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bvar22

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12. Raise-the-Cap on SS and INCREASE benefits!!!

Reply to sabrina 1 (Original post)

Mon Jan 27, 2014, 08:01 PM

Jan 2014

Seniors are NOT going to stash a Social Security Increase in their Offshore Accounts.
They will SPEND it,
providing an immediate STIMULUS.

Save the Economy by putting money into the hands of those that will SPEND IT!

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Raise Social Security Benefits. Stimulate the Economy! [View all] sabrina 1 Jan 2014 OP

It's time to give money to everyone, not more to select groups. reformist2 Jan 2014 #1

Could you be more specific? I don't understand your comment. Giving a raise to SS beneficiaries sabrina 1 Jan 2014 #2

Unconditional Basic Income perhaps Joe Shlabotnik Jan 2014 #8

Sounds like a good idea. I read about that a few months ago and hope they pass it next time. sabrina 1 Jan 2014 #10

Who does the money come from, Progressive dog Jan 2014 #7

I wasn't sure what reformist meant. S/he might have been talking about how much we've just given sabrina 1 Jan 2014 #9

Most of us on Social Security could use an extra Cleita Jan 2014 #3

Yes, 'put a tax on those over $500,000 a year'. And polls show that most Americans sabrina 1 Jan 2014 #6

Recommend for Exposure...Informative post KoKo Jan 2014 #4

Someone should tell Obama. Broward Jan 2014 #5

Yes, someone should. Let's hope the Democratic Congress will tell him. Because I haven't seen him sabrina 1 Jan 2014 #11

Raise-the-Cap on SS and INCREASE benefits!!! bvar22 Jan 2014 #12

That was Candidate Obama. But now he supports cuts to SS. Or is he not aware of what the CPI sabrina 1 Jan 2014 #13

K&R woo me with science Jan 2014 #14