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ErikJ

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35. That's what I've decided to do.
Sun Dec 30, 2012, 08:02 PM
Dec 2012

mainly because I'm very POed about America's outrageously bad health care system. I could conceivably lose everything I've worked for if I got sick which is unique in the world. I have a nest egg to travel and explore places to move to. Hopefully I'll be moved in 3 or 4 years.

$13.00 [View all] madamesilverspurs Dec 2012 OP
I feel your pain, and I totally agree that EVERY member of the government MindandSoul Dec 2012 #1
What ticks me off is Obama gave congress a raise for doing nothing. That really southernyankeebelle Dec 2012 #32
Give me a break, Obama cant give raises. The House holds the purse strings larkrake Dec 2012 #77
well I thought the same thing. But that said he approved it. So don't shoot the messenger please. southernyankeebelle Dec 2012 #84
That wasn't Obama... awoke_in_2003 Dec 2012 #80
They stopped it for a couple of years now because of the economy. I read it somewhere or southernyankeebelle Dec 2012 #83
Oh, they are doing stuff... awoke_in_2003 Dec 2012 #92
Yes, we all should have know we'd get screwed anyway. All those mother f**kers on southernyankeebelle Dec 2012 #93
It is cruel and savage. I'm so sorry. Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #2
Unfathomably cruel, but not surprising: Republicans have lost all semblance of acting in indepat Dec 2012 #3
I'm so very sorry that our country has done this to you . . . fleur-de-lisa Dec 2012 #4
I hear you, madamesilverspurs. I work two part time jobs to make ends roguevalley Dec 2012 #5
It is cruel abelenkpe Dec 2012 #6
DURec leftstreet Dec 2012 #7
How can Americans compromise those that have worked their whole lives? tecelote Dec 2012 #8
Perhaps Congress should have their pay cut if they don't find a way to keep SS intact rox63 Dec 2012 #9
Obama authorized a Congressional pay raise just the other day. Octafish Dec 2012 #81
Live very comfortably in Ecuador for $800 a month. ErikJ Dec 2012 #10
We shouldn't have to move JimDandy Dec 2012 #14
Damn right Hekate Dec 2012 #27
People can't even afford to move duffyduff Dec 2012 #15
Some may be able to though ErikJ Dec 2012 #26
Because all you need to do to immigrate is decide to, right? Posteritatis Dec 2012 #33
That's what I've decided to do. ErikJ Dec 2012 #35
Congratulations, you're in a small minority well-off enough to do that. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2012 #40
I'm thinking about retiring to Mexico KansDem Dec 2012 #61
A couple eho are friends of mine... SummerSnow Dec 2012 #75
Thanks! KansDem Dec 2012 #76
You said it. ErikJ Dec 2012 #79
He missed your point. He assumes those countries will welcome us with open arms. Canada wont. nm rhett o rick Dec 2012 #89
This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Dec 2012 #69
Do you actually think this is an appropriate solution to the underfunding of social security? Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #72
Thanks, this is good to know Alameda Dec 2012 #86
But we are lucky if you think about it in a different way. ErikJ Dec 2012 #91
I'll be getting a whopping $21 more TexasBushwhacker Dec 2012 #11
+1 reteachinwi Dec 2012 #47
+1,000 CountAllVotes Dec 2012 #56
living high on the hog are ya?? BobbyBoring Dec 2012 #12
Well from where I sit it just looks and smells like stinking shit, man4allcats Dec 2012 #13
Somewhere out there is a twenty something deadbeat abusing the sytem... tecelote Dec 2012 #16
It Is Unconscionable and... humbled_opinion Dec 2012 #17
Add my cost-cutting measures (think living in poverty) to your list: RoverSuswade Dec 2012 #18
I splurge on the TP....two sheets at a time. zeemike Dec 2012 #28
After I pay off the mortgage RoverSuswade Dec 2012 #45
Right there with you, hoping to keep my home - even though it's paid for. AnnieK401 Dec 2012 #71
I dont know where you are, but RoverSuswade Dec 2012 #98
