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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 07:51 PM Original message |
"Lower the age of eligibility for full Social Security and Medicare to age 60 and give everyone on |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. how to cut spending hint - by the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air...nt |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. Hey I'll take a 20% raise thanks, where you gonna get it. n/t |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 08:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. "where you gonna get it" If you really want to find out you may want to read the article! |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 08:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Just because Krugman put it in his blog doesn't make |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 10:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. "socialist" |
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nightrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 04:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
53. oh puleeze.... that again!?! |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 08:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
59. Are you serious? Do you support raising the retirement age for SS? nm |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
47. What, if anything, are you a doctor of? n/t |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. So why wasn't Greece swimming in money then? |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 08:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Comparing little Greece to the United States doesn't make any sense. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 10:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. That is why I am asking if Greece having their own currency solves their problems |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 11:22 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. If working people in Greece are effectively organized with a competent leadership |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 11:19 AM Response to Reply #24 |
41. Greece has to pay their external debt in Euros and US dollars. |
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angel823 (151 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 08:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. could be they were an easy scapegoat |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. the answer is to channel $400 billion for war into Soc Security - simple |
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Travis_0004 (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 08:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. We don't spend 400 billion a year on Iraq |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 08:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. We actually spend about 1 trillion a year on the military and "emergency" war appropriations. |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 09:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. The problem is the US military is outdated |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 11:27 AM Response to Reply #15 |
42. No - certainly not the case |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 04:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
52. My grand pappy used a bayonet |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 08:38 PM Original message |
No... But We've Been Spending 100 Billion A Year On The Two Wars |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
17. Bush and cheney should be billed for their over spending on futile wars |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
18. Bush and cheney should be billed for their over spending on futile wars |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. IThe wars are futile and never ending |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 09:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. We spend over 650B to start on our military. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 08:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
60. We spend more like one trillion a year on the military, some direct and some indirect. nm |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 08:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
61. so much money has been wasted in the defense budget or simply gone missing |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 08:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. They absolutely should do that, |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yup. All true. (nt) |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
12. Very encouraging... |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 02:23 AM Response to Reply #12 |
31. Krugman did not say this. This was a comment to one of Krugman's posts. n/t |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
50. "There’s only one way to read this: it’s not about the deficit |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 04:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
51. Duh! I even went there and read it... |
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knownothing (63 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
16. not worried about it |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 09:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. there may not be a stock market to invest in? |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 11:59 AM Response to Reply #16 |
44. And take your vitamins....nt |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 04:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
54. Rock on Horatio! With them kinda bootstraps the sky is the limit!!! |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
20. if I could retire in 3 years...I'd be in heaven |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 10:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. God, me too. I can hardly wait. Let some young kid do my worthless |
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Caretha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 07:35 AM Response to Reply #27 |
36. Count me in and my co-worker too |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
21. But then the wealthy can't give us jobs. You know, the jobs we've |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
22. Yes. This can be done. America is a high-tech, high-wage society... |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
25. By lowering the age for social security it would cut the unemployment |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
29. This insane idea would be the boomers last greedy FU to the next generation |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 02:07 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. . |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #29 |
43. 'greedy FU'? My generation has over funded SS for 35 years. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 12:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
45. AAAh....another |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 02:25 AM Response to Original message |
32. K&R. And cut the defense budget in half...at least. |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 04:24 AM Response to Original message |
33. If you want to create jobs, drop medicare to 55 with a full buy in. A lot |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 04:33 AM Response to Original message |
34. It would open up a lot of jobs for the unemployed! Hell Yes!! |
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scarletlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
35. I read this yesterday and its been on my mind. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
37. recommend -- this is a reasonable idea -- |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
38. Look, I Think It's the Wrong Time to Go All Deficit-Hawkish |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 10:07 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. We can easily afford lowering the retirement and Medicare eligibility age. Read the article. |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 11:15 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I Did Read the Article |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Why do you think we can only "afford" the present Social Security & Medicare benefit structure or |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 04:58 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. OK, So You're Saying |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. It's "crazy talk" because you don't understand how economics works. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Here's an article that explains a lot about what is actually happening in our capitalist economy |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 05:07 PM Response to Reply #48 |
56. I Do Understand How Macroeconomics Differs from the Household Budget |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
57. Typo -- meant 200-percent. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-10-10 06:34 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. So you're proposing silly sounding ideas in an effort to discredit the writers article? |
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