From the VOMITORIUM
All of Washington is looking for ways to cut the budget spending in one way or the other…all in the name of the budget deficit…..there has been plan after plan……coming from both sides of the aisle….some have been pretty good and then there are the ones like the proposal coming from the Repub Minority leader of the House of Representatives, John Boehner……
Democrats are slamming House Minority Leader John Boehner for reportedly saying the Social Security retirement age should be raised to pay for the war in Afghanistan — though Boehner’s office vehemently denies he made that connection.
The comment came during an interview Monday with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Boehner said the retirement age should be raised to 70 for those at least 20 years away from retirement and suggested wealthy taxpayers should not be receiving benefits at all. (I do not agree with the retirement thing…if you pay into the fund then you get you check).
“The House Republican Leader John Boehner and his GOP colleagues want to raise the Social Security retirement age to 70 and cut benefits in order to pay for George Bush’s war and their failed policies of the past,” House Democratic Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., said in a written statement.
A ridiculous idea! It is FORCING Americans to pay for a war without end, especially those people who have worked hard their entire lives and deserve to retire and enjoy what is left of their lives. I mean working people are the ones the die in war….and now you want the retirees to “do their part”……I tell you what dickheads, when you DO your part, then we will think about it some more”.
This is the best idea they can come up with? Make working people pay for the war and let those profiting from the war skate on payment. This is where your conservs are at in Washington….DO NOT let them screw you out of what you have worked and paid for for all those years.
I agree entirely – the problem with the affordability of the future cost of pensions is that governments all across the the democratic world are NOT investing the money their citizens have paid in for pensions, but rely upon an ever increasing working population to cove the costs of State pensions…
THAT is a PONZI scheme and it is ILLEGAL across the Western world!
Why not raise the retirement to 85, since Americans live an average of 79 years, then they will not have to pay the benefits and that would help the fund become more stable……looks like that is what these a/holes are working toward only they are cowards an want to raise it slowly until it eventually reaches that point……
I agree, but that (to me) is not the point – what they are SELLING (whether you have a choice to buy or not) is PONZI – and that’s illegal (like most other things governments do).
You had it right when you said if you pay into the fund then you get the check – AS THE TERMS STATED WHEN THE CONTRACT BEGAN! They are in breach of contract!
Yes I agree……and they keep changing the terms of the contract n their favor….it is a scam……….if one person pays into the fund for every dime they make then ALL must do the same…..am I rattling on? The whole SS debate just pisses me off….
They can’t exactly invest in future payouts when there is no surplus…
When we had the projected surplus Republicans argued day and night that it was dangerous and our government shouldn’t be investing. Instead it should lower taxes. Well we did, and now look where we are.
Exactly. It’s the way bureaucracy everywhere works with annual budgets etc. that must be used up or lost and on and on – pure stupid drivel!
We can argue with the conservs day and night….but the fact is that the politicians have made this problem and now it will be the people that pay the price….if they truly want to make it more stable then make ALL people pay into it on every dime they make for as it is now if one makes over $75,000 (I believe) then anything over that figure is tax free…it is time to stop the people retiring for the problem……they have paid into the fund since day one and they should be paid…….
Here is something that I would like to know… The conservatives keep saying that the current retirement age is too low and that most people retiring at 65 have many years left remaining. I believe this to be true.
However… good luck trying to find a job after 50 in this country. Heck, in the software industry 40 pretty much means you’re long in the tooth. Sure, a person can work until 70 but what is that person to do when there are nobody hiring?
It’s always the same with politicians – if they say something that sounds logical, you have to look for the flaw they’e not mentioning – because there always IS one!
Amen brother! Wish more people would grasp that simple truth…..
Terrant you are so right….I was fired from my job after I was hurt and cannot find work…I am old high risk and a bit handicapped…try finding a job with those…….to be sarcastic, why not raise the retirement age to 80…the average life span is 79 years,,,that way they will not have to pay…….like I say the SS debate just pisses me off……