Cheney Urges Americans to Save

[Judi Lynn]

Cheney Urges Americans to Save

Thursday March 2, 2006 3:46 PM


By JEANNINE AVERSA

WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Dick Cheney urged Americans Thursday to do a better job of saving and challenged policymakers to strengthen pensions and fix Social Security to help people in their golden years.

``The American dream begins with saving money and that should begin on the very first day of work,'' Cheney told a conference here exploring how to encourage people to boost savings and be better prepared for retirement.

Too often, workers are living paycheck to paycheck and are not saving sufficiently, Cheney said.

Last year, Americans' personal savings rate dropped to its lowest point since the Great Depression. The dismal state of savings comes as a big wave of baby boomers will soon start retiring.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5658402,00.html

[Oceansaway]

1. asshole dickhead

never had to worry about saving....what a jerk

[saigon68]

46. he's an evil fucking clown

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

99. Pepper the Clown.

Perfect.

[saigon68]

110. Don't you feel the love for the Draft-Dodger

Emanating from this thread.

[roguevalley]

86. If you save, it will be easier for them to find your last nickel.

[sarcasmo]

2. Kind of hard to save on $8.00 an hour, DICK.

[stepnw1f]

17. No Shit

and after they destroyed our economy too. Fucking robber barons. What the hell am I gonna do?

[raccoon]

31. and no health insurance. nt

[wordpix]

69. no joke, even $20/hr. doesn't cut it these days

[OneTwentyoNine]

96. Gas prices UP .34 cents per gallon in about 12 days around here...

We're getting RAPED at the pump you ass wipe. Go preach to someone else about saving.

[Up2Late]

109. It's even harder to save on $5.25 per hour, the FEDERAL Minimum Wage!

That's our Dick! :mad:

[Dhalgren]

3. Save what?

Most of us are f'ing poor we're lucky to pay our bills and have something to eat - much less SAVE! Let them eat cake...

[bullimiami]

4. HOW? you heartless asshole.

[Coventina]

5. Go fuck yourself, Cheney.

You have no business telling the American workers that you have impoverished that it is somehow THEIR FAULT!

Oh, and by the way, you might remember that your "boss" Baby Bush told everyone to go out and shop after 9/11. That it was their duty as patriotic Americans to keep spending to "save" our economy.

You make me SICK!

:puke:

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

6. Hasn't his portfolio grown over 1300% since taking office?

Guess that's how you "save"...get elected and pillage the treasury.

[Captain Hilts]

7. Average income went DOWN. Healthcare, education, gas have gone UP. nt

[wordpix]

71. EXACTLY. And at my workplace, they're asking us to go part-time to save

on insurance costs. So I'm looking for a new job.

[wordpix]

78. all forms of insurance have risen, too, as have maintenance/repair service

for cars, homes

[SmokingJacket]

8. Go fuckyourself, Cheeney.

You go get a job at Home Depot and then you can start telling people what to do.

[AndyA]

9. Too little, too late Big Dick...

Americans can't save, every penny they make goes to pay the bills, especially due to the higher cost of oil and gas, and the higher credit card minimum payments you forced through to help your rich cronies. Money isn't a problem for you or your base, but it is to everyone else.

If you weren't so OUT OF TOUCH WITH AMERICA, you'd know that.

VOTE DEMOCRATIC - YOUR LIFE MAY DEPEND ON IT!

[MadMaddie]

25. Remember during the election Sean "Puffy" Combs

the (rapper) had a message of "Vote or Die" he got lambasted by the neocons and ingnored by the Democratic leadership.....the media went bonkers...

Guess he wasn't too far off was he.....?

[plcdude]

10. save and receive

1 or 2% interest, yeah right. Saving is becoming an irresponsible use of one's resources.

[triguy46]

11. Thank you papa dick.

What worldly, insightful advice from the man known for his compassion and caring. :puke:

[rodeodance]

12. heard he bought a third home next to Rummy (mansion) a few montths

ago.

[0007]

29. I think Baghdad Bob lives on the other side of Dick & Lynne

[adriennui]

45. a beautiful estate on the eastern

shore of maryland, very wealthy area and inaccessible. in fact i think his house is situated on his own little peninsula.

nice.

[wordpix]

70. easy to save and invest in real estate when you're raking in billion$ on

taxpayers' backs.

[wordpix]

75. Anyone have a photo? We should publish the address

[babylonsister]

13. Uh oh. There he goes, talking about 'fixing' Soc. Sec. I'm sick

of you crooks trying to 'fix' anything!

