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Old 10-19-2011, 01:21 PM
 
Location: Wasilla, Alaska
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Social Security is operating on a surplus... Wall Street wants to steal that money...
Wall Street will just have to wait their turn. Democrats and Republicans in Congress have already stolen over $3 trillion in Social Security revenues. Social Security is in serious debt, it is not operating at a surplus.
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Old 10-19-2011, 01:21 PM
 
Location: Home, Home on the Front Range
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That was after Vietnam... After WW II... Veterans were able to find jobs...

Oh, yeah, this is completely explanatory. The job market today is so much like it was after WWII.
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Old 10-19-2011, 01:22 PM
 
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Social Security is operating on a surplus... Wall Street wants to steal that money...
If it is now it's only temporary...Soon they will need to reach into the SS Trust to pay benefits.

This is why Paul will cut benefits...he refuses to increase SS taxes to pay for it...thus he will cut benefits.

You can stop playing games because people are on this thread that are informed and have you figured out.
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Old 10-19-2011, 01:22 PM
 
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Gotta to win the GOP nomination first - Not Gonna Happen
Then he has win as an Indpendent - Not Gonna Happen
Welcome to Reality
Ron Paul wins every real unbiased poll... When the primaries start... Ron Paul will blow the other candidates out of the water...
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Old 10-19-2011, 01:24 PM
 
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If it is now it's only temporary...Soon they will need to reach into the SS Trust to pay benefits.

This is why Paul will cut benefits...he refuses to increase SS taxes to pay for it...thus he will cut benefits.

You can stop playing games because people are on this thread that are informed and have you figured out.
Ron Paul never said he would cut benefits... He will let people opt out...
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Old 10-19-2011, 01:25 PM
 
Location: Home, Home on the Front Range
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Guess again, the US is not a democracy. The people demand nothing.
Well, they do seem to demand the status quo.
How else to explain why some people have been in Congress for decades.
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Old 10-19-2011, 01:25 PM
 
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Oh, yeah, this is completely explanatory. The job market today is so much like it was after WWII.
It will be when we cut all the war spending... concentrate on homeland security... and bring the troops home...
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Old 10-19-2011, 01:25 PM
 
Location: South Dakota
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If it is now it's only temporary...Soon they will need to reach into the SS Trust to pay benefits.

This is why Paul will cut benefits...he refuses to increase SS taxes to pay for it...thus he will cut benefits.

You can stop playing games because people are on this thread that are informed and have you figured out.
Didn't 0bama cut SS taxes as a "stimulus" what do you think of that idea???
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Old 10-19-2011, 01:26 PM
 
Location: Long Island
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Social Security is operating on a surplus...

nope not in the last few years...and now the boomers start ti retire

ss is a sinking ship, that needs to be cut if it wants to float at all
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Old 10-19-2011, 01:28 PM
 
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nope not in the last few years...and now the boomers start ti retire

ss is a sinking ship, that needs to be cut if it wants to float at all
Social Security is on a surplus for another 30 years..
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