Category: Social Security
By American Girl in Italy on Sep 28, 2009 in Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, George Bush, Health Care, Media Bias, Nancy Pelosi, National Debt, Sara in Italy, Social Security | View Comments
“We are spending enough of our kids’ money,” the letter said. “Our country needs to get back to following the teachings of Romans 13:8, which says we should ‘let no debt remain outstanding.’” “In our view, shifting financial obligations of this magnitude to future generations is immoral, unacceptable and unsustainable,” the senators’ letter said. “All [...]
By Bronwyn's Harbor on Aug 25, 2009 in Campaign promises, Current Affairs, Hoodwinking, Medicare, Obama's Broken Promises, President Barack Obama, Social Security, Universal Health Care | View Comments
My good friend and neighbor, let’s call him, Roger, depends entirely on his pitifully small Social Security check as well as Medicare. He called up his senators and representative yesterday, and also sent all three of them this e-mail: I am stunned that the Obama administration has the nerve to refuse to give senior and [...]
By bert on Feb 18, 2009 in Backtrack Obama, Current Affairs, Social Security | View Comments
SOCIAL SECURITY IS NOT BROKE As with so many of his positions, Obama’s stance on Social Security has ‘evolved.’ In September of 2008, Slate’s Peter Bray asked, why did Obama delete the following from his on-line position paper on Social Security: “[Obama] does not believe it is necessary or fair to hard working seniors to [...]
By bert on Feb 16, 2009 in Age Discrimination, American Consumers, Banking Institutions, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Depression, Economic Stimulus, Economy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Health Care, Illegal Aliens, Medicare, Social Security | View Comments
(bumped up from earlier this evening — it is the most fascinating history, and a true must-read! – Susan) In the first post on our nation’s Social Security system I tried to give a brief history of how the program came about and the immediate needs of people suffering from the Depression that caused FDR [...]
By bert on Feb 9, 2009 in American Consumers, Current Affairs, Depression, Economy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Social Security | View Comments
(bumped up from early Sunday night) Editor’s Note: Yes! This essay is written by “bert,” who you all know from her regular comments here. She submitted this superb article for publication, and we are so pleased to share this fine writing and excellent research with you. Below, you’ll see that “bert” also found a shocking [...]
By SusanUnPC on Feb 6, 2009 in Social Security | View Comments
William Arnone, a dedicated supporter of Hillary Clinton throughout the primaries, sent me a copy of his letter to the New York Times in response to a January 26th editorial, “From Here to Retirement” that — once again — show how out of touch the New York Times’s editors and reporters are with average working [...]
By SusanUnPC on Feb 3, 2009 in Commerce, Current Affairs, Economic Stimulus, Economy, Judd Gregg, Medicare, Social Security, Tom Daschle | View Comments
Bumped up from early morning, with these additional thoughts: UPDATE #3 (uh, did Obama know this when he decided on Gregg?): “Gregg Voted to Kill Commerce Before He Agreed to Lead It”, CQ Politics, February 2, 2009: President Obama’s new candidate to run the Commerce Department voted in favor of abolishing the agency as a [...]
By Pat Racimora on Nov 11, 2008 in Barack Obama, Commander in Chief, Education, Energy Policy, Health Care, Social Security | View Comments
It took nearly two years with an army of indomitable hunters determined to trap a POTUS* at any cost using any means, but Obama did it. Now that the biggest, most hazardous, acutely stressful, and toughest job on the planet has been captured, what is Obama going to do with it? I get the feeling [...]
By Anita Finlay ("Ani") on Oct 29, 2008 in Barack Obama, Health Care, John Murtha, Social Security | View Comments
According to Robert Carroll’s editorial in the WSJ, Almost Everyone Would Do Better Under the McCain Health Plan: The McCain health-care insurance tax credit may well be one of the most misunderstood proposals of this presidential election. Barack Obama has been ruthless in his attacks. But the tax credit is highly progressive and will provide [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 27, 2008 in 1st Amendment, ACORN, Bamboozling, Barack Obama, Bill Ayers, Chicago politics, Civil Rights, Current Affairs, DNC idiocy, Domestic Terrorist, Earmarks, Economy, Hillary Clinton, Hoodwinking, Illinois senate, Iraq, John McCain, National Security, Social Security, Voter Fraud | View Comments
“Give me all your money – I’m the government! I know how best to spend your hard earned wages – I’ll SHARE them with whomever I choose worthy! And while I’m at it, maybe I’ll take over your 401(k)s too, and give you a WHOPPING 3% interest on your “investment! Aren’t I BENEVOLENT???” Woohoo!!! Where [...]
By SusanUnPC on Jul 9, 2008 in Barack Obama, Bush Faith-Based Programs, Current Affairs, Democratic Nomination, Health Care, Hillary Clinton, Huffington Post, MoveOn.org, Social Security | View Comments
Bob Ostertag at Huffington Post is urging Obama donors “who are angry about his about-face on the upcoming FISA legislation” to donate instead this month to Russ Feingold’s senate reelection. Feingold, Ostertag says, “is carrying on the fight that Obama walked away from.” Mr. Ostertag notices a “spike” in donations to Feingold. So far, so [...]
By Will Bower on Jul 6, 2008 in Barack Obama, Bush Faith-Based Programs, Bush/Cheney, Campaigns & Campaign Financing, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, DNC, Democratic National Convention, Democratic Nomination, Democratic Party, Disenfranchisement, FISA, Foreign Policy, Gun Control, Health Care, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, Social Security, U.S. Constitution | View Comments
OBAMA SIGNALS ENDLESS WAR IN IRAQ, SELLOUTS ON FISA, NAFTA, AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM * * * * * WANTED: 175 HONEST DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES TO LEAVE FRAUDULENT OBAMA IN DENVER! On July 3, Barack Obama revealed once and for all that he has run a fraudulent campaign in his attempt to secure the Democratic nomination [...]
By Imv on Jun 28, 2008 in Barbara Jordan, Social Security | View Comments
How is Obama going to fix Social Security? The One has NO IDEA. Yet, that’s not stopped him from coming up with more Change We Can’t Believe In. In Thursday’s Wall Street Journal, Donald L. Luskin reports the following: Would it help Social Security’s financing problems? Mr. Obama has no idea. One of his senior [...]
By DHonig on Apr 18, 2008 in ABC News, Barack Obama, George Stephanopoulos, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Karl Rove, MSNBC, Pennsylvania, Social Security | View Comments
WOE IS ME! WOE IS ME! ABC IS MEAN! Well, yeah. ABC was mean to Obama. They treated him like, dare I say it, the frontrunner. They treated him like they are going to treat him every day from now until November. You saw him, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, get the same sort of [...]
By Bud White on Apr 14, 2008 in Barack Obama, Clinton, Current Affairs, Elitism, GLBT, Hate Speech, Hillary Clinton, John F. Kennedy, Labor, Media Bias, Patriotism, Presidential Candidates, Race, Sexism, Social Security, Typical white person | View Comments
It is, I believe, the faith in our fellow citizens as individuals and as people that lies at the heart of the liberal faith. – The Meaning of Liberalism John F. Kennedy The civil war now being waged in the Democratic Party gives us an opportunity to redefine liberalism and the Party itself. The sexism [...]
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