[BlueEyedSon]

14. Sure Dick, give me a few thousand of your HAL stock options.

[TexasLawyer]

88. Exactly

Easy for you to say, Dick.

This cyborg clearly knows nothing about poverty-- 10% of zero is zero.

[magellan]

15. Out of touch like the rest of the Bush** regime. (nt)

[opihimoimoi]

16. What?? SAVE? Perhaps he should give us somthin to save with>>>>

dumbass dickhead.....

[mikeytherat]

18. Biggest. Jerkoff. Ever.

"Too often, workers are living paycheck to paycheck and are not saving sufficiently," Cheney said.

By definition, if you are are living paycheck to paycheck, you are UNABLE to save sufficiently, you putz.

Our VP: Clueless, heartless, and Dickless

mikey_the_rat

[NYC]

63. That was the sentence that caught my attention.

Speaks for itself, doesn't it?

[LiberalEsto]

19. Save WHAT?

Since the Evil Empire took over in 2001, the cost of everything has skyrocketed.

Gasoline
Fuel oil
Natural gas
Housing
Health care
Prescription drugs
Property taxes
Utility taxes and surcharges
College tuitions
Transportation
Food
Credit card interest rates
The federal deficit
and pretty much everything else.

Wages have not increased. In many cases wage increases have been eaten up by inflation.

Where does Mr. "Let them eat cake" think most Americans can find even a few spare dollars to save? Especially now that he and his cronies have looted America for the past five years.

[martymar64]

54. My taxes went up too!

This is the first year I've ever had to pay, and I basically make jack squat!
I'm so mad right now, I'm vibrating!!!

Thanks Dick and Bush!

[Virginia Dare]

20. STFU DICK

you hypocritical self-important gutless soulless asswhipe. You aren't worth the oxygen you breath.

[Dover]

21. Don't bother with a savings account, however. Unless loaning your

money to a bank that pays almost no interest is somehow seen as incentive to save.

[NYC]

64. Around 40 years ago, banks paid 5% interest,

and savings banks paid 5 1/4% interest. Amazing, isn't it?

[BadgerKid]

117. Check out bankrate DOT com (eom)

[JitterbugPerfume]

22. when I was working

I sometimes had a choice---feed my kids or pay the rent

and a savings account was something fortunate people had

[Gormy Cuss]

35. What are you implying-- that our veep may be a little out of touch?

Why, how could that be? He's a regular guy.:sarcasm:

I'm old enough to remember when a checking account was something fortunate people had, because checking accounts required having money left over at the end of the month and the ability to wait a few days for a paycheck to clear before paying those bills.

I wish there was a way we could strip Cheney of all his assets and belongings for just one month and let him see what it's like to do low wage work and live check to check.

Cheney is right that people need to start saving if they are able because he and the W gang are bankrupting our future.

[MrPrax]

23. Good old Conservatism...

Too often, workers are living paycheck to paycheck and are not saving sufficiently, Cheney said.

Yup--they spend too much on booze, drugs, cigarettes, unnecessary luxuries paid by credit cards...if ONLY workers saved more, then everything will be peachy keen.

So to recap, the average marginalized worker is now 'tasked' with economic recovery--so don't bug my buddy the Prez, my companies and our pals.

[bif]

24. Hard to save when you're unemployed, fuckhead!

What a waste of skin, Cheney is.

[Jamison]

26. HEY DICKhead!

Do something about the out of control inflation and make sure we all get decent cost-of-living raises & maybe us Americans would be able to save a little more!

[Roland99]

27. As soon as his oil buddies stop raping my wallet.

[0007]

28. I agree with Cheney. I save fifty cent a month, no matter what

emergency comes up. Been doing that for ten years now. I got sixty smackaroos, plus interest of .025 percent that I keep rolling over.

[Orsino]

30. The solution to poverty: stop being poor!

And apologize to Mr. Cheney while you're at it. You're making him look bad.

[apnu]

32. hey Jackass! We're living paycheck to paycheck cuz we're too friggin poor!

What an asshole.

[Carni]

33. Yeah let me just go live in my F'ing car so I can save $$$

Hey DICK I USED to save and I USED to have stocks...

But since you assholes have taken over and the economy for the middle class has tanked (and oh yes I KNOW that your vile crooked counterparts in the GOP have a very strong economy, but I am not a part of your makes over 300 thou a year base)it's a funny fucking thing...money that was SAVED has now been SPENT over the last five years because gas and utilities and every other GOD DAMNED THING HAS GONE UP IN PRICE WHILE WHAT'S COMING IN HAS DECRREASED!

