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To: i-node who wrote (733866)	8/21/2013 8:07:01 AM
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The abuse of buying and selling votes crept in and money began to play an important part in determining elections. Later on, this process of corruption spread to the law courts. And then to the army, and finally the Republic was subjected to the rule of emperors. - Plutarch (Historian of the Roman Republic)

To: i-node who wrote (733866)	8/21/2013 12:48:04 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583508

Why Do Republicans Hate Social Security? By Sen. Bernie Sanders, Reader Supported News 22 September 11 epublicans hate Social Security because it has been an extraordinary success and has done exactly what it was designed to do. It is the most successful government program in our nation's history and is enormously popular. When Social Security was developed, 50 percent of seniors lived in poverty. Today, that number is 10 percent - still too high, but a testament to the success of Social Security. Republicans have spent years demonizing Social Security and spreading lies about its sustainability. They want to scare Americans and build support for making drastic cuts to the program or privatizing it entirely. Their long-term goal is to end Social Security as we know it, and convert it into a private account system which will enable Wall Street to make hundreds of billions in profits. The truth is that, today, according to the Social Security Administration, Social Security has a $2.7 trillion surplus and can pay out every benefit owed to every eligible American for the next 25 years. Further, because it is funded by the payroll tax and not the US Treasury, Social Security has not contributed one nickel to our deficit. Now - in a prolonged recession that has decimated the poor and middle class and pushed more Americans into poverty than at any point in modern history - we need to strengthen Social Security. That's why I, along with nine co-sponsors, have introduced the "Keeping Our Social Security Promises Act." This legislation would lift the Social Security Payroll tax cap on all income over $250,000 a year, would require millionaires and billionaires to pay their fair share into the Social Security Trust Fund, and would extend the program for the next 75 years. Join me now as a citizen co-sponsor of the Keeping Our Social Security Promises Act. For 76 years, through good times and bad, Social Security has paid out every benefit owed to every eligible American. The most effective way to strengthen Social Security for the next 76 years is to scrap the payroll tax cap for those earning $250,000 a year or more. Right now, someone who earns $106,800 pays the same amount of money into Social Security as billionaires like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. That is because today, all income above $106,800 is exempt from the Social Security tax. As a result, 94% of Americans pay Social Security tax on all of their income, but the wealthiest 6% do not. That makes no sense. The "Keeping Our Social Security Promises Act" will ensure the long-term solvency of Social Security without cutting benefits, raising the retirement age or raising taxes on the middle class. Join me and Democracy for America in fighting to strengthen Social Security - Sign on as a citizen co-sponsor of the Keeping Our Social Security Promises Act. Social Security is keeping tens of millions of seniors out of poverty today. I can think of no more important issue facing our country today than making sure that Social Security remains strong for generations to come. Thank you. -Bernie Senator Bernie Sanders US Senator from Vermont

To: i-node who wrote (733866)	8/21/2013 12:50:52 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583508

No, Health Care Premiums Are Not Soaring and Full-Time Jobs Are Not Disappearing —By Kevin Drum Tue Aug. 20, 2013 6:31 PM PDT John Boehner today, explaining the GOP's strategy on Obamacare: [We're] looking at all options to reach our ultimate goal of repealing this law that is causing premiums to soar and full-time jobs to disappear. Now let's leave fantasyland and see what's happening in the real world. Here is the Kaiser Family Foundation's latest data on premiums: Health-insurance premiums to cover working Americans rose 4 percent this year, less than the previous two years in another sign that the cost of employee benefits for U.S. companies may be slowing. And here's how full-time employment has fared in the three years since Obamacare was passed: More here on the supposed implosion of full-time jobs thanks to Obamacare. As with the soaring premiums, it just hasn't happened. You probably won't hear about this on Fox News, though.