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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 06:20 AM Original message |
Social Security: There Is No Trust; There Is No Fund |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 06:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. I think SS is in real jeopardy now. |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 06:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. We could also stop wasting trillions on so-called "defense" |
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wuvuj (874 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 08:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. The cost of war? |
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Blue Meany (986 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Uh, actually Social Security is in fine shape...the problem |
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thevoiceofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Hey |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Are you going to stalk me now? |
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thevoiceofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 08:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Don't flatter yourself. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 08:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Are you an artist or are you in banking? |
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thevoiceofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 09:11 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. OK. Now we're talking. Good. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
3. Get ready... |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 08:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. To be perfectly accurate |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
6. Wonder how many heart attacks this will cause... |
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kerrywins (864 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
7. Government Forcing Its Citizens to Pay For a Government Controlled Retirement |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Property ownership is not a license to kill |
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kerrywins (864 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 09:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Of Course It Isn't. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 05:20 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Old people die without income. If you are suggesting that they rely on the stock market |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 06:51 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Not an accurate statement |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 07:37 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Old-fashioned extended families are the world's first and biggest Ponzi scheme |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 08:16 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Your post title bears little resemblance to reality... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 08:41 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. You need income if you don't have enough land for self sufficiency. |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Intergenerational households do NOT depend on self-sufficiency |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 10:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I live that way now, and I still insist that Social Security is a very good way for the older people |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 08:28 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. "Financially" is the only way for older people to hold up their end? |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 04:09 AM Response to Reply #34 |
41. SS is fine until 2041 |
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kerrywins (864 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 08:44 AM Response to Reply #20 |
30. Are You Suggesting Old People Die Unless They Are Given Stolen Property (Money)? |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 12:23 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. By that bullshit logic, all taxes are "stolen money" |
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kerrywins (864 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 08:53 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Stealing Someone\'s Money and Giving It Directly To Another Person is Theft |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 04:47 AM Response to Reply #35 |
42. You don't get that people have the right to live |
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JFreitas (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #35 |
54. Stealing Someone\'s Money and Giving It Directly To Another Person is Theft |
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Po_d Mainiac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
8. A point I tried to make with the post linked below |
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marketcrazy1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 09:58 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I read that |
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Patchuli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 12:24 AM Response to Reply #8 |
49. Respectfully, the word is 'portent' of things to come, |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
11. Absolute nonsense: the $2.4 TRILLION dollar Social Security surplus |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. What you are not getting |
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Po_d Mainiac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 07:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Now don't go scaring the crap outa everyone |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 02:25 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. If US treasury Bonds are no good, so is everything else |
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Po_d Mainiac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 08:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. QA only goes so far |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #16 |
36. Thank you. You said it very well. |
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davekriss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. The SS surplus is invested in Treasury Bonds... |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 08:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. No my friend... |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #22 |
37. Well, I'll wait and see. OK? I retire next year, so I'll let you know if |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
38. I Was Going to Post Some Statistics |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 05:56 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. THEY DO NOT EXIST... |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. For Everyone Else on the Thread Who Reads These Exchanges, |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
43. Sounds like a right wing talking point. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Do you have any idea how SS works.. |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 08:13 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Do you have any idea what you are talking about? |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. "Default". |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 05:29 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Of course "Default" is a nice word, just like leverage |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 06:50 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. No... |
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Crewleader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
45. k&r |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
47. Being under 35, I am 100% convinced that I will never receive a dime from SS |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
52. When will we raise taxes on the RICH... |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
53. You will get every dime you paid into SS and then some. |
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