Of all the things that I have read that have pissed me off this has GOT to take the fucking cake-

[Bandit]

34. But why? "Deficits don't matter Reagan proved that"

:shrug: Listen to the wind blow.....

[FrannyD]

36. I would save more, but

I got pink-eye. It nearly bankrupted me.

[Atmashine]

37. Save America. Impeach them all.

[barb162]

38. So why don't they bring back higher taxes to the rich and business

and then they won't have to cut SS. Great picture

[wordpix]

79. they won't because their campaign contributors who made *Cheney CEOs

of BushCo would not like that. They don't give a f**!!$$$ about the people, just their own moneygrubbing cabal. They ought to be thrown in jail and their assets liquidated to the Treasury.

[blue neen]

39. That son of a bitch has the nerve to LECTURE us?

We're too busy trying to save our country from the likes of his sorry ass to ever be able to save money!

What the hell money are we supposed to save? He said it himself--we're living paycheck to paycheck.

OMG. I can't believe this. :grr:

[Sapere aude]

40. The sad thing is that the wealthy will use this kind of thinking to say

"It's not my problem there is no middle class. Those people don't save any of their money, so don't bother me with their problems."

It's the same as blaming the poor for being poor.

This message by Cheney is not meant for us but for his investor class so they can live their lives of luxury without a guilty conscience.

I don't listen to wing nut radio very much but I'll bet today everyone of the wing nut hosts are repeating Cheney's words.

What is really happening here is a rebuilding of the class system in this country. The wealthy ruling class and the working poor who support them will be all there is left soon.

[meow2u3]

42. It's like a rapist blaming his victim

for not being strong enough to resist being attacked by a psycho rapist twice her size. :grr:

[NYC]

68. The poor are the author of their own poverty.

I don't remember who said that. It was before Bush/Cheney's reign. You are correct that such sentiments are intended to be a comfort to the thieves so they won't lose sleep over the destitution of their fellow humans.

Welcome to DU. :hi:

[henslee]

41. That photo is making me laugh, what is it?

[wordpix]

73. self-delete

[Judi Lynn]

93. It was supposed to be a good "reaction" photo, to Cheney's remarks.

Nearly used this one, but I use it a lot, as it is.

[MissMillie]

43. Hey Dick, our earnings are lower

and our cost of living is higher....

Just what is it you would like us to save?

[Norquist Nemesis]

44. Simple math, Dick. Negative wage growth and positive prices

equals ZERO ability to save.

[OhioChick]

47. Save what?????

Priceless quote: "Too often, workers are living paycheck to paycheck and are not saving sufficiently, Cheney said."

Just when you think that you're heard it all........

[AzDar]

89. ..You know, all that money we're making on eBay! n/t

[OhioChick]

48. Oops

[LibDemAlways]

49. Typical attitude of a wealthy repuke.

I have a friend from way back whose parents were loaded. They died and left her a pile of money. When my father-in-law died the first words out of her mouth were "Now you'll have to pay those awful estate taxes." In reality, he left behind very little, but people who are well off are blind to the realities of the real world and forget that most people struggle just to get by. Cheney is clearly in that category.

[Trillo]

50. PsyOps Cheney tells Americans, "Be unhappy."

This is a recurring theme over the years. I don't know how many times I've read in the news, since I was a child, that Americans need to save more.

Is it some kind of psychological manipulation? You know, put everyone in an economic culture where only a few can prosper, and then tell everyone that what they're doing isn't good enough.

It kinda reminds me of the carrot that is kept just out of reach. Like it's designed to remind us of what we don't have, to keep us unsatisfied and unhappy. Pursuit of happiness. Pursue harder Americans. Pursue. Pursue. Pursue.

Never mind that most of you won't make it, never mind that we really want to you pursue without achieving, nevermind that we take most of the fruits of your labor. Never mind the economic system will only reward a small minority.

Work harder, harder! Save more, more!

It's your fault.

Those with big fat bank accounts probably get a nice warm fuzzy when reading this tripe, a real ego boost.

[mac56]

51. "Help! Help! I'm drowning!"

"I told you to take swimming lessons...."

:eyes:

[Ilsa]

52. And Cheney tosses you a brick. nt

[Delphinus]

53. Hey, dickweed,

I'd love to save. Really! If I made the kind of money you do, I don't see a problem! However, reality strikes and - well, what do you know - food, heat, gas, insurance ... they seem to get in my way.

[AnneD]

55. Save for retirement?

as opposed to what you've done....STEAL. I am thinking I need to committe some nice white collar crime that will get me time at Club Fed. Free room, board, and healthcare...sounds like a way to streach those retirement dollars...

