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To: RetiredNow who wrote (125632)10/29/2012 2:53:40 PM
From: LLCF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 149317
 
I agree with you... although defense SHOULD be down the list. :)

Also, SS isn't even supposed to be in the budget... one should get what they put in + interest... it's a GREAT REASON that the fed should't be holding i rates at stupid levels...

IN FACT, SS program alone is a reason to completely revamp the fed... Bernanke and Greenspan have essentially bankrupted the program and reduced benefits to every senior in the country!!

DAK



To: RetiredNow who wrote (125632)10/29/2012 2:56:59 PM
From: sylvester80  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 149317
 
Don't you dare put Social Security and Medicare with those other programs. People put specifically their own money in those programs outside the taxes they pay.



To: RetiredNow who wrote (125632)10/29/2012 11:45:02 PM
From: denizen48  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 149317
 
Baloney about the bunch of IOUs. Apparently you never paid payroll taxes or self-employment taxes. SS does not belong in your equation talk.
However, since all the billionaires pay only capital gains taxes, no SS taxes, why not come up with a military tax of say 5% on all these high rollers whose wealth our military is protecting?