Now I know there are some Republicans who would be just fine with allowing these programs to wither and die on the vine. The way they see it, Social Security and Medicare are wasteful "entitlement programs." But people who think this way need to rethink their position. It's not unreasonable for people who paid into … Continue reading Trump may lose election by not explaining his complete plan for “reforming” Social Security
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Military wants $124 billion ($300 million each) to buy planes to equal China’s J-20 ($40 million each); elites want to cut Social Security to pay for this!
Our Pentagon is at it again - spending more money and getting far less value than cost-conscious China. And to pay for the current $916 billion annual maybe-war-to-come budget, the elite politicians want to cut your Social Security benefits. Articles are already floating the idea in the Washington Post by scoundrels like Russian-born Max Boot … Continue reading Military wants $124 billion ($300 million each) to buy planes to equal China’s J-20 ($40 million each); elites want to cut Social Security to pay for this!
N Y Post can’t stand fact that worker earned a big pension while pub’s boss is worth $15,700,000,000
Retired NYC sanitation worker makes $285K a year from pension That New York Post headline made many folks angry. Do garbage collectors get pensions worth more than they deserve? Are evil unions behind this? Or dopey Dems? Or a PC still running only DOS? To illustrate their point, the newspaper published a photo, sort of … Continue reading N Y Post can’t stand fact that worker earned a big pension while pub’s boss is worth $15,700,000,000
There’s little love in Paris this Springtime, as French President uses executive power to crush labor rights
Best of times for very rich; worst for the working class! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-3s49dfFzQ France's President Francois Hollande has learned many lessons on how to offer false promises from America's President Barack Obama, who campaigned in 2008 with the following plans: convince the working class you stand for better wages and stronger unions say you will reduce … Continue reading There’s little love in Paris this Springtime, as French President uses executive power to crush labor rights
Will politicians steal Social Security’s $2.7 trillion?
Social Security is not in "trouble", except that it has vast wealth in reserves, and politicians want to steal this treasure trove (designed only to insure future Social Security benefits), and use it for something else. That something would probably be tax cuts for the rich by the GOP, or more redistribution downward from the … Continue reading Will politicians steal Social Security’s $2.7 trillion?
Chinese women retire 17 years earlier than us, but moronic scolds want to hike pension age even higher
Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman, pontificated about plans to cut Social Security on Thursday, last week, at the Urban-Brookings Institution Tax Policy Center, Washington, DC. Brady wants to cut Social Security by not only raising the retirement age to 70, but also imposing means testing to cut benefits. He advocated … Continue reading Chinese women retire 17 years earlier than us, but moronic scolds want to hike pension age even higher
Does Heritage Foundation want Communist plan for Social Security? GOP candidates should denounce!
The Heritage Foundation is the think tank for so-called conservative Republicans, who offer flat tax plans, skeleton government goals and the destruction of Social Security as we know it today. The current Social Security program is regressive, and pays a lower percentage in retirement pension, the more you contribute. A retiree, who has paid in … Continue reading Does Heritage Foundation want Communist plan for Social Security? GOP candidates should denounce!
“Fair Tax” by GOP would be fairy tale windfall for the rich
Leave it to the greedy politicians and their wealthy puppet masters to come up with yet another “reform” that will benefit the upper class at the expense of the other 99%. This time it’s called the “Fair Tax”, and it's made of fairy dust for the entitled. Every GOP candidate for President appears to have … Continue reading “Fair Tax” by GOP would be fairy tale windfall for the rich