[Puglover]

56. Cheney is a life support system

for a walking, talking pile of shit. God I detest these people.

[VolcanoJen]

57. Well, I have $30.00 in my checking account, Dick.

So, kindly STFU.

[arwalden]

58. Let Them Eat Cake!

[Megahurtz]

74. Let Them Eat Shit!

:rant:..........oh sorry.......you know me, I just couldn't help myself on that one.

[Roland99]

59. Just don't pay down your credit card balance with a big check >>>>>>

Homeland Security will delay your payment.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=555864&mesg_id=555864

[Samurai_Writer]

60. What an idiot

Yeah, I'd love to save, dickweed. But since the tech bubble burst in 2001, I've been laid off twice, lost everything in my 401K (thanks Enron), my pay's been cut by 50%. Now, I have to help pay for my sister's meds because Medicare Part D won't cover them, and I have to help support my senior citizen mother, becaue HER stocks all went down the tubes, too, and she can't live on Social Security alone.

God, the gall of that idiot makes me want to puke.

[Lorien]

61. Kind of hard when an emergency room visit and a few surgeries wipes out

your life savings. I HAD health insurance and $80,000 in the bank. Between healthcare cost my insurance refused to pay and eight months of unemployment, I'm now $17,000 in debt. Not atypical in BushCo's America; I'd hate to think of what would have happened had I not had savings to begin with (all earned under CLINTON, of course).

[ramapo]

62. Reagan started the war on savings

Prior to his tax "reform", savings interest was tax-free up to a certain amount. This encouraged savings. Today all savers are penalized with a double whammy. Interest is taxed plus inflation reduces the real value of what you've saved.

Of course, few have much discretionary income to save...

[daleo]

65. Well, Cheney saved a quail

By shooting his friend in the face instead.

[wordpix]

72. with his $28,000 pellet gun

[hyphenate]

66. Oh yeah, right--

Hey dickhead--you gonna give me a little bit more to save? How about a small percentage of your stock in Halliburton or a kickback from your wheeling and dealing with the Arabs?

[daleo]

91. Yeah, talk about nerve

He spends more on a shotgun than most people spend on a car, then lectures them on frugality.

[Megahurtz]

67. What a Fucking Idiot.

So he thinks that everyone in this country is able to save after outsourcing all of the jobs
and him and his greedy corporate goons screwing up the economy?

Maybe I'm wrong, but I would guess that at this point 75% of the country
is forced to live from paycheck to paycheck.

Are these people really THAT stupid that they see everyone is this country as financially well off?

[Eurobabe]

76. Save what, bird shot?

What a f'ing joke, most people have two sticks to rub together in this country. Hey Chain-Knee, why don't you donate your profits from Halliburton to the people who you raped out of their savings with this shitty economy?

[Zenlitened]

77. Careful what you wish for, Unka Dick.

The day Americans stop blowing their paychecks on every useless thing they see at the mall, is the day the U.S. economy comes crashing down. The whole thing is a house of cards. :(

[wordpix]

80. I wonder how much DickieBird will save working in the laundry room in jail

[Mythsaje]

81. My potential response

would be unprintable. Not because I have a problem with cursing or anything, but because there simply aren't words to describe how disgusted I am with this jackass commenting on a world and a life he knows NOTHING about.

And I LIVE for words.

The closest I can come is Bill the Cat's hairball noise. "Ack."

[pinniped]

82. This POS needs to STFU.

WTF is this, Dik's lesson of the day?

[Gregorian]

83. So he can spend it on war.

You get as little of my money as I am legally abliged to give you.

Your war machines, on YOUR money.

[chelsea0011]

84. In words Cheney understands.. "go fuck yourself"

[Vinca]

85. Yeah, we've got to save money for body armor to wear whenever

Dick is in the neighborhood.

[goforit]

87. He steals from the American tax payer w/Haliburton & has the audasity

to tell us to start saving for our RETIREMENT???

The Kazillion Billionare wants us to save our pennnnnnnies.......

:argh:

[Danmel]

90. It is amazing how much Chutzpah they have

Thanks for the advice Dick.

After I pay my Alternative Minimum Tax, (since I'm just a middle class person) and my property tax and my school tax and my mortgage, and for my kids orthodonita, and for the gas and food and heat, I'll be sure to set aside a nice chunk for retirement...when I'm 85 and can finally retire.

What a prick that man is, really. (Dick the Prick- kinda fits doesn't it?)

