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2018-06-30 Home Front: Politix

Perdue: Saving Social Security and Medicare Can Lead Republicans to Victory

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-06-30 05:24|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

#1 we as Republicans could be seen as the saviors of Social Security; it is not that hard

Ah?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-06-30 06:05|| 2018-06-30 06:05|| Front Page Top

#2 Shutting down a ponzi scheme will always leave the ‘last in’ feeling conned and ripped off. These GIVERnment schemes are even worse since they have forced participation.

Posted by Airandee 2018-06-30 07:50|| 2018-06-30 07:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Are they running out of welfare and entitlement monies? Just use the same bookkeeper.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-06-30 08:00|| 2018-06-30 08:00|| Front Page Top

#4 Most people pay into a mandatory retirement fund (Social Security) for 45-50 years, never take out a dime until age 62 or later and the fund is going broke? Something tells me we need a new funds manager.

Oh, their payments went into the gov't general fund and the money got pi**ed away. Ok, now I understand.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-06-30 08:05|| 2018-06-30 08:05|| Front Page Top

#5 I am retired and getting that ~~old~~, *cough*, experienced (?)... I expect that the IRS will be "Means testing" it soon -- if you saved anything you will be screwed.

Posted by magpie 2018-06-30 09:09|| 2018-06-30 09:09|| Front Page Top

#6 I am retired and getting that old, *cough*, experienced (?)... I expect that the IRS will be "Means testing" it soon -- if you saved anything you will be screwed.

Already doing it (means testing) with property taxes in Georgia. Shame on us for working hard and being thrifty....the communist redistribution bastids.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-06-30 09:14|| 2018-06-30 09:14|| Front Page Top

#7 Shutting down a ponzi scheme will always leave the ‘last in’ feeling conned and ripped off.

You solve this by granting the "last in" tax credits equal to their contributions. Make the credits transferrable so they can be converted to cash. It's a sort of derivative and you know how hungry parts of the finance industry are for those.

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-06-30 11:24|| 2018-06-30 11:24|| Front Page Top

#8 'Affordable Retirement Act' coming soon. This is where the Government manages all the 401K's and IRA to insure it is managed properly (and everyone gets a fair share of *your* pie.) Cause just like you can't be trusted to manage your own healthcare you can't be trusted to manage your retirement funding.

They did it with healthcare. This is just a small step to the slde.

Posted by CrazyFool 2018-06-30 11:37|| 2018-06-30 11:37|| Front Page Top

#9 Yep, their are already some Democrat politicians floating the idea of "protecting" your retirement IRA/401(k)/Pensions by ~~seizing~~ "incorporating them into Social Security". You lose freedom to pass it on to designated heirs and they can claim "Social Security" is Saved. Win-Win! Bet they have a bullet-proof trust fund hidden offshore...

Posted by magpie 2018-06-30 13:15|| 2018-06-30 13:15|| Front Page Top

#10 So they are going to start paying retired Americans in CHICKEN like the four toon 500 companies do in MEXICO awesome hey we are all going to the grandparents for beer and wings again football every Sunday!

Posted by Jack Chaiter7913 2018-06-30 17:26|| 2018-06-30 17:26|| Front Page Top

#11 Something tells me we need a new funds manager.

Something tells me the old funds managers need to be drug to the public square and hung.

Posted by gorb 2018-06-30 21:20|| 2018-06-30 21:20|| Front Page Top

#12 #4 Most people pay into a mandatory retirement fund (Social Security) for 45-50 years, never take out a dime until age 62 or later and the fund is going broke? Something tells me we need a new funds manager.

Moreover, the same can be said of Medicare. Seniors have paid into this fund most of their working lives and don't benefit from these programs until 65 should they live to that age.

Posted by JohnQC 2018-06-30 21:59|| 2018-06-30 21:59|| Front Page Top

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