Are Democrats really stupid enough to threaten 401(k) plans?

Hillbuzz ^ | 10/13/10

[anniegetyourgun]

Honestly, I don’t even know what to say about this.

Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa is threatening 401(k) plans — insisting Democrats can use the lame duck, post-defeat session of Congress to ram through a measure that would seize your personal 401(k) plans and use them to prop up the union pension plans that are imploding.

[anniegetyourgun]

Heading into lame-duck hell.

[dirtboy]

Are Democrats really stupid enough to threaten 401(k) plans?

History shows liberals are stupid enough to do just about anything - repeatedly.

[AU72]

Just the threat could destroy the entire Stock Market.

[HIDEK6]

Isn’t Harkin a big-time commie?

[Jolla]

It is hard for me to understand what I think of as good people, the hard working farmers in Iowa re-electing Tom Harkin year after year.

[End Times Sentinel]

Yeah, they are, but they’re gonna get a lot of stupid slapped out of the Nov. 2.

[mulligan]

Absolutely. They are not only that stupid, they are corrupt, incompetent and un-American. That is why we are in the current disaster mess.

[FightThePower!]

The Elite are already planning to take your 401k. In fact, I think it will happen in the next 10 years no matter who is in power. Why? Because its a huge chunk of money that the government wants.

[NEMDF]

Is there a source for the information about Harkin’s proposal? I don’t see anything at the blog. Thank you.

[ClearCase_guy]

I love "The Dark Knight".

There's a scene where the The Joker has stolen $60M from the Gotham crime lords and then barges into one of their meetings.

Crime Lord: You think you can steal from us???
Joker: Yeah.

Heath Ledger delivers the line beautifully. No pause. No thought. Just an absolute statement: "Yeah."

[AngelesCrestHighway]

They were stupid enough to throw Obowma at us!

[MrB]

As the (gov’t) system collapses, they’ll be looking for ANY means by which to prop it up, even temporarily.

When they go for it, there won’t be much time left before total collapse, so our latent reaction time will probably be about the time everything goes to hell.

[NRG1973]

Can’t Senate Republicans filibuster anything that comes down in a lame duck session of Congress? Don’t lame duck sessions of Congress have to obtain cloture?

I’m a bit skeptical about these reports. I think they are an attempt to get the left wing base out for the election.

[Non-Sequitur]

Are Democrats really stupid enough to threaten 401(k) plans?

One would hope not but you never know with them.

[snowrip]

Sure they enou to buy are... they think they can use the money to buy enough votes to hold onto power.

[Republic of Texas]

Greed is a bitch. No one is greedier than Socialists.

[ColdOne]

I am surprised they have not already done it. Next personal bank accounts.

[Calvin Locke]

There was that Dem from Kali that announced last year that 401(k)s will have to looked at...

[Kozak]

[donna]

Senator Tom Harkin is a Marxist stooge. He wants to destroy America.