Boehner, Pence: Raising Social Security Retirement Age An Option

Boehner lies...as usual.



Social Security is on good footing and can sustain through the tough economy and still pay full benefits until at least 2037. Politicians cannot raid OUR surplus which is part of what ticks Republicans off. Boehner and his ilk would prefer to find a way to hand the current $2.3Trillion dollars over to one of their private insurance buddies where it no longer has any government protections. Remember how these banks and insurance companies wiped out billions in private retirement accounts prior to 2009 and caused our recession? Do you really think it would be a good idea to put our only safe nest egg into their basket?



SS does not contribute to our deficit because it is self-funded through it's own separate tax paid into from workers and employers.



It is not an "entitlement", a word republicans love to throw out there as a bad thing. It is an insurance policy citizens pay premiums into then collect when they retire.



http://www.joethevoter.org/busted-social-security-myths.html
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Obama Muslim Myth on the Rise

This is a right wing smoke screen they use to hide what they are really up to...the conversion of our nation into a corporate entity that is no longer responsible to the citizens, but to a select few at the top who already hold 98% of our total wealth. These people long ago bought and paid for the GOP and have them doing their dirty work. They are experts at using hate, fear, bigotry and hysteria to turn one American against another for political gain.



What is the sickest part of their plot to create a "corporatist" America is that they have been so successful in manipulating religion and so-called Christians to join in with this bigotry and hate. I guess those are the "Christians" who decided to change the spelling of their deity from GOD to GOP.



But why are the more main stream Christian organizations remaining so quit while all of this takes place?
About Barack Obama
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Scammed: What Shirley Sherrod and Social Security Have in Common

More SS fakery.



Some things people need to know.



Republicans would love to repeal or drastically cut Social Security claiming it is bankrupt. But here are some facts you need to know.



* Primarily financed by a 12.5% payroll tax split between the wage earner and the employer.

* Pays monthly benefits to about 53 million Americans.

* For 25 years has been taking in more that it pays out and now has a reserve of $2.5 Trillion Dollars.

* During the current recession SS has had to draw on those reserves due to high unemployment.

* The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the reserve fund and payroll taxes will cover full payment of benefits for another 33 years. ( Plenty of time to restore the economy if conservatives stop blocking provisions to do so. )



From my own article here: http://joethevoter.org/decoded-secret-gop-agenda.html
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Drill, Gamble, Loot, Starve: The Chamber of Commerce, the GOP, and the Politics of Plunder

Is there any wonder who the Republicans work for any longer? My own bit of satire here with some graphics I hope you will spread. http://www.gopofficialoil.com My logo here appeared in the opening credits of the Keith Olbermann show last week ! Whoopee !
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BP, The GOP's Official Oil Company

BP, The GOP's Official Oil Company

Terrorism: Why They Want to Kill Us

Nothing new..but too often ignored. Where there are valuable resources we will be there to "protect our national interests" which translates to: We will stay until the resources are gone.



Sadly Afghanistan, once thought to have nothing of value, has found pretty substantial reserves of valuable minerals. That of course, makes their nation of "interest". It also means there are more resources for the corruption inside the country to fight over.



We need to show them how to mine their resources and get out of the way. If they wind up killing each other over their own new found wealth...so be it. That blood won't be on our hands.



As a soldier McCrystal should not have said what he said openly. That does not mean he was not right.
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Sarah Palin Demands Hardball Regulations and a Takeover of BP

Let me see if I understand this correctly. Sarah "drill baby drill" Palin. lover of big oil, former Alaska governor and Republican who says big government is BAD now wants our government to be in the oil business and take over a private company?



Did I REALLY hear that correctly or is there some strange static in this blog?



Personally I would not morn the loss of BP but coming from Palin this sounds like she has been possessed by a socialist !
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