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Old 08-05-2014, 08:03 AM
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Originally Posted by buggyone View Post
I was reading recently in The Washington Post that there is now a move being put forward by fiscal conservatives regarding Social Security retirement payments.

The idea is to require a yearly "means test" that will adjust Social Security retirement annually based on other income such as company pensions as well as the amounts of assets a person has in the form of house, car, investments, and other assets.

This would, proponents say, reduce the national debt.

Great idea. Social Security, along with Medicare, is bankrupting this country, and action must be taken to reduce the national debt.