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deutsey

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8. That's what gets me

Reply to Sherman A1 (Reply #7)

Thu Jun 27, 2013, 09:45 AM

Jun 2013

They benefited from New Deal policies because it improved the lives (and finances) of so many people.

Then the "greed-is-good" Reagan era came along and it was all about stuffing as much as you could grab into your offshore accounts while letting the country go to hell.

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Here's a Bright Idea: Let's Expand Social Security [View all] Sherman A1 Jun 2013 OP

Sounds great newfie11 Jun 2013 #1

K&R forestpath Jun 2013 #2

Eliminating the tax cap makes so much sense DeeDeeNY Jun 2013 #3

Eliminate the Social Security tax cap makes sense! B Calm Jun 2013 #4

Social Security SamKnause Jun 2013 #5

Our wealthy overlords wouldn't like that n/t deutsey Jun 2013 #6

One suspects that you are correct, Sherman A1 Jun 2013 #7

That's what gets me deutsey Jun 2013 #8

Precisely Sherman A1 Jun 2013 #9