GOP senators: Raise retirement age to 70

Three Republican senators on Wednesday will propose a Social Security reform package that would raise the retirement age to 70 and cut benefits for the wealthy.

Sens. Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Rand Paul (Ky.) and Mike Lee (Utah) previewed their proposal on Fox News, saying that it will put the entitlement program on a long-term path to solvency without raising taxes. The senators said that their plan would gradually raise the retirement age from 67 to 70 and would not affect individuals age 56 or older.

gettheminNOVEMBER wrote:They can go F themselves!

DesperateInRI wrote:

gettheminNOVEMBER wrote:They can go F themselves!

Yes they can.

tristen303 wrote:Listening to Obama on the budget speak is a joke, whining about the tax breaks while just not getting that were broke his entitlement bs wish list is over and with his polls slipping and the votes from the last election the MAJORITY are done with his sales pitches and flawed ideology, he just doesn’t get it (I don't think he took math or economics in school or slept through it, he certainly was awake in marketing class) . Sadly nobody else is any better.

nky101 wrote:It amazes me that in one post people want us to get Republican support, then follow that up with nothing but degrading the Republican party. This seems counter-productive.

gettheminNOVEMBER wrote:

tristen303 wrote:Listening to Obama on the budget speak is a joke, whining about the tax breaks while just not getting that were broke his entitlement bs wish list is over and with his polls slipping and the votes from the last election the MAJORITY are done with his sales pitches and flawed ideology, he just doesn’t get it (I don't think he took math or economics in school or slept through it, he certainly was awake in marketing class) . Sadly nobody else is any better.

You do realize its costs 500 billion a year for the rich tax breaks right. Stop them end the wars and maybe we have a chance?

nky101 wrote:

gettheminNOVEMBER wrote:

tristen303 wrote:Listening to Obama on the budget speak is a joke, whining about the tax breaks while just not getting that were broke his entitlement bs wish list is over and with his polls slipping and the votes from the last election the MAJORITY are done with his sales pitches and flawed ideology, he just doesn’t get it (I don't think he took math or economics in school or slept through it, he certainly was awake in marketing class) . Sadly nobody else is any better.

You do realize its costs 500 billion a year for the rich tax breaks right. Stop them end the wars and maybe we have a chance?

You do realize that any increase in their costs will be passed on to the consumer. After all, the "rich" are mosty business owners that create jobs.

gettheminNOVEMBER wrote:

nky101 wrote:It amazes me that in one post people want us to get Republican support, then follow that up with nothing but degrading the Republican party. This seems counter-productive.

By the way this should be titled the teaparty senators. They are a lost cause. They only see RICH PEOPLE!

nky101 wrote:

gettheminNOVEMBER wrote:

tristen303 wrote:Listening to Obama on the budget speak is a joke, whining about the tax breaks while just not getting that were broke his entitlement bs wish list is over and with his polls slipping and the votes from the last election the MAJORITY are done with his sales pitches and flawed ideology, he just doesn’t get it (I don't think he took math or economics in school or slept through it, he certainly was awake in marketing class) . Sadly nobody else is any better.

You do realize its costs 500 billion a year for the rich tax breaks right. Stop them end the wars and maybe we have a chance?

You do realize that any increase in their costs will be passed on to the consumer. After all, the "rich" are mosty business owners that create jobs.

nky101 wrote:Look, I am bitter too, but, there is enough blame to go around. We need the help of the Republicans, and bashing them will do no good. One political solution is:
DON'T RE-ELECT [u]ANYBODY!!!

nky101 wrote:Create jobs? Where, please tell me. No they don't. They downsize and outsource. I really feel bad for the older workers who have been out of work so long. When BOA started outsourcing their call center here in '08, they were the first to go. I was fortunate enough to be there until the middle of 2009. Big business is not creating jobs, they are soaking up their profits and giving their CEO's big bonuses while hiring temp workers until they can outsource the entire operation.

[b]Did you ever think that higher taxes and higher union demands make doing business difficult in the U.S??

JoanB wrote:

nky101 wrote:Create jobs? Where, please tell me. No they don't. They downsize and outsource. I really feel bad for the older workers who have been out of work so long. When BOA started outsourcing their call center here in '08, they were the first to go. I was fortunate enough to be there until the middle of 2009. Big business is not creating jobs, they are soaking up their profits and giving their CEO's big bonuses while hiring temp workers until they can outsource the entire operation.

[b]Did you ever think that higher taxes and higher union demands make doing business difficult in the U.S??

Did you ever think that maybe you've been sold a load of #$%? If higher taxes and unions make it so hard for companies to turn a buck here, why is it that when unions were the strongest and corporate taxes were the highest, we had far lower unemployement...oh, and people were paid enough to support a family on one paycheck? Instead of repeating the nonsense they feed you on Fox, why not learn some history?

JoanB wrote:

nky101 wrote:Create jobs? Where, please tell me. No they don't. They downsize and outsource. I really feel bad for the older workers who have been out of work so long. When BOA started outsourcing their call center here in '08, they were the first to go. I was fortunate enough to be there until the middle of 2009. Big business is not creating jobs, they are soaking up their profits and giving their CEO's big bonuses while hiring temp workers until they can outsource the entire operation.

[b]Did you ever think that higher taxes and higher union demands make doing business difficult in the U.S??

Did you ever think that maybe you've been sold a load of #$%? If higher taxes and unions make it so hard for companies to turn a buck here, why is it that when unions were the strongest and corporate taxes were the highest, we had far lower unemployement...oh, and people were paid enough to support a family on one paycheck? Instead of repeating the nonsense they feed you on Fox, why not learn some history?

gettheminNOVEMBER wrote:
Two thumbs up. Hey joan my grandma used to make those monkies in your avatar and sell them at Flea Markets.

JoanB wrote:

gettheminNOVEMBER wrote:
Two thumbs up. Hey joan my grandma used to make those monkies in your avatar and sell them at Flea Markets.

Ha! Your granny and me--we were into sock monkies before sock monkies were cool!

I actually knitted this one, which now lives with my neighbor's little neice and is named "Casey". But don't let that fool you into thinking I'm nice. I'm really a very mean, bitter old woman.