tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4321422627188917599.post1358860255588913965..comments2023-12-21T03:53:20.907-08:00Comments on The Liberator Today: Tea Party Debate and Social SecurityB-Daddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13880092017105841256noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4321422627188917599.post-8402801030383009322011-09-14T23:52:38.642-07:002011-09-14T23:52:38.642-07:00I'll have to look up Paul Ryan's medicare ...I'll have to look up Paul Ryan's medicare ideas, I'm not familiar with them. <br /><br />By the way, saw an interview with Buddy Roemer in the daily show last week. I was very impressed. Seems like a genuine guy. Its too bad his campaign isn't not getting anywhere.Kelly the little black doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15056007606676004685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4321422627188917599.post-48141372356722302472011-09-14T14:45:34.140-07:002011-09-14T14:45:34.140-07:00Kelly,
Thanks. A few responses, first, Congress ...Kelly, <br />Thanks. A few responses, first, Congress draws the line. Hopefully, they will draw the line lower and lower over time. Increasing the retirement age is inevitable, just a matter of how much warning they give future retirees. If Obama keeps giving tax holidays on social security taxes, the fund will go broke a lot faster than your current data indicates. <br />With respect to the income cap on social security, that hardly seems fair, since those folks don't get any return, even if they are poor when they are old.<br /><br />I really like Paul Ryan's medicare ideas, it could provide salvation for a system that will break soon, as you indicate.B-Daddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13880092017105841256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4321422627188917599.post-27199658711295350912011-09-14T10:49:10.476-07:002011-09-14T10:49:10.476-07:00In fairness, Soc Sec won't go under water for ...In fairness, Soc Sec won't go under water for another 15-20 years. and at that point it isn't bankrupt, it just won't be 100% self funding. That would suggest that radical changes aren't necessary if we act early. <br /><br />As you your ideas, means testing always sounds good until you ask who determines where to draw the line. Upping the retirement age also sounds like a simple fix, unless you are one of the many folks in their 50's who get laid off and no one wants to rehire you because you are too old. The whole thing is based on the assumption that anyone who wants to work can work up to retirement age. Reality doesn't work that way. Another way to effectively put in place means testing is to start taxing income beyond the current threshold. I forget the number but it stops somewhere around the first 100 thousand dollars made. I don't know, but I wonder if it would really need to be increased very much to keep things in check. <br /><br />I think a much bigger crisis on the horizon is Medicare, and trimming what doctors get reimbursed isn't a viable solution.Kelly the little black doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15056007606676004685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4321422627188917599.post-38953014382716595992011-09-13T20:53:17.428-07:002011-09-13T20:53:17.428-07:00Doo Doo, agreed. Pretty pathetic at times.Doo Doo, agreed. Pretty pathetic at times.B-Daddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13880092017105841256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4321422627188917599.post-67090788839852741102011-09-13T07:58:32.054-07:002011-09-13T07:58:32.054-07:00"Tea party" CNN debate? Huh? WTF
Next l..."Tea party" CNN debate? Huh? WTF <br />Next let's have Bill Maher host a "tea party" debate since MSNBC has already been tapped on the whole debate thingy.Doo Doo Econhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05010201031724821495noreply@blogger.com