Obama's 6 Social Security Principles

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How funny that not one person sees the true reason for some of this mess. It is not the fault of any one person but as the baby boomers were growing more and more was needed to accomplish their ways and means but more importantly their needs.

Now they have reached the pinacle of their lives and the problem is here in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. The final battle of life and the ways and means of tending to their needs. Yet after they reached the different levels of life nothing was ever changed to return to the past. They brough on more clothing, nourishment and living needs than the generation before.

The system created more to tend to the need but as soon as they reached being out of school - the system did not shrink the school base they lied to keep what they had already. As soon as the system no longer needed housing for the separate families growing under the baby boom mass the system continued building as if they were still there.

Now they are in the retirement level of life and the need for your so called financial system is falling apart. You are expecting those below this level to continue taking care of business as usual. The level now is not a baby boom level and they are required to continue fueling the resources of the baby boomers. This was a problem waiting to happen. It is in your lap now. The baby boomers worked and paid their way all the way through and you now see the financial group is not there to support the population as you so planned.

This action should have been taken care of as the baby boomers went through one level and moved into the next. Greed took over and now they complain where is the funding coming from. Your nation will fall from within just as every other nation fell from within as they too did as you have done.

Avonael of MI 9:45AM March 08, 2011

the problem is they make the mistakes at the top. an then start the cutting at the bottomthey blame it on unions an wages but nuttin is gettin any cheaper even when it is made in china,mexico etc. we help everybody but ourselves

mike neal of CA 6:21PM February 27, 2011

I don't blame our current president for this mess. Most of this mess was started back in the days of Nixon when he help start HMOs , 401Ks. Then there is the unworthyly esteemed Reagan who put the tax burden on the middleclass and the poor working class to give huge tax breaks to the rich and defunding social programs. There was Clinton with NAFTA which sent jobs south of the border and then came THE WORST PRESIDENT FOREVER, who stared 2 wars (1 illegal) and did not put those charges for the war in the budget. He gave tax breaks to all especially the rich and super rich.

It's time eliminate the $106,800 cap on Social Security and make every person earning more than $106.800 pay into the fund . This would keep the fund solvent indefinately. The fund should only be used for payments to the people who paid into it.

Elaine , you are wrong. Presdent Obama has made many mistakes yet, he was given the worst mess since the great depression and has done many good things and hopefully many more. I say let get referendums to limit what our congress earns in wages and in benefits. Why sould they be able to put laws into place that reward crooks and cheat the citizens. Let them try to make ends meet on mininum wage and no benefits witout a pension and hihg housing and food costs and lets make sure their children have no opportunities for a future except to go to war and come back PTSD and not have theservices they require to have some kind of recovery for a livable life.

In esscence I;m saying let;s stop the insanity that this country has come to and start creating a saner and more livable future for the coming generations. Praying is not the answer action is the answer. Let your words and voices be seen and heard by your legistlators, start a movement etc

I also think we need to require our legistlators to have annual drug and physcological testing . I think there are way to many scarry members in OUR CONGRESS! Let's keep the seperation of church and state or let's get back to seperation of the above mentioned. Last let us use our open minds and open hearts to guide us to a saner world.

Jeanette of IL 9:03AM February 27, 2011

I'm an immigrant --- but when I came to this Country I adopted the laws and and rules of this land who welcome me and to the one I'm thankful for giving me the opportunity I did not have in my own. Today after 40 years here I feel and act more American than many native Americans (our corrupted politicians) who are destroying this nation. I paid into the system as you -- but we been robbed blind by the government borrowing for private interest projects and never pay back -- If we have the amount of money we paid into the system in a regular savings account we would not need any SS benefits -- I believe that was the intent at the beginning of the program -- but corruption took over and now everybody said we have no money -- we need to redirect this country to their core of their principals by have representatives willing, and doing it, to represent the people and work for us the people

Ben of CA 7:31PM February 26, 2011

America's problems are very easy to fix. Stop the politicians from hiding behind tax loopholes they created to cover their pet agendas. Make all, I mean all working and able bodied Americans to decide what percent tax is acceptable. Never mind how high it is. Be a patriot and agree on some number say 20 % flat rate for all. No loopholes no hiding places, no deductions. That will fix all our problems overnight. But here is the reality. The politicians need a bone of contention in order to be in business. They do not want to fix this mess and that is the bottomline. So wait till something like Libya happens here.

