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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 03:02 PM Original message |
Baby Boomers and Social Security |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. Your share bought new weapons during Ronnie Raygun's... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. The only crisis is a manufactured one |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 03:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I am a total failure at sarcasm Warpy |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Hey, if there ARE fewer workers, there will be some reasons: |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Amen. -eom |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. R Franklin is probably right - 12 yrs from now - I wonder how my front lawn will |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. I've paid in for 30+ years and intend to take out as much as I can. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. start at 62. Waiting is a bad bet. |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 04:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Yep. All the CPAs say to retire at 62 for the best SS deal. Don't wait, |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 04:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. i fully intend to do just that |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 04:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Yup Did that. It's actually simple arithmetic. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. I paid my dues, I'll take my pie. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
7. Why isn't any candidate telling the truth |
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VP505 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
9. The Republics |
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BrklynLib at work (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. Yup. I am one of them thar folks as well. Spent plenty of years putting in the $$$, so I intend |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. If a conservative says its so, its not |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
12. Hey Boss |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I'm just a hater Parche |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
14. Fuck that, the system is broken |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 04:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Whoever is telling you that is lying. n/t |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 04:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Link? |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 04:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Your post is totally offensive. The boomers are NOT at fault for what's happening in this country. |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 05:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Where did I say that? |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 04:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Thanks for proving the point that youth is wasted on the young |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 04:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. You should get, and so should I |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 10:31 AM Response to Reply #28 |
44. Social Security is NOT broken |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 10:34 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. This is not about the foolishness of youth. It's about ACTUARIAL TABLES. nt |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. you are cracking me up...really |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 05:03 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. How so? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 04:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. So, what you're claiming is that investing in the next generation isn't worth it??? |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 05:07 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Uh, yeah, I know that |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 05:32 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Well, then you're reading and listening to the wrong things. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 09:56 AM Response to Reply #34 |
42. No offense, but young people are the *most* effected by declining wages, lower earning potential |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 06:25 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. it's in the RW's/heritage Foundation...etc. Interests... to make SURE you Believe that... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 10:00 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Congress DID NOT "make sure SS insolvency was addressed" during the Clinton admin |
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bain_sidhe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 06:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
36. Ah! You have a key misunderstanding here... |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 09:40 AM Response to Reply #14 |
41. Lucky for you we boomers will vote to make sure you get your pension too. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
18. People gotta stop buying the meme that Social Security is broken. It is NOT. nt |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
22. i just got my social security update.... |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
27. All that money that you have been paying in was borrowed and spent faster than it was taken in. |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 06:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. Trusts can NOT be borrowed and spent upon. The joke is on you! |
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PoiBoy (842 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
33. I suggest you read this article by Thom Hartmann... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 05:47 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. In summary: It's NOT a "Social Security crisis" - It's a Federal Debt crisis! |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 06:32 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Great Post..."Blame the Boomers" is big here on DU and amongst the RW! |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 11:20 AM Response to Reply #38 |
47. Great post. Thank you! nt |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
40. The republicans have been trying to destroy social security for |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
46. The Babyboom generation is the last one that is needed |
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