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babsbunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 07:24 PM Original message |
US Treasury chief says Social Security 'unsustainable' |
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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. And let's take a guess at what the proposed solution will be... |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 07:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Silly...that would have the same problem. |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 08:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Privatization actually has reduced benefits and cost more in Chile, for example |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. Then so should be all federal penisions, especially those excessive ones |
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mountainvue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 09:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
40. Touche'. n/t |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. that`s ok |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. Pop the cap, and SS is in the black for another 100 years. nm |
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WHEN CRABS ROAR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I agree. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 08:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Hiya, WCR! |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Yep. But that makes too much sense. Plus the stock market needs |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 08:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. G*d forbid that folks at $10 million/yr should take a 0.5% hit to keep our elderly from starving. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. Winner. |
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Zorro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. Popping the cap is only fair |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #26 |
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Zorro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. So you think it's fair |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:48 PM Response to Reply #29 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 05:40 AM Response to Reply #30 |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #30 |
47. AARP made the same argument at first |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 02:34 AM Response to Reply #29 |
42. I used to know a "Zorro" on another forum. He's still there, |
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Zorro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Well that's not me |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 12:13 AM Response to Reply #5 |
31. Yup. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 04:03 AM Response to Reply #5 |
35. Why, when there's no reason to? |
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Zorro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 08:57 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. Good post, Hannah |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
48. 90% of national income |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. Heres an idea -- how about we dump it all into the open market to prop up |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. He's the guy who told us last summer that the housing crash had bottomed. |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. Tax cuts for the rich - now THAT'S SUSTAINABLE!!! |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 07:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. And for high wage earners, no cap on FICA. |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. It's the timing, people. Which candidate is addressing the economy? |
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BadgerKid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Hey McCain -- Don't make us bleed, kill the greed. n/t |
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jimshoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
11. Bring back some of those jobs you sent overseas |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
14. I really don't get this. |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
15. this was their plan right along, due to the problems in the economy |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
20. Let's can his ass instead. nt |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
21. As if you couldn't see this a mile away. |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 02:39 AM Response to Reply #21 |
43. LOL! I like the way you post. -eom |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
23. Oh please, your bosses lose a trillion dollars here and there. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
24. Self-fufilling prophesy: Thieves blaming the victims for having no food in the house |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
25. Paulson is a irritating fuck. |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
28. listen, paulson.... |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
32. Rethuglican victory in the war on 'Entitlements' is in sight. |
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Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 04:15 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Bingo! The MAIN reason. |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
33. well they sure took our money from our checks |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 03:51 AM Response to Original message |
34. Paulson is a crook. SS is 2 trillion in surplus, & everyone (not just |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:01 AM Response to Original message |
38. But we can stay in Iraq for 50 or even a 100 years. |
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mountainvue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
39. Remember when Bush wanted |
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Oldtimeralso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
41. This is just a part of the Greedy Old Perverts plan to... |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
46. Nobody touches ANYTHING 'til Bush is OUT OF OFFICE. |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
49. While I don't buy the fear mongering about Soc Sec, I agree with raising the cap on withholdings. |
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