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Originally Posted by Guest
You know what your problem is you don't know how to read. You are so interested in starting an argument that your flush common sense, if you had any, down the drain. You just want to argue for argument sake.
We have gone over Social Security, and Medicare before. We paid for the people that were collecting at the time. Money wasn't put aside for us. The government could stop these programs, and we would get a dime. My post said we should get rid of the TAX, and not SS, and Medicare. THE TAX, and treat it like all other government programs.
The people could and did make their mortgage payments until the government changed the rules of the road. If you don't think that would create a fire storm with these people, you live in another world.
My stock portfolio didn't take a dive in 2008 quite the opposite. I moved my money into the money market portion of our retirement plan before the dive. When the market started to recover, I returned it to stock market. I doubled my money. Thank you "W".
When the minimum wage doesn't give people a living wage, that is corporate welfare. We have gone over this before. Corporations relying on welfare is dependence also. That flies both ways. Corporations are people as ruled by the Supreme Court. Therefore, they should be taxed on sales. Why should they be able to deduct their expenses, when the ordinary citizens can't?
I am collecting social security, and you are also. I am sucking off the government teat, but you aren't! When you try to insult someone make sure you aren't receiving the same thing that they are. Since you continue to act like a kid, I am going to treat you like a kid. Here is the old saying, "I am rubber. You are glue. Everything that you say about me bounces off me and sticks to you."
It wasn't the people that took adjustable loans, and couldn't afford to make payments, when their rate went up. Some of these people couldn't make the first loan payment. The people that gave them the loans didn't care. The package garbage loans together, and sold them to retirement plans as A+ rating mortgages. I know this is totally out of character for you, but think before you post.
Do you have a Supplemental insurance plan through BCBS? Then more then likely, the money that is being deducted from your social security check is sent to BCBS,. This reduces your premium.
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You start off you comment by attacking and then accuse others? Funny.
Whatever you are talking about regarding SS and Medicare...whatever...whatever makes you feel good. They are bother mishandled.'
I have no idea what you mean by "they couldn't make the first loan payment." Sounds like they were irresponsible like the post that you are referencing. I find it interesting that you blame the banks for giving them the loans that they couldn't afford....kind of like they were children that didn't know any better and the big mean banks took advantage of them. For what reason? I guess so they could go bankrupt? You didn't mention Fanny or Freddy or how congress hosed that up. Too bad Bush couldn't get through to them when he tried more than once or twice. He tried to get them audited, but Barney Frank put a kibosh on that idea.
I am so glad that you were smart enough to not lose any money during the stock market crash. I am glad you were so much smarter than the rest of those losers.
Too bad you are wrong about my BC/BS. It's not a supplement and no, I do not have ANY deductions from my SS. I opted out of Medicare B so I have no deduction for that. I have full coverage BC/BS and thankfully so. Medicare sucks, as far as what we paid all our working life for.
Too bad you thought I was attempting to insult you. I don't know you well enough to care, and it's obvious that you have a high enough opinion of yourself without my encouragement. Maybe you consider yourself as taking the gov teat, but I don't consider my investment in SS as partaking of the gov teat. Any money I get from SS, I earned. If they want to discontinue it, I am also fine with it. I'll take my money, invest it as it should have been, and go my merry way. If it had been handled properly, I could have been living a grand old lifestyle.
I'm not going to address your interpretation of corporate welfare, because we just disagree, period. I don't believe the gov should be involved in minimum wages. I believe that wages are driven by demand and profit. I don't even believe that unions are relevant any more. They had their use in the past, but now they are a hindrance. We have federal laws protecting the worker now. Too many, in my opinion.
And before you respond, if you respond try to remember that folks have conversations on here, sometimes debates. It's not personal. No need to get angry. Suffice it to say that sometimes we don't agree. That's America, where we still have that option....for now.
Have a great day.
