making cuts in benefits and raising taxes, after the expenditures in iraq, may be the straw that broke this countries back.
2007-09-24 17:10:33 · 8 answers · asked by tomjohn2 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
j&c-his name is on the report, that is good enough for me. he didn't send petraeus on point this time.
yeah, i may be naive, i did volunteer for viet nam. but i'm much better now, thanks for asking.
2007-09-24 17:28:46 · update #1
hey mark, i guess you can make what you want out the same news report that i read. if those aren't his plans or his thoughts, then what are they? funny, i read english quite well. my comprehension is ok. my wife says i have selective hearing, but other than my hemmorhoids burning every now and then, i am ok. i make no apologies for my take on the article.
i'm not a liar, and probably the most foolish thing i did today was to read and respond to your post.
as i have worked for 43 yrs, 15 of them with two jobs, have two retirement accounts already, and am working for a third, i take my money seriously.
2007-09-24 17:43:23 · update #2
j&c, i looked at your profile to try to figure your animosity out.i was wondering if you took that fudge packing job. was that the one that you auditioned for?
life is a learning experience, my friend. you should check it out. while, i do not know everything, i have an open mind. it looks like your mind is filled with bile and bitterness. i feels for ya, honey.
2007-09-25 00:55:43 · update #3
I think it's the last gasp of a lame duck with a severe legacy problem.
2007-09-24 17:15:45 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
He tried to solve the SSI problem several years ago. But the Democrats started whining about how much revenue the treasury would lose and how giving money back to the workers so they could give more to IRAs and 401K plans was "gambling retirement funds on the stock market". You can bet that if a Democrat gets in the WH they will be raising payroll taxes just like they did in the 90s. Problem is it didn't save the system. The SSI system was doomed the minute LBJ had it prorated to pay for his Great Society programs to fight poverty. Another failure for liberals.
2007-09-25 00:26:25 · answer #2 · answered by smsmith500 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
When it comes to his own people he couldn't care less. He also threatened to veto a bill to give children health care. Screw the old & the young. They can't go to war to push his agenda so what good are they. At the same time we are making many Iraqi's rich. We are subsidizing Iraqi construction companies. Our businesses are bribing many Iraqi government officials. So many people here are just fine with all the irregularities that are going on in Iraq(that is costing billions in USA tax money). But when it comes to our own people we resent one cent of help to them. You & I pay into Social Security all our lives. They call it an "entitlement". Your dam right it is an entitlement. we are entitled to it. Congress has robbed the fund for many years. The presidents(all of them) had no problem with that. Not one word from bush about paying for the war, $500 billion so far, but he will have to raise taxes to pay for our own peoples Social Security!!!! And he is getting the response he wants. you can see it in YA's. Divide & conquer. He is dividing his people. And we are falling for it. how many of you resents any help or "entitlement' to your neighbor? What we fail to understand that at any given time you or I might need healthcare & not have the monetary means to supply it for a reason that might be beyond our control to supply. AND, we all get old, just remember that! Young people very seldom have health issues. They don't even think about it, except to resent paying for something they don't even need(not yet anyway). As we get older our body wears out. Thats when health care becomes important. The same thing applies to Social Security. We can't all become rich & not need SS. EVEN some of us that today resent giving anyone help will need it. Remember YOU paid for SS all your life. You are entitled to it. No matter what your younger neighbor thinks. Don't be so hard on people that are less fortunate than you. A simple twist of fate can make you one of them. GASP!!!!
2007-09-25 08:17:39 · answer #3 · answered by peepers98 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Social Security is a Ponzi scheme an should be abolished entirely. Get rid of it, once and for all.
Also, you have totally mischaracterized the President's proposals. You are either 1) lying, or 2) too dumb to read and understand political news
"The president is not advocating for tax increases or benefit cuts," said White House spokesman Tony Fratto.
2007-09-25 00:15:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The Government has been spending the SS contributions as soon as they come in and that has been going on for decades. The libs MANDATE that citizens contribute to programs whether they want to or not just as Hillary and Edwards want to mandate that the young buy health insurance mainly because they don't need it so that money will be used to subsidize others who do and keep the cost down for them.
2007-09-25 00:26:07 · answer #5 · answered by Dolly_Madison 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
How can he make cuts in benefits when he has been stealing from the Social Security Trust Fund forever, and he has been giving tax cuts to the rich. Why do the poor have to pay for a war they didn't start and a deficit they didn't increase by 4 TRILLION?
That man is nuts!
AND IT IS THEIR MONEY!!!
2007-09-25 00:15:56 · answer #6 · answered by cantcu 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I never pay attention to what he says. Its all lies.
Nevertheless its best to oppose anything he wants.
Hes a dangerous liar.
2007-09-25 00:24:37 · answer #7 · answered by planksheer 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Do you believe that they are HIS and his alone. I bet you drink EVIAN (spell it backwards).
Sure you did. Didn't learn too much in all that time, that is the waste.
2007-09-25 00:15:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