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Democratic Primaries

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Elizabeth Warren is so right CountAllVotes Sep 2019 #1
Thank goodness she has someone Demobrat Sep 2019 #19
So many do not have anyone CountAllVotes Sep 2019 #34
Exactly! warmfeet Sep 2019 #40
A little history DownriverDem Sep 2019 #53
Women have been penalized by this system if they stayed home to care for family.. Grasswire2 Sep 2019 #61
+1000 bluewater Sep 2019 #62
K&R!!! Millions suffer in the US! n/t RKP5637 Sep 2019 #2
Half the country is doing very well HeartlandProgressive Sep 2019 #3
Half? FiveGoodMen Sep 2019 #9
+1 ReformedGOPer Sep 2019 #37
It's very difficult gelsdorf Sep 2019 #4
Two of the last 3 COLAs were gone to rent increases before I got them... Wounded Bear Sep 2019 #11
The increase in Medicare supplemental insurance premiums.... SergeStorms Sep 2019 #21
Yup, totally burns my ass that the supplemental, which only covers 20%, costs so incredibly more dhol82 Sep 2019 #28
Retirement's rough. ChazInAz Sep 2019 #48
Ain't it the truth. Desert Dem Sep 2019 #5
Go Warren! zentrum Sep 2019 #6
Has there ever been a time someone could love on Social Security alone? The Mouth Sep 2019 #7
Depends on how much you made when working... Wounded Bear Sep 2019 #12
Damn The Mouth Sep 2019 #13
That's from decades of very bad policy that intentionally redistributed wealth upward. Kurt V. Sep 2019 #29
Hey, those jets and private islands ain't gonna pay for themselves The Mouth Sep 2019 #54
Tell us something we don't know considering there's been an SS impending crisis elocs Sep 2019 #8
Vote for Democratic candidates at all levels for a start rurallib Sep 2019 #15
I've voted for Democrats in every election & at every level for 47 years now. elocs Sep 2019 #16
I always heard that if wishes were horses Farmer-Rick Sep 2019 #32
There are many You Tube video's showing people how they live in their car on 850 per month Oppaloopa Sep 2019 #10
I know, I watch them and though some do it just for the mobility Farmer-Rick Sep 2019 #33
The GOPigs will never stop trying to cut benefits. LudwigPastorius Sep 2019 #14
We'd all love an increase snowybirdie Sep 2019 #17
"Never intended" is never a reason to stop evolving as a society. stopbush Sep 2019 #22
The three legged stool. ChiTownDenny Sep 2019 #27
And with negative interest rates on the horizon Farmer-Rick Sep 2019 #35
The problem is people lived longer TheRealNorth Sep 2019 #39
She is Spot on...................... turbinetree Sep 2019 #18
ELIMINATE the Gross Earned Income Cap...... ProudMNDemocrat Sep 2019 #20
Yep. 95% of Americans pay into SS on 100% of their income. stopbush Sep 2019 #23
The intent of social security needs to be redefined. AJT Sep 2019 #24
Not to mention the disability benefits especially for those disabled cstanleytech Sep 2019 #25
Social Security was always intended to be one leg of a three-legged stool. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2019 #26
And good luck with your 401k if the market crashes around the time of your retirement. dhol82 Sep 2019 #30
Yep. NT. warmfeet Sep 2019 #41
And if you retire into a rising market, you need to understand PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2019 #49
And the intent of Workmen's Compensation was to pay Farmer-Rick Sep 2019 #43
One thing to fix is Medicare taking every penny of every raise Amimnoch Sep 2019 #31
I'm figuring Social Security should be twice what it is. LiberalFighter Sep 2019 #36
Social Security has essentially a ten year vesting. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2019 #50
this woman needs to be the next president.... throwthe_shoe Sep 2019 #38
I could not agree more. warmfeet Sep 2019 #42
im on ssi. when congress gave us a raise last year , this year ss goes to me you make too much AllaN01Bear Sep 2019 #44
Why do people support trump and the GOP then duforsure Sep 2019 #45
Why? Blue_true Sep 2019 #47
Like everything else that is financial. Blue_true Sep 2019 #46
I don't know about everyone else. But I'm surviving. MySideOfTown Sep 2019 #51
SSI is also too small. ColesCountyDem Sep 2019 #52
As a retiree I'm more worried about my SS getting smaller than it is now elocs Sep 2019 #55
My mom and dad only get about $5300 a month in SS madville Sep 2019 #56
5300? Wow, that's more than the 3100 my brother and his wife bring home a month cstanleytech Sep 2019 #57
Mom owned a bookkeeping business, Dad was a salesman madville Sep 2019 #70
Only? Boomer Sep 2019 #59
! CountAllVotes Sep 2019 #67
It's about what I gross in my current job madville Sep 2019 #69
Only? What sort of medical coverage do they have? SMC22307 Sep 2019 #65
Yeah madville Sep 2019 #68
$5300/mo.! CountAllVotes Sep 2019 #66
I live on $1194 a month and I'm doing fine Kaleva Sep 2019 #71
This is SOOOOO true StarzGuy Sep 2019 #58
and now McConnell plans to cut "benefits" and cut back Medicare lab testing. Grasswire2 Sep 2019 #60
Yes they are, but social security was Progressive dog Sep 2019 #63
This, along with Medicare at 55, are winning issues. SMC22307 Sep 2019 #64
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