Posted on 08/09/2013 6:09:06 PM PDT by Yosemitest
bfl
Who will stop them? The republicans won’t.
Is there anything they have shown to be unable to do?
“Can they really steal our IRAs and 401Ks ?”
Of course they can, and they will; not the first country to suffer from this ‘progressive’ idea.
Only if they don’t value family, property and themselves.
And to the NSA trolls, FU.
You should put that NSA comment in your sig.
It’s good.
the govt class has their already fat obscene defined pensions....
we lose again...
They can steal them because they have the firepower.
That’s what the Civil War was really about: do the lawyers in Washington have the right to kill anyone who doesn’t obey them.
they can always increase the tax on them to 95%
The mile high stack of blank Executive Order chits on his desk guarantees he can do most anything he wants.
He went downtown and started shooting at the town hall.
That was over a crappy yard filled with junk. If the government starts grabbing IRAs and 401Ks -- and don't get me wrong, I pretty expect them to try it -- but when they do, there really will be blood in the streets. That's Lexington Green all over. Some lines cannot be crossed without repercussions.
Teresa Ghilarducci Wants to Confiscate Your IRA, 401k & Pension
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=s9UD5UEJGEA
That's the $64,000 question. I don't know what Zippy's waiting for. Maybe he's afraid of the one or two conservatives left in Congress --and the well-armed Tea Party.
There’s a lot of people who’ve already stored a lot of ammo to fight this war.
(A) which covers each qualifying employee of the covered employer for the calendar year,
(B) under which a qualifying employee--
(i) may elect--
(I) to contribute to an individual retirement plan, or to purchase a qualified retirement bond on behalf of the employee, by having the employer deposit payroll deduction amounts or make other periodic direct deposits (including electronic payments) to the plan or to be invested in retirement bonds (whether to the Secretary of the Treasury or to a designated trustee or other agent for that purpose), or
(II) to have such payments paid to the employee directly in cash,
(ii) is treated as having made the election under clause (i)(I) in the amount specified in paragraph (4) until the individual specifically elects not to have such contributions or purchases made (or specifically elects to have such contributions or purchases made at a different percentage or in a different amount), and
[automatic opt-in until employee opts out. -ed]
(iii) may elect to modify the manner in which such amounts are invested for such year,
(C) which meets the administrative requirements of paragraph (2), including the notice requirement of paragraph (2)(C), and
(D) which does not charge unreasonable additional fees solely on the basis that the balance in an automatic IRA is small.
“we lose again...”
Over and over again, still.
Not sure when or even IF this will end.
we're good little peasants and we'll put up with like we do everything else....
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