Kerry's Claims about what Bush will do

[TexasDevilDog]

Democrat John Kerry told voters in two states Sunday that President Bush has a "January surprise" that would reduce Social Security benefits up to 45%.

Kerry also said that Bush will start a draft next year, outlaw free press, quarter troops in private homes and bring back slavery.
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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20041018/ts_usatoday/kerrybushwouldcutsocialsecuritybenefitsifreelected

[mardyn]

That idiot is desparate and will say/do anything to get elected... hopefully the majority of the US population is too smart for his antics...

mardyn

[46Tbird]

Am I the only person on the planet that thinks it's OKAY to slash social security benefits by 45%? I say slash what you take out of my check by 100% and don't lie to me about what I'm going to "eventually" get!

That's about four grand a year that I know will do more for my future if I have it today than not have it tomorrow...

[Danny]

Amen!

That 46Tbird guy is a smart muthafucka.

[Dacotua]

Am I the only person on the planet that thinks it's OKAY to slash social security benefits by 45%? I say slash what you take out of my check by 100% and don't lie to me about what I'm going to "eventually" get!

That's about four grand a year that I know will do more for my future if I have it today than not have it tomorrow...

If it is MY MONEY why can't I do with it what I want? I personally have invested in my own retirement and I'm more than willing to sign any papers or legal forms removing myself from social security. I cringe everytime I look at my paychecks and see social security deductions. People should be able to voluntarily remove them from a forced retirement program inwhich they dont want to belong to.

Who do you trust with your money? Your own investments or the Governments idea of what you should invest in?

[AL P]

Social Security is one of the worst ideas ever conceived. I can see it as a fund for children who have lost parents and things of that nature. I am more than willing to pay a small amount into a fund for those people. But as a retirement plan? Fucking please. The government should not be in the retirement business.

[TexasDevilDog]

If it is MY MONEY why can't I do with it what I want? I personally have invested in my own retirement and I'm more than willing to sign any papers or legal forms removing myself from social security.

I agree. We could transistion from SS, by allowing people to choose to be in or out. If you are out, you keep your payroll tax, but the employer's part still goes to the system, for the transistion period, probably 10 years.

I have been able to amass enough wealth in my 401k in the last eight years, by plowing 15% in to it, to be able to pay half of what SSA says that I will receive when I retire.

I want to know why the african americans community doesn't stand up for a change in the social security system. They are being cheated the most. Most african americas will never live long enough to collect. That is a sad hard truth, that their average life expectacy is lower than the retirement age.

When people die all the money paid in to the system vanishes, for the government to spend. Allowing people to keep and save their retirement, when they die, they pass on the money to their kids.

[AL P]

I agree. We could transistion from SS, by allowing people to choose to be in or out. If you are out, you keep your payroll tax, but the employer's part still goes to the system, for the transistion period, probably 10 years.

I have been able to amass enough wealth in my 401k in the last eight years, by plowing 15% in to it, to be able to pay half of what SSA says that I will receive when I retire.

I want to know why the african americans community doesn't stand up for a change in the social security system. They are being cheated the most. Most african americas will never live long enough to collect. That is a sad hard truth, that their average life expectacy is lower than the retirement age.

When people die all the money paid in to the system vanishes, for the government to spend. Allowing people to keep and save their retirement, when they die, they pass on the money to their kids.

How dare you.... wanting to manage your own money.