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re: OT: Happy MLK Day!

Posted on 1/21/14 at 11:02 am to
Posted by PDXDawg
Member since Aug 2013
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Posted on 1/21/14 at 11:02 am to
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Oh, so it's okay for people age 67, 68, and 69 to "starve in the street," but not 70 year olds? This suggests the problem is not in how to pay for everyone, but how to decide who gets to eat and who doesn't. That runs pretty contrary to your belief that SS "keeps poor people off the streets," doesn't it?


No the idea was people are able to work longer now as we live longer now and have better health at a higher age. If they save enough then retire when you want to but not be able to draw SS until a more appropriate age, because people live much longer now than when it was implemented. I'm also open to means testing but I'm sure that will set some people off on this thread.
Posted by Prettyboy Floyd
Pensacola, Florida
Member since Dec 2013
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Posted on 1/21/14 at 11:08 am to
I'm going to respectfully bow out of this thread. You guys have fun.

Posted by PDXDawg
Member since Aug 2013
753 posts
Posted on 1/21/14 at 11:11 am to
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It was supposed to be an additional source of income that was totally supplemental to your own thoughtful retirement planning.


I agree with this, and it can be. We don't have to blow the whole thing out of the water. We all benefit from a safety net. That's what it should be. I never said nothing should change, quite the opposite. But I don't think it's hopeless and should just be axed. That's my opinion, bash away.
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