Andrew D'silva of CA 6:44PM February 26, 2011

Who is robbing the Govt? Start with the politicians,Pork projects, special projects,stealing,& Embezzlement, & old USA, & the influx of the aliens, because they know we r fools. A lot of honest hard working Americans r expecting to retire, now there is NO Money ? I am a RN,40, yrs at it now, backbreaking work,terrible conditions,vomited on, hit, swung at,cussed at,fully expecting 2 retire soon.I paid taxes 4, 40 yrs,& took no help from anyone! I have invested in America for 40 +years!!! Lots of waste in homecare ,& Hosp.People given license to do Homehealth, stole billions!.Cant catch or recover money when they split out of USA!!.Not OK to steal! !! Irresponsibility of the Govt! Many entities of Govt r robbing us blind! Now GOVT wants 2 raise your taxes, change retirement, take away benefits, etc. We r paying 4, thier lying & cheating! This is not a Govt by the people,4 the people, as intended yrs ago. It is 4 whomever can steal the most, get the richest, &however they can get by doing it! Our weakness has destroyed this country ! It is our money, our country! Stand Up!, "NO MORE OF THIS! The Prez has destroyed jobs by the millions, Look at the Gulf Oil rig mess.When lifted, jobs went to South America?? Same people who lost work from oil spill- Still Not working? Well, South America has more jobs now?? . This is only a small portion of the mess he has made!! A lot of smart countries r strict about letting people in. Some, you buy No Property! Many foreigners have been a drag on our economy, No healthcare insur at all, Letting people in who r needy,and r terrorists, should STOP! I Worked in an ER in Tex.where a lot mexicans came in 4 an help. The hosp admitted them knowing these were a No Pay ! Also saw they went right back to Mexico where they lived after treatment.??? Arent we stupid ? I worked with a MD, big heart,who worked long hours knowing these were a No Pay ! So with the economy, he became worried about his his retirement age, so he had to stop, to put money back 4 retirement! See what I mean by irresponsibility of caring for people who have no money, & do not live here!!. We r not an open line of credit to the world,an endless bank that never runs out!We can only afford to care 4 people who have paid into a system. I know there r people who have worked 4 years and now have no job, but they r citizens of the USA, and have paid into this system. We the people, r the only ones, who can save this country. Our Prez, I will only imagine the mess we will have by the time he leaves office/ HE NEEDS TO BE IMPEACHED IN THE WORST WAY!The very idea, he would go a to a foreign country and say "I am a Citizen of the World"??, IS a good sign of who he is. We need a American Prez, Who is an american citizen, and who is 4 the people of this country! Other leaders laugh at us for this guys antics. Hopefully we can all pull out of this terrible mess. Some people will read this and say I am a racist, and I am not. Please pray for the America!

Elaine of TX 4:51PM February 26, 2011


Can't Help But Wonder of IL 2:04PM February 26, 2011




$250,000.00 ???

2LOLO of NV 1:59PM February 26, 2011

Is it true that some or all U.S. politicians receive their political office's FULL annual salary for the REST OF THEIR LIFE for EACH political office they have ever held? If so, why is that type of "lifetime entitlement" not being steadily focused upon by the overly-burdened grassroots general public? How can that type of political "entitlement" be rationalized as being anything other than blatantly excessive, especially within our country's seriously-injured economy? What branch of U.S. government decided to award that type of "entitlement" to politicians? How can that type of "entitlement" be repealed or abolished regarding all current AND all retired politicians? The general public DOES have great power in our country, even against all politicians, WHEN the general public decides to pull together its legal networking and voting forces to reach an agreed-upon goal. Removing that type of "entitlement" from all political offices would result in many politicians quitting their offices for more lucrative positions. Has that kind of politician ever really been needed by our country? They would be replaced by new people who care more about our country -- and the current cowardly political deadlocking would evaporate rather quickly in favor of more effective ideas and actions. Old-time stonewalling is not working well and IS literally allowing our country's economic problems to grow. (Many professionals agree that one definition of "crazy" is to do the same thing over and over again and expect -different- results.) Our country desperately needs fresher ideas to turn around our economy's serious problems.

People on Social Security are receiving only a PERCENTAGE of their previous 3(?) largest annual salaries. Politicians are citizens, not gods. If current and retired politicians do not receive political "lifetime entitlements," they will still be entitled to receive funding from our Social Security system when they retire -- the same as any other citizen. If retired politicians need to sell some of their many homes/cars/stocks, their budgets will be strong compared to most citizens' budgets.

In our country's current incredibly-weakened economy, how can anyone believe any politicians are facing worse stressors than people losing their jobs and homes? If selfish politicians continue to brazenly "overlook" their own "lifetime entitlements" and instead decide to create ANY cuts within our country's Social Security systems, is there some legal way for all people currently contributing to the Social Security systems and/or all people currently receiving funds from the Social Security systems to join together in a gigantic Class Action against the branch of U.S. government that voted for those cuts? Once in a while, courageous and morally upright attorneys have exhibited enough tenacity to stand ground against incredibly strong political forces to effectively reach a morally righteous goal. Can this level of attorney(s) be found during these times?

Can't Help But Wonder of IL 1:43PM February 26, 2011

The reason health care costs so much is that it is an absolute monopoly enforced by government. Prescription laws, laws against importing medicine from outside of the US, provider licensing, everything else is deliberately designed to make health care as profitable as possible and provide those who provide health care services with the highest possible incomes.

As a member of the Libertarian Party, I make the following suggestions:

1. Repeal prescription laws. We did fine until 1938 without them. The

only purpose of these laws was to increase the incomes of doctors.

2. Repeal the laws against importing medicine for personal use. These laws only exist to increase the profits of the US medical drug industry.

Just these two things would reduce the cost of health care here in the US far more than Obama's so called "health care reform" will ever do...

Jerome Bigge of MI 6:39PM February 25, 2011

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