Fearful people are easily manipulated

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privatizing is a progressive idea ?....Seriously?

I thought Democrats were dead set against Bush when he proposed privatizing SS.....Correct me it I get that wrong.

Nope Bravo you are actually correct for a change.
Thing is out of his mind.

 

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Just to continue ranting - what lefties NEED to realize is that privatizing is a progressive idea. The monthly payout for seniors if privatized is estimated to be 1.8 times what their current payout is. This would lift literally millions of Americans out of poverty - not to mention what it would do for the economy at large.

I need to hear a good reason why people are so vehemently opposed to this. It's not enough to say "it's not an investment plan," and "what about a crash?" has been thoroughly debunked as any kind of fear.

The left should be championing the cause of privatization. It is a progressive ideal - it would help so many people who live in poverty or on its edge. I just don't get the opposition, at all.

No it hasn't.
Fixed income elderly have been crushed by zero interest prime rate for many years now.

Further, any depending upon payouts from market funds would have starved to death from 07-10.
Nothing has been resolved/refuted.
You are utterly full of shit.
Fortunately it matters little since you are just one freak
and the GOP fear machine is in a death spiral.

 

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No kidding

 

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I'm not a Democrat, and who ever said that Democrats were progressive?

Like I said, it's the point I'm making. If anyone on the left considers themselves a progressive, they should support privatization, because it's a progressive idea. Toward the beginning of this discussion, I stated that it's a shame that it's been framed as some sort of conservative idea, because that only caused many on the left to dig their heels in & not judge the idea on its merits alone, and instead turn it into a partisan issue.

who ever said that Democrats were progressive?

Are you ok this morning?....you seem really confused.....

 

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Fixed income elderly have been crushed by zero interest prime rate for many years now.

Further, any depending upon payouts from market funds would have starved to death from 07-10.
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This is mathematically incorrect. Even with a crash like '08, they still wouldn't have gotten bigger payouts than what they get w/ the current system.

You don't understand this issue, or what's at stake. Like many lefties, you just hear "Social Security," and knee-jerk w/ a "don't touch it!"

It's a shame. Seniors could do so much better - you want to keep many of them in poverty.