tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3397167328061019765.post1336719538350300345..comments2024-01-16T03:55:26.266-05:00Comments on Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!): Dennis K Says "Retire at 60!" (Inside Bankster News) Wall Street Was Given a "License to Steal" (Thus, the Bonuses & Next Crash Planned)Cirzehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07070125217972397204noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3397167328061019765.post-91784818284368948222010-02-28T07:13:52.777-05:002010-02-28T07:13:52.777-05:00even if you raise taxes on the wealthy to pay for ...even if you raise taxes on the wealthy to pay for entitlements, we still have a demographic problem where there will be an increasingly large number of retirees supported by a shrinking younger workforce...<br /><br />social security was designed for retirement at 65 when the life span was shorter & the majority of workers were broken by a lifetime of hard labor; not so much now, so there's no reason people of my age should be on the dole...rjshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3397167328061019765.post-40140855181749165222010-02-27T13:32:05.674-05:002010-02-27T13:32:05.674-05:00And eat them alive.
Thanks for your comment, Libh...And eat them alive.<br /><br />Thanks for your comment, Libhom.<br /><br />Let's publicize Dennis' thoughts on the web!<br /><br />S<br />___________Cirzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070125217972397204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3397167328061019765.post-71306733610098998842010-02-27T13:19:26.049-05:002010-02-27T13:19:26.049-05:00Kucinich is wonderful. Thanks for publicizing his ...Kucinich is wonderful. Thanks for publicizing his proposal.<br /><br />As for banks failing, it's mostly small banks, and that should set off alarm bells. I see it less as a general problem with the financial system and more as big banks using financial manipulation to drive their smaller competitors out of business.libhomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537213558568338561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3397167328061019765.post-77891319639967008742010-02-26T11:32:59.325-05:002010-02-26T11:32:59.325-05:00RJ,
I disagree. Have you actually looked at the e...RJ,<br /><br />I disagree. Have you actually looked at the evidence? This is a favorite right-wing ploy to continue to shred the safety net of those on the bottom - just a scare tactic without any good data demanding such (and already paid for by the contributors - see the raises in rates under the Greenspan Commission in the 80's - which provided the money for the Bush tax cuts and weren't safeguarded as solely for the funding of Social Security as publicized by those in power like Gore asked for in his "lock box" issue).<br /><br />I've studied it thoroughly and any shortfall can be met by very insubstantial raises of rates (not anywhere near as drastic as those in the '80s were) for all or as many have already suggested, raising the rates for those above the artificial $109K top that exists now.<br /><br />Study up on it and get back to me.<br /><br />S<br />______________Cirzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070125217972397204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3397167328061019765.post-84898724353829065712010-02-26T11:05:22.786-05:002010-02-26T11:05:22.786-05:00suzan, i gotta disagree with dennis's propasal...suzan, i gotta disagree with dennis's propasal; if we're going to eventually solve to compounding deficit problem, the elephants in the room are social security and medicare, and the eligiblity ages on them will have to be <i>raised</i>rjshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582noreply@blogger.com