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In reply to the discussion: Pay attention, please. This is your money, not an entitlement. [View all]Bayard
(23,606 posts)1. Absolutely, its our money!
We earned it. Something the wealthy who inherited their money, don't know much about. They think they have much better uses for these funds, so, let the peasants eat cake!
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It's deferred income, and therefore earned income. That's why we pay taxes on it.
Gaugamela
Jul 2022
#13
We should be framing those as retroactive tax hikes on the middle and lower class.
plimsoll
Jul 2022
#20
It absolutely IS AN ENTITLEMENT, because it's your money, and you're entitled to it...........
W T F
Jul 2022
#22
Too alarmist. President Biden would veto any reduction in social spending.
totodeinhere
Jul 2022
#25