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catamount man