On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote:
> > To recap: there are several options on the table which include various > combinations of raising the income limit to which fica applies (hardly > bleeding the taxpayer more until there is no money left), raising the > retirement age slightly, and tiering benefit payouts based on income. > Some of the options don't require raising taxes at all. There are > other options that have been discussed that aren't even on the > scenarios presented by the Trustee boards. > Tweaks do nothing but delay the inevitable. I like the Iroquois notion of considering the effects of our actions on the next seven generations. In seven generations, Social Security will have failed because it was unsustainable. So you can be proud that we are pushing poverty off onto a later generation, just don't pretend that it's not happening. > > Medicare presents by far the largest > contribution by huge amounts. That's one of the reasons that Obama and > Democrats pledged to try for healthcare reform. > They pushed Obamacare because they thought it was their one chance to get it through. Remember Rahm 'never let a crisis go to waste' Emmanuel? So they threw some sh!t against the wall to see what would stick. That's how we ended up with bureaucracy run amok like the 10-99 reporting law. Great job in creating job killing regulations in the middle of a recession, Democrats! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:332037 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
