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Benefits have been cut in the past thru raising the retirement age without much political expense.
Meh, I want current seniors to feel the effects just as much as those coming down the pipe. But we could watch seniors battle approaching seniors, that could be entertaining.
May sound harsh but they vote for this so it's just giving them the results of their vote. Republican candidates are never shy about saying they want to cut Social Security and Medicare and seniors vote for it. Let it be so.
Meh, I want current seniors to feel the effects just as much as those coming down the pipe. But we could watch seniors battle approaching seniors, that could be entertaining.
May sound harsh but they vote for this so it's just giving them the results of their vote. Republican candidates are never shy about saying they want to cut Social Security and Medicare and seniors vote for it. Let it be so.
Actually they have never even had the option to vote for that. Republicans suggest cuts down the line.
You hardly ever here Democrats address what is needed to shore up SS. The fact is you need either benefit cuts, tax increases or some combination of the two. We really can fix SS, we can't fix Medicare and Medicaid without drastic measures.
Liberalized legal immigration if done right could help.
It kills me when these politicians who are on the public dole and get lifetime pensions and healthcare talk about cutting SS. I say they if they vote out all the bennies they get after they leave office, then I'll consider listening to them. Until then, they are just windbags.
There are plenty of places to make cuts and social security isn't one of them. As I said above, we need to take care of our own people first. I know a lot of older people who are just barely making it and no, we can't get less because we already won't have enough to keep out extremely modest house, pay taxes, pay insurance needed to supplement insurance, etc. and why didn't we save? Depressed wages and benefits, thanks to the ever increasing illegal population that Kasich wants to make legal.
If you haven't guessed by now, Trump has the plan I want in place. Kasich? I'm glad he said this.
and no, we can't get less because we already won't have enough to keep out extremely modest house, pay taxes, pay insurance needed to supplement insurance, etc. and why didn't we save? Depressed wages and benefits, thanks to the ever increasing illegal population that Kasich wants to make legal.
So seniors expect those of us still working to pay for them and they don't want any cuts to their Social Security, their Medicare or their Medicaid even though they admit they didn't save? They can't take any cuts? None at all? Hmm.
And they vote for Republicans that tell them point blank cuts need to happen. Doesn't sound logical.
Meh, I want current seniors to feel the effects just as much as those coming down the pipe. But we could watch seniors battle approaching seniors, that could be entertaining.
May sound harsh but they vote for this so it's just giving them the results of their vote. Republican candidates are never shy about saying they want to cut Social Security and Medicare and seniors vote for it. Let it be so.
What a moronic position. It's based upon ignorance. That's sad.
Women vote for Republicans also so I guess you are cool with them all losing their abortion rights? The (D)'s could have raised the ceiling when they had the chance. Did they? No. Did Clinton sign off on the budget that stole from S.S.? Yes he did.
So seniors expect those of us still working to pay for them and they don't want any cuts to their Social Security, their Medicare or their Medicaid even though they admit they didn't save? They can't take any cuts? None at all? Hmm.
And they vote for Republicans that tell them point blank cuts need to happen. Doesn't sound logical.
You don't seem to have problem paying to support people and immigrants on welfare.
And that costs us over $1 trillion a year which is more than SS.
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