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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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Originally Posted by lurkette
I didn't see the telecast so take everything I say with a shaker full of salt.
From what I've read about the telecast - transcripts, commentary, etc., he might be getting better at speaking but he's not getting any better at thinking, particularly when it comes to foreign policy. He still thinks in pretty black-and-white terms and has an um...un-nuanced understanding of the issues involved.
I don't have any problem with scaling benefits based on income - I think it's probably necessary, and is in keeping with the spirit of the social security program: providing retirement benefits for those who need it. But I'm a commie  and have no problem with wealth redistribution. I am torn about privatizing accounts - on the one hand, I don't have any illusions that I'm going to see a penny of my contributions to SS. It'd be nice to have some control over that money and invest it where I wanted, and KNOW that I was going to see some return. However, I already have a retirement account. I'm taking care of myself. If that money goes to help someone like my grandma pay her expenses now, and I never see any of it, I guess that's all right with me. |
If the money is supposed to be earmarked for me, then I want my share of it. After doing someone else's retirement planning while they were already in it, it doesn't look like a pretty picture to me. I save a good amount on my own, but I do want every dollar and penny that I deserve from what I've put away either privately or forced via SSI taxes.
Call me selfish, but I don't get any many of the other services that I pay for from welfare, WIC, HUD, Medicare/Medicaid, Public Schools, and the like...
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