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MyRAs Are the Wrong Way of Helping Ordinary People Save Money
Townhall.com ^ | February 3, 2014 | Daniel J. Mitchell

Posted on 02/03/2014 5:55:59 AM PST by Kaslin

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1 posted on 02/03/2014 5:55:59 AM PST by Kaslin
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2 posted on 02/03/2014 5:58:42 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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This is not your Bismark America, this is another Cuban scam.


3 posted on 02/03/2014 5:59:44 AM PST by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall not be infringed)
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MyRAs are a way to sucker poor people into giving their savings to the government in preparation for the nationalization of the pension system. This country is so addicted to spending that its coming.


4 posted on 02/03/2014 6:05:16 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Kaslin
Two words - John Corzine

Anyone that thinks this is anything more/less than another way to fleece people is a fool.

5 posted on 02/03/2014 6:06:10 AM PST by paulcissa (The first requirement of Liberalism is to stand on your head and tell the world they're upside down)
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To: Kaslin

If its the wrong thing to do, count on us to do it. Nowadays the more absurd something is, the more likely it will be implemented.


6 posted on 02/03/2014 6:07:21 AM PST by Starboard
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All I need to know about MyRAs is that it is a rat proposal and therefore, not good.


7 posted on 02/03/2014 6:10:19 AM PST by Graybeard58 (_.. ._. .. _. _._ __ ___ ._. . ___ ..._ ._ ._.. _ .. _. .)
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When Germany wanted their gold back they were refused.


8 posted on 02/03/2014 6:13:52 AM PST by ryan71 (The Partisans)
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All I need to know about MyRAs is that it is a rat proposal and therefore, not good.

I haven't paid must attention to the details, but if the poor cannot afford a regular IRA, who is going to subsidize them for MyRAs? The taxpayers. The filty rich. The employed.

This sounds like another share-the-wealth/wealth-redistribution scheme. The poor are not already getting enough with food stamps, housing, Medicaid, etc.
9 posted on 02/03/2014 6:20:53 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: Starboard

Once implemented, all Obama has to do is trigger a plunge in the stock market, and people will be jumping into MyRAs like rats off the Titanic.


10 posted on 02/03/2014 6:28:09 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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“the money collected would be invested in “guaranteed” government bonds.”

There is no “guarantee” on anything when it comes to dealing
with communist government officials, especially Obama.
The goal is to get this passed and then force everyone to
roll all their retirement into this and then eventually
roll it into Social Security. In other words, they want
all retirement accounts put in the governments general fund
so they can blow it. If this goes through, the next thing
will be physical personal property. The goal is that you
will not be allowed to own anything, not even yourself.
It’s communism 101, and we are steadily marching right
into it.


11 posted on 02/03/2014 6:31:38 AM PST by Slambat
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The early word on the street is that the Obama administration is going to build a website where you can log in and sign up for your MyRA account. You’ll have to enter your SSN, checking account number, and some other personal info, but it’s all cool.


12 posted on 02/03/2014 6:34:25 AM PST by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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the money collected would be invested in “guaranteed” government bonds.

Only the opening probe in the move to get ALL RETIREMENT monies scarfed up by the Government.

13 posted on 02/03/2014 6:37:50 AM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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What's wrong with a Roth IRA? If you want government guaranteed investments in a Roth, invest in Treasury Inflation Protected Securities. (Stoopid, but it's an option.)

All MyRA is going to do is to eventually steal all IRAs and force them to roll into MyRAs and steal the surplus, just as they do now with excess Social Security and Medicare tax revenues.

14 posted on 02/03/2014 6:38:00 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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MyRAs Are the Wrong Way of Helping Ordinary People Save Money

They're not intended to help anybody save a darn thing.

They're a vehicle for our government to eventually confiscate 401Ks and IRAs.

15 posted on 02/03/2014 6:38:27 AM PST by SIDENET
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The problem is - what do you do with the elderly poor who, culturally, morally, or intellectually didn’t have the wherewithal to save for the period when they could no longer work?

I know the simple answer is “screw ‘em, they should have”, but can we really do that?

The harder answer is to try to get them to see earlier on the consequences of spending every dime that passes through their fingers. But, if you could do that, you’d be solving the entire poverty problem as well.


16 posted on 02/03/2014 6:40:51 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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For the majority of working class people in this country, there’s not much in the way of disposable income these days left to invest in anything. People can barely make ends meet, and often that means buying on credit or “borrowing” from savings. I just don’t see where the money comes from to “invest” in MyRAs.

In Obama’s Amerika only the wealthy have money and they’re too smart to buy low returning investments and watch the value of their assets being eaten up by inflation.


17 posted on 02/03/2014 6:46:56 AM PST by Starboard
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To: Lou L
I also think these things will end up being managed through the Post Office (just as how in Europe you can keep a savings account there). It will provide one more raison d'etre to keep the Postal Service afloat, and will advance the broader Leftist push for "public sector banking".


18 posted on 02/03/2014 6:51:21 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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MyRA - by the people that brought you Social Security, and with the added help of the IRS.

What could possibly go wrong?


19 posted on 02/03/2014 6:55:35 AM PST by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
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To: TomGuy

exactly - it is a wealth distribution scheme.

Everyone has a fundamental right to a secure retirement, right? (gag)


20 posted on 02/03/2014 6:57:18 AM PST by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
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