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Liberal_Andy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 07:59 PM Original message |
OK, Listen up and listen good! Social Security is not, and never was... |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's even better than you state... |
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JD Lau (209 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. Good points. I just watched the Dem meeting in NY this afternoon |
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Liberal_Andy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 08:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Yes, write your congress, Man!! |
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Yosie (239 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. And, as an insurance vehicle |
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ellenfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 09:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. no health insurance either. eom |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. I don't know why we have to frame it at all. |
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Liberal_Andy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 08:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Would have been nice if Dems had been as united against the Iraq war... |
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bush_is_wacko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yes! It surprises me the Dem's aren't using this EXACT argument! |
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Liberal_Andy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 08:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. GOP argument = "It's your money, you could get better returns!" ... |
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bush_is_wacko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 09:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Oh, I have written them. The ONLY response I have received so far is a |
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Liberal_Andy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 09:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Well maybe they need to be told the error of their ways. |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 09:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Al Gore's analogy to lock boxes was apt--and prescient. |
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tinfoilinfor2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. Good Point... |
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cry baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
10. 1/3 of recipients of SS are disabled, so it is also an insurance policy |
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Liberal_Andy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 09:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. egg-actly! |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 09:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. or children of the deceased. |
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sevendogs (84 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 10:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I receive Social Security Disability INSURANCE |
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madmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
18. SS not an insurance policy |
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Liberal_Andy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-05 07:07 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. yes it is, insurance is when a group of people pool their $ against future |
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Andromeda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-05 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
19. That's what I've been saying for months. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-05 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
21. indeed -- you are correct. |
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Liberal_Andy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-05 05:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Thank you, xchrom! |
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OneTwentyoNine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-05 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
23. Does anyone get the Hightower publication?? Great article on SS |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-05 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
24. Why the hell are you making sense? |
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Liberal_Andy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-05 05:21 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Better to burn out, than fade away |
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progressivejazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-05 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
26. Cat food. |
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Liberal_Andy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-05 05:32 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Good for you, PJ! |
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