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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (109816)	8/4/2011 1:01:52 PM
From: TopCat	5 Recommendations Respond to of 224737

"Chart, do you agree with Republicans that America's promises to Social Security beneficiaries and Medicare beneficiiaries should be broken?" What was your age for SS full retirement eligibility? Probably 65. Mine was 66. Changing the program to adjust to changing life spans and other conditions is NOT breaking promises.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (109816)	8/4/2011 2:07:58 PM
From: chartseer	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224737

Not their promises to me only the promises to everybody else.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (109816)	8/4/2011 2:19:14 PM
From: joefromspringfield	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224737

The last president to cut social security benefits was Bill Clinton. 85% of Social security payments became taxable if your adjusted gross income was above a certain level. The amount of payments subject to tax was lower than that prior to Clinton. How has your COLA's been under Obama compared to Bush?