Posted on 06/14/2005 4:50:36 PM PDT by QQQQQ
Edited on 06/15/2005 12:14:44 AM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
Key Senate Republicans are considering gradually raising the Social Security retirement age as high as 69 over several years as they struggle to jump-start legislation that President Bush has placed atop his second-term agenda, officials said Tuesday.
Raising the retirement age is unpopular, according to some surveys.
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But, but, that's not compassionate, after all we Americans are ALL so rich.
SS can't be in too much trouble, what with the totalization agreement with fox and all the little foxes.
" push the age to 100, why don't they, to make sure that 99% of the people will be dead, before qualifying"
That's what FDR intended when he instituted SS, the medical profession should have to fund any shortage for creating the problem!
Yup! Just like I said on another thread a while ago! They havent the grits to do whats right and privatise it so they will do what will have to be done to save the thing.
On that thread I said. They will have to raise the age to 70. Then they will have to cut benefits by half, raise the taxes by at least triple and cut spending by at least half.
Now we all know they are NOT gonna cut spending. So in order to "save" the system and pay off the IOUs coming due in a few years, they will raise ALL taxes (fed income as well as FICA) by at least triple to pay those IOUs and "save" the system. Then make us all work till 69-70-and soon 75 and 80 to help collect gelt they have stolen from the system.
They dont give a rip about us what in the hell are we kidding ourselves for?! They are addicted, and addicted to money. Fine thing, anyone under the age of 55 will have all that money stolen from them and never see one dam red cent.
I resigned myself to the fact that i will never retire - just change what job I do - a long time ago. Republican's attempt to raise the retirement age is not a problem for me. What I object to is their attempt to delay the inevitable by this attempt. Again, I am disappointed in Republicans for not suppoerting President Bush's plan for SS and pushing for privatization accounts.
Keep them working and make sure they die before we have to return any of their money to them. Heck of a scheme.
Even FDR meant for it to be temporary and warned of dependance on goverment
Welcome to FreeRepublic. If the senate Republicans think that they are immune from acting on social security because they didn't mention it in their speeches they are wrong and they are playing games. The president, at the GOP convention, made it clear that Social Security reform was one of the top issues on his platform. As the leader of the majority Republican Senate and majority Republican House, I expect him and them to deliver. Otherwise, they can count on one less vote.
To suggest that Social Security reform - to include private accounts - isn't a Republican issue is to play a political game that I'm not interested in.
Geez, I'd like it whenever they give it to me. It's more than I expected.
I still figure they'll find a way to make sure that I don't get back a fraction of what I've paid in.
Names...I want names!
Probably McLame and his usual cronies.
When discussing FDR, you need to put everything in the perspective of the 1930's.
When we had 25% unemployment, we had Communists actually being taken seriously (for maybe the only time ever), a rising political star in the Conservative Southland was a man who was advocating nationally mandated salary limits
We could have done alot worse than FDR, and the fact is, we were lucky that any vestige of capitalism remained post-depression
FDR's programs were bad, they did increase the size of government, but, they may have very well saved the American system from what could have been a much worse situation.
Most people don't actually take anything said at the conventions seriously, we should all know this by now. It's nothing more than scripted pageantry.
Like it or not, SS privatization is a LOSING ISSUE, and given that the future of this country (judicial appointments) will be settled within the next 10 years, we do not need to give the Democrats any ammunition
It is much better for the country for us to wait on this and get our judges passed, then for us to push it so that the Democrats can beat us by scaring the elderly and get their judges passed.
Of course, if you are able to save and invest enough on your own, you can retire before the official SS retirement age if you have enough income from your investment. There's no rule that you can't retire before the "official" retirement age. You just can't start drawing that government check until then.
Oh well, lets just replace Social Security with a cyanide tablet. ...pssssst. this waffling is going to lead to a major Democratic Win.
what about the rest of us who are on our feet constantly and work extremely hard physically, emotionally and mentally ......
It will be disability for me, that's for sure.....
Big incentive to get old.
"Sorry...but the only benefit to be granted to illegals is a speedy deportation."
How about free health care in our emergency rooms, free public education, and welfare benefits in many states?
i think when the dems controlled congress they did raise the retirement age in a tiered fashion.
i think i am suppose to work until 67 as is?
anyone remember or know?
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