tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post6920808793888245990..comments2024-03-28T09:36:23.095-07:00Comments on The Turner Report: McCaskill: I am pushing legislation to make Social Security benefits keep with cost of livingRandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760019501046060231noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-14636791827117133032018-04-19T04:43:03.281-07:002018-04-19T04:43:03.281-07:001055- I offered to opt out of SS to my congressman...1055- I offered to opt out of SS to my congressman after he slammed the program. I even offered that they can keep 20%. Mr. Long did not accept my offer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-3083008532272077672018-04-18T20:10:17.774-07:002018-04-18T20:10:17.774-07:00If we could just get sum moar tax cuts to trickle ...If we could just get sum moar tax cuts to trickle down on us all them problems could be fixed quicker than a cutting knife turns a pen full of shoats into barrows!<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-71356848526227205712018-04-18T15:25:58.172-07:002018-04-18T15:25:58.172-07:00What a sham,she has helped spend us into a bottoml...What a sham,she has helped spend us into a bottomless pitt....Concerned citizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16296675808585273570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-67643782302133108012018-04-18T11:14:18.057-07:002018-04-18T11:14:18.057-07:00Sure, 10:55. Perfect answer if you wait a few more...Sure, 10:55. Perfect answer if you wait a few more years for all the people born during the Depression to die off; they remember why Social Security was instituted in the first place. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-43141952725042975922018-04-18T10:55:27.699-07:002018-04-18T10:55:27.699-07:00End this absurd Ponzi scheme! Grandfather the curr...End this absurd Ponzi scheme! Grandfather the current recipients, return the money to those who haven't started collecting and end it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-9402359320167554742018-04-18T10:05:52.463-07:002018-04-18T10:05:52.463-07:00Listen for it: Calls for fiscal responsibility and...Listen for it: Calls for fiscal responsibility and balancing the budget. Time to focus on reducing social security, maybe privatizing it ... All the money went away with the latest egregious tax cut to the wealthy. (Oh, Ooops, my bad. Ignore the last part!) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-4548668561235485092018-04-18T10:03:58.910-07:002018-04-18T10:03:58.910-07:00This makes sense! Social Security was paid in adva...This makes sense! Social Security was paid in advance by recipients; it's not an "entitlement" hand-out. It's controlled by the Treasury who treated it as a slush fund without repayment. Now the bills are coming in, elders are retiring, and the fund is running dry. Never mind the top-heavy salaries and wasteful spending (like first-class travel, a soundproof telephone booth, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com