Fienstien:"I'm for allowing young people to go outside SS if they want to"

[ElsewheresDaughter]

she said "i'm for a flexible system"...........WTF????
C-Span right NOW Democrats holding hearings on SS "Republican Senators were invited but declined"

[fertilizeonarbusto]

1. I'm over her

this and kissing Condescenda's ass last week.

[nickinSTL]

2. uh, they already can...

they're called IRAs.

selling out SS isn't acceptable.

[jdj]

21. no shit. Theres 401k, theres Roth IRA, the Keogh thing

for self-employed people, some people get pensions.

Shame on her for going along with the repuke agenda of taking away freedoms we DO have and "giving" us freedoms we don't need or already have.

[DistantWind88]

24. So thay can stop paying SS taxes then, right?

and use that 6.25% of their income to pay into their 401K...

[MissMarple]

3. Not everyone pays into Social Security.

Some groups opted out. :shrug:

[DistantWind88]

4. Who else besides post office and some railway workers?

[AnnInLa]

5. me.....and other states' employees

school employees in Louisiana do not contribute toward SS (just in the past few years is it mandatory)...we have our own pension/retirement division and elect officers/overseers to manage it. My understanding is that many states' employees do not contribute to SS.

[MissMarple]

6. Colorado's teachers don't either. n/t

[AnnInLa]

7. However,

Any teachers who have paid into both systems....SS and state retirement systems, CANNOT double dip, they can't collect from both systems...thanks, repukes

[ElsewheresDaughter]

8. professional firefighters also pay into both but cannot collect both

it is either or

[AnnInLa]

16. If public employees pay into both,

why can't they collect both? Or, why can't they even be reimbursed from one for just the amount they contributed? Or, why are they mandated to have to pay into both?

[DistantWind88]

18. Didn't know that about LA....thanks!

[annabanana]

10. Lots of (aging) federal employees...........

are still in the CSRS system...

[DistantWind88]

15. Cool did not know that

I know military did not use to...still wish we didn't.

[The Backlash Cometh]

9. As long as her husband has those defense contractors, she's

useless to the Democrats.

[Dr.Phool]

11. She's getiing worse by the day- Another Zelda Miller

[izzybeans]

12. This makes me wonder about the extent to which

the dems are selling out the New Deal in exchange for future supreme court nominees. If this is so it's pretty spineless.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

14. not all dems...just the DLC ones..if i wanted repub values i'de vote for

a real republican instead of the likes of Lieberman, hillary, schummer and fienstien

[ElsewheresDaughter]

13. it's nice to see that the Dems are at least willing to hear from both....

sides on the issue ........the Cato guy Tanner is a bush shill.

the Brookings guy said "those born today will recieve $8,000 less by the time they retire at these current numbers" and "do no harm, just shore up SS by getting rid of deficit"

[WillowTree]

17. Senator Feinstein is entitled to vote according to her opinion

So are her constituents, when she next comes up for re-election.

[BootinUp]

19. She is in the wrong party. -eom

[TO Kid]

20. If Congresscritters really thought SS was sound

Then they'd pay into it themselves. Beware any law that politicians support while they are exempt.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

22. bullshit!...sniff sniff

[DistantWind88]

23. They do pay into SS

have since 1984.