingo Sep 2012 #29
Retired people need to be made to understand that they are not grandfathered into anything! brewens Sep 2012 #32
I happen to be 53, too. hamsterjill Sep 2012 #36
I'm 51 and this really pisses me off. madinmaryland Sep 2012 #44
Is it possible that hospitals are grossly overcharging and no one is stopping them? RepublicansRZombies Sep 2012 #45
I turned 55, this year Timbuk3 Sep 2012 #47
This 53 year old agrees. OnionPatch Sep 2012 #49
I'm 52 and can totally relate - part of why this is being done is demographics NoAmericanTaliban Sep 2012 #50
"Fuck the young" Scootaloo Sep 2012 #60
What comes after the The Greatest Generation. Sanddancer Sep 2012 #67
I just turned 65 OLDMDDEM Sep 2012 #68
Which is why every single Dem in the WH and Congress should declare, Doctor_J Sep 2012 #72
I've been paying into it for 30 years boston bean Sep 2012 #74
I'm 49. Borchkins Sep 2012 #79
53 next month LittleGirl Sep 2012 #81
Amen, I'm 58, sibs are 52, 50 and 46. joanbarnes Sep 2012 #82
I'm 48 and feel the exact same way!!! citizen blues Sep 2012 #86
Playinghardball OLDMDDEM Oct 2012 #88
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