Comments on: DC Logic on Social Security http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/dc-logic-on-social-security/ Facts, Thoughts, and Commentary Tue, 21 May 2013 17:54:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: David http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/dc-logic-on-social-security/#comment-171581 David Tue, 15 May 2012 21:18:03 +0000 http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/?p=5109#comment-171581 Well, yes, if the boogeyman is the defense contractor in your district who is threatening to withhold his campaign contributions…

]]> By: AndrewBW http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/dc-logic-on-social-security/#comment-171391 AndrewBW Tue, 15 May 2012 15:06:53 +0000 http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/?p=5109#comment-171391 Don’t forget that we also need massive increases in defense spending, or the boogeyman will get us!

]]> By: Fred Donaldson http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/dc-logic-on-social-security/#comment-171367 Fred Donaldson Tue, 15 May 2012 14:15:56 +0000 http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/?p=5109#comment-171367 The “great unwashed” can’t afford soap on Social Security benefits at average of only 40% of previous wages.

]]> By: D. C. Sessions http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/dc-logic-on-social-security/#comment-170828 D. C. Sessions Mon, 14 May 2012 23:00:28 +0000 http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/?p=5109#comment-170828 And then there’s the fact that a small shortfall in SS over the next 75 years is a crisis that must be dealt with now, now, NOW!!!

Peak oil? Global climate disasters? No rush, we’ll worry about them when and if.

]]> By: foosion http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/dc-logic-on-social-security/#comment-170799 foosion Mon, 14 May 2012 22:08:16 +0000 http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/?p=5109#comment-170799 It’s easy. The upper income tax cuts go to our friends who pay attention and contribute to our campaigns. Social Security is wasted on the great unwashed who are too uninformed to vote their own interests. Besides (in the immortal line from Up), squirrel!!

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