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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 01:13 PM Original message |
Country lowers retirement age to 58 |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Bravo! nt |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. With a life expectancy of about 70 for women and under 65 for men, that make sense |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
56. it's a very poor country w a large native population |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. Interesting read! |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. wow |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. Except our life expectancy in the US is on the decline |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I haven't seen anything to say this.. |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 03:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. The UN ranks us 38th in life expectancy |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Stress. We're being worked to death while constantly struggling to pay bills. n/t |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 06:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Stressed out and constantly struggling is just how the rich SOBs want us to be |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 07:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Amen to that. n/t |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #25 |
67. I like your cartoon President. Too bad the real one emulates him. |
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Alameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 10:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Sigh....sad but very true........ |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 03:54 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Alienation of labor... |
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Moonbat2 (112 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 05:20 AM Response to Reply #24 |
34. like they say |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 12:05 AM Response to Reply #23 |
64. Stress and record obesity. |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 07:59 AM Response to Reply #18 |
41. I would like to know the county in Maine. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 12:51 PM Response to Reply #18 |
51. I've long felt that that my mother's generation |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
57. we've never been close to number one in life expectancy |
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molly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:13 AM Response to Reply #10 |
46. Our infant mortality rate is now abysmal |
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Creative (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 07:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
40. That is not true. If current trends continue, our kids will live longer. |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
68. We need a study that show's life expectancy trends based on income/wealth. And |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. If we could do that, I imagine the unemployment picture might improve. |
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MJJP21 (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
7. Someone |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. We raise it here so there is less to collect from Social Security.... |
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indimuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
9. KNR! Bravo!! n/t |
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sasha031 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. good news for them |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. How fucking novel, actually LOWERING the retirement age for State........ |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Pretty sure it isn't novel at all... |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 03:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I really don't know what EXACTLY you are trying to say. What do you........ |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I am saying that if the economy in Bolivia.. |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 04:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. It all depends on how it is funded AND how the law is worded as in......... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
58. the economy in bolivia has nowhere to go but up |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 04:52 AM Response to Reply #14 |
33. they didnt reverse our work week |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:22 AM Response to Reply #14 |
47. "..what matters is only if it works." |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
13. OMG. they're socialists. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 06:51 AM Response to Reply #13 |
39. I think the word you're looking for is "civilized" |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
15. If they retire that young |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
52. Maybe they have a lot of |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
16. Bean counters forced Turkey to raise theirs to 65 and riots broke out. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
19. Bolivian Senate Approves Nationalization of $3 Billion Pension Fund System |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
22. Bravo, Evo!!! |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
26. K&R....this is great news for Bolivians and a shining example for the rest of the world.... |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
28. Time to move to South America. That part of the world |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
53. Pretty soon |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
59. we'll "start" hearing nasty things about them? |
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farmboxer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 03:34 AM Response to Original message |
29. I worked so very hard for Obama, yet he worships Republicans |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 08:21 AM Response to Reply #29 |
42. weak |
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Patchuli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #29 |
48. I am hoping we will have a challenger |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 03:52 AM Response to Original message |
30. Considering that Miners and laborers |
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Moonbat2 (112 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 05:35 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. in order to "retire" |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 08:38 AM Response to Reply #36 |
43. what, exactly, are you implying? |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #43 |
60. the implication seems to be that farmers don't work (many bolivians are subsistence farmers) |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 12:07 AM Response to Reply #60 |
65. Actually, I think he implied that bankers and such don't work. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 04:19 AM Response to Original message |
32. awesome news, for once, and enthusiastically rec'ced. |
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Citizen Worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 05:33 AM Response to Original message |
35. This is a fine example of why a friend refers to President Evo Morales as EVOLVE. This is exactly |
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Moonbat2 (112 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 05:37 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. see #36 |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 05:50 AM Response to Original message |
38. It's 55 in Indonesia |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 01:06 PM Response to Reply #38 |
54. Thank you for sharing! |
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irislake (967 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
44. Well that's "socialism" for yu! |
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kgnu_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
45. Socialism is winning there |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
49. Better yet, make it 55. |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
50. Darn third worlders - making it tough. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
55. kick |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
61. Bolivia, bad information and the State Department |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:11 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. US State Department remains one of the slimier areas of our government .... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
62. Exactly what we should be doing ... plus the 4 day work week .... 5 hour day .... |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 12:08 AM Response to Reply #62 |
66. How exactly am I supposed to make a living on 20 hours a week? nt |
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