[LisaLynne]

92. More of their "let them eat cake" comments.

Asshats.

[sadiesworld]

94. Sadiesworld Urges Cheney to Take Bush on a Hunting Trip

[OneTwentyoNine]

95. No problem Dick....let me in on the Halliburton KICKBACKS too!!

Shit,I could save a few million a year--and thats probably a lean estimate.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

97. $avings are in the NEGATIVES.

"I'd save more Dick, but you moneygrubbed it all."

[OneTwentyoNine]

98. Cheney and President Dim bulb are costing taxpapers BILLIONS...

in interest payments that "We the taxpayers" must foot because of their deficit spending trying to take over the fucking World and giving all their rich buddies a huge tax break.

Go preach to someone else you assclown....

[Media_Lies_Daily]

100. Save what, you delusional old man...nothing's left after the bills!

[judaspriestess]

101. dear dickhead

go fuckyourself..

Get a reality check before you talk out of your crooked mouth when it comes to this issue.

I have some clients right now who are 66 and 67 trying to buy a lil condo. grandma is on SSI, supplemental income. If they buy a house, their money will be cut off. WTF???
I called SS myself and was told this.

[cascadiance]

102. I'll save, ONCE we can get someone in the white house that

will put in CORRECTIVE tax relief that redirect all of the money the rich have been stealing from us over the years back into our bank accounts! THAT is what has to happen you hypocritical *!

[Booster]

103. We should all urge Cheney to take some time off and go hunting

with a list of people we can get together in about 10 minutes here on DU.:evilgrin:

[TheModernTerrorist]

104. save what?

my $24,000 of student loan debt, that is about to increase, or the back rent that I owe because I was laid off of my job at an automotive supplier?


Fucking piece of shit asshole can kiss my fucking ass! :grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr:

[sakabatou]

105. Because the economy is in the tank

Fucker.

[Skittles]

106. as someone who makes a living robbing people blind, Cheney can F himself

what an out-of-touch, elitist piece of SHIT

[Not_Giving_Up]

107. It's hard to save when the price of everything goes up

and you don't have a job. I am thrilled to be starting a new job on Monday, after being unemployed for nine months in this "robust economy".

Maybe someone should suggest to Dick that he save his birdshot.

[Up2Late]

108. Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeealy!, Ya don't Say!

Hey Dick, I got yer saving, RIGHT HERE!

[truthisfreedom]

111. it's always nice to have a few bucks in case you get SHOT IN THE FACE BY

A FRIEND.

[Raine]

112. Good ole Uncle Dickie

he's all heart. :eyes: I'll just bet you got all your wealth for your golden years by saving it all up didn't you Uncle Dickie??? :sarcasm:

[HughBeaumont]

113. Let's see, you Reaganite conservaturd . . .

Between me needing a new bathroom because my current one is a moldy deathtrap, me needing basement waterproofing because my foundation is getting stairstep cracks, little triple-digit emergencies or unexpecteds that pop up almost monthly, the increased cost of gas, food, utilities, school, books, day care, auto repairs, etc, my miniscule tax return (because SOMEone's gotta fund the rich and pay for their oil wars, might as well be schmucks like ME!), getting no child support, having to have a car note on a used 2003 Corolla because the wife's '92 Nissan was practically on $200/mo life support and it just wasn't worth it, the fact that both of us have to work and are going no place really slow, our salaries that are losing big time to rising inflation, costs and taxes . . . I'd say I could save approximately BUPKIS PER MONTH!!!!

Allow me to be the first to volunteer to put this fleshy snarling ballbag out of his misery . . .

[stubtoe]

114. That's because when he leaves he plans to abscond

with most of the country's wealth!

[gypsy11]

115. What I want to know is...

what the fuck are these people on?? They really do live in a bubble. Yeah, sure I'll save, as soon as I can find a job.
Hey ass hole, how are we supposed to save when you and your buddies keep jacking up the cost of everything from heat to food???? As you wipe your ass with the U.S. Constitution and fuck the poor. Ye Gods! I can't stand it anymore. I feel like I've entered the twilight zone. :wtf:

[cantstandbush]

116. The super rich MFers kill me telling folks to "save" when they haven't

had to save a damn dime. They just take other people's money and pass it on to their heirs. Living pay check to pay check is how most lower income people make it. There is nothing left to save after paying high gasoline prices to the companies that enrich those who are giving the advice to save.

[yorkiemommie1]

118. we have to!

we don't have halliburton to help us, you creepy snarlyfaced hypocrite.

edited to say: every day a new shitbomb from bushco.