Tag: Retirement

Fracker’s friend frets that you might retire and get your Social Security, instead of working to death

~ Fred Donaldson ~ 3 Comments

When Libertarian Gary Johnson proclaimed that Americans should not get their Social Security until age 72, he was actually condemning many to death before receiving any of their "earned benefits." That's because the average life expectancy of a Black male in the U.S. is 68 years, meaning death four years before Gary would grant retirement … Continue reading Fracker’s friend frets that you might retire and get your Social Security, instead of working to death

There’s little love in Paris this Springtime, as French President uses executive power to crush labor rights

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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?

~ Fred Donaldson ~ 3 Comments

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?

Cut Medicare and Social Security Club is back again – this time pointing its daggers at Donald Trump

~ Fred Donaldson ~ 8 Comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH69lgidOhM The Committee for a Responsible Budget (CFRB) is at it again in their quest to cut Social Security and Medicare. Cloaked behind a lace curtain of "bipartisan" concern, the committee includes impotent deficit hawks, sharks and other carnivores of ill repute. Of course, at the top of the list is Pete Peterson, a very, … Continue reading Cut Medicare and Social Security Club is back again – this time pointing its daggers at Donald Trump

Chinese women retire 17 years earlier than us, but moronic scolds want to hike pension age even higher

~ Fred Donaldson ~ 2 Comments

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

Medicare age hike to 68 is Heritage GOP plan

~ Fred Donaldson ~ 4 Comments

With the exceptions of Mike Huckabee and Donald Trump, all of the Republican candidates for President want to change Medicare so that it costs you much more, but guarantees profits for campaign-funding insurance companies. The details are in the Heritage Foundation plan to replace Medicare with a "premium support" plan in which you buy Medicare … Continue reading Medicare age hike to 68 is Heritage GOP plan

Does Heritage Foundation want Communist plan for Social Security? GOP candidates should denounce!

~ Fred Donaldson ~ 6 Comments

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

~ Fred Donaldson ~ 8 Comments

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