Thanks! AnnieK401 Jan 2013 #99
What does a lesser evil have in common with a greater evil? CranialRectaLoopback Dec 2012 #19
I love that.... zeemike Dec 2012 #23
I'm 71, this is not the America that I grew up in. WHEN CRABS ROAR Dec 2012 #20
Because there is a good chuck of the population who have bought into the BS the republicans sell. nt cstanleytech Dec 2012 #36
propoganda. Per fox news, and many popular (but deeply misleading) radio shows. salin Dec 2012 #41
Goebbels would blush... awoke_in_2003 Dec 2012 #82
They raided the Social Security Trust Fund, and now... LAGC Dec 2012 #21
Yep...that is exactly what I got too. zeemike Dec 2012 #22
The Republicans think that the fact you are getting anything is too much. Kablooie Dec 2012 #24
Slight correction, it should read as cstanleytech Dec 2012 #37
This is why the GOP is NOT a political party... BanTheGOP Dec 2012 #25
it is cruel. barbtries Dec 2012 #29
Hugs for you Hekate Dec 2012 #30
Gerrymandering is the ONLY way they can get voted into office! benld74 Dec 2012 #31
A lot of people are going to be VERY upset if they decrease SS benefits. Altho, SS is a supplement. Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #34
"put that in a bank and collecting interest..." the best rate I see is 1.01% nashville_brook Dec 2012 #39
You can always find a reason not to do something. Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #44
However putting money in mutual funds just feeds the machine that has brought us to this point. raouldukelives Dec 2012 #52
Suffice to say that I disagree totally. nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #97
Most people do when faced to choose between morality & money. nt raouldukelives Jan 2013 #100
This message was self-deleted by its author CountAllVotes Dec 2012 #57
So many of us do not make enough to allow for savings Marrah_G Dec 2012 #90
That $4.00/gal gasoline this summer Glitterati Dec 2012 #38
Nearly 20 years ago - my budget was about $10 per day. salin Dec 2012 #42
I hear you madam... southern_belle Dec 2012 #43
Mine is $16. llmart Dec 2012 #46
Since 1980, private pension coverage has declined from 60% to 10% michigandem58 Dec 2012 #64
K & R !!! WillyT Dec 2012 #48
All So Billionaires Don't Have to Pay More Taxes colsohlibgal Dec 2012 #49
Thank Darth and Darth ErikJ Dec 2012 #50
k and r SmileyRose Dec 2012 #51
The banks and military industrial complex have stolen trillions of taxpayer dollars with impunity. Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #53
It IS cruel, Madame Iwillnevergiveup Dec 2012 #54
This message was self-deleted by its author CountAllVotes Dec 2012 #55
Mine went up $12 daschess1987 Dec 2012 #58
Wife's COLA Heathen57 Dec 2012 #59
K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Dec 2012 #60
they had better bluedave Dec 2012 #62
Attacking Social Security is about as low as you can go Pakid Dec 2012 #63
Because they want too and they are in a position to do so. SammyWinstonJack Dec 2012 #65
How low can Congreess go? daybranch Dec 2012 #66
That is b/c they give the perception that you get a lot more than you do! Dustlawyer Dec 2012 #67
I am in much the same position and agree with you whole heartedly. I usually lose the raise but it jwirr Dec 2012 #68
Social security is designed to provide a minimum degree of security upon which an individual builds. dkf Dec 2012 #70
how generous you are. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #73
It is cruel. CrispyQ Dec 2012 #74
The social contract in the U.S. has been broken. yardwork Dec 2012 #78
You have proven that Social Security is a necessity lovuian Dec 2012 #85
No raise for Congress!! Milliesmom Dec 2012 #87
It's not right Marrah_G Dec 2012 #88
Obama does as well or he wouldn't have put SS into his proposal. cui bono Dec 2012 #94
It is cruel. There is no other word to describe taking money away from sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #95
I am in the same boat byoung6 Dec 2012 #96
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