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Social Security on the chopping block

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Emcee: Sidney Reilly	Type: Moderated

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The Republican agenda for Bush's second term seems to have changed from cutting our constitutional rights out of the constitution to cutting social security benefits and giving the stock market a much needed cash infusion through the redistribution of SS withholdings. It seems the Republicans are not opposed to raising the retirement age and keeping Americans working and paying in longer when Americans are looking forward to 65 so they can retire! How many Americans would lose big with their retirement going into the stock market? The market will eat up any inexperienced investor.

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35	I thought this item was interesting: news.yahoo.com It looks like someone has	Don Earl	-	6/22/2005
34	That's very true. In my state they are ruthlessly throwing very sick people,	Sidney Reilly	-	6/19/2005
33	Re: <i>The unions have shot themselves in the foot.</i> I complete	Raymond Duray	-	6/19/2005
32	RE: "I gave you three examples." I gave you two. Either a company is	Don Earl	-	6/18/2005
31	<i>...RE: "The argument that the consumer always ultimately pays is j	wonk	-	6/17/2005
30	RE: "The argument that the consumer always ultimately pays is just plain fa	Don Earl	-	6/17/2005
29	That's a good point you make about employers wanting immigration to keep dow	Sidney Reilly	-	6/16/2005
28	I am in complete agreement with you...that is of course how competitive markets	tonto	-	6/16/2005
27	tonto, I’m going to jump in here and suggest to you all that in certain isolated	wonk	-	6/16/2005
26	You are right. Your argument is silly...it is poorly thought out, does not apply	tonto	-	6/15/2005
25	This argument is getting silly. For a rough ballpark figure, it costs the averag	Don Earl	-	6/14/2005
24	You got it dead on. Let me expand a bit further beyond your remarks. Currently	Lazarus_Long	-	6/14/2005
23	That's right. And the employer adds the cost to whatever goods or services h	Sidney Reilly	-	6/14/2005
22	You actually made sense, for once. I wouldn't give that $5 to my employee; l	Wharf Rat	-	6/14/2005
21	Wrong. Your assumption that the extra $5 in your example would go to the employe	tonto	-	6/14/2005
20	Look it up. The comment is 100% accurate. Every dime that comes out of your pay	Don Earl	-	6/14/2005
19	Huh? Absurd comment. <i>The common misconception is the employer pays any	tonto	-	6/14/2005
18	For starters, the maximum benefit from Social Security is based on a maximum inc	Don Earl	-	6/13/2005
17	Thanks for the links Ray. I hope Bush doesn't get away with this one too.	Sidney Reilly	-	6/13/2005
16	I agree. I have taken a beating lately too. I think people would be the victim o	Sidney Reilly	-	6/13/2005
15	Good point Don; so why should someone making $2,000,000 a year pay just over 3%	Nicholas Thompson	-	6/13/2005
14	The CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS has some of the best analysis of the Social Sec	Raymond Duray	-	6/13/2005
13	<I>>The correct answer is to put our government on a strict money diet,	10K a day	-	6/13/2005
12	RE: "it isn't tough to raise fica from .0751 to .0851 for both the empl	Don Earl	-	6/13/2005
11	From yer header... How many Americans would lose big with their retirement goin	Wharf Rat	-	6/13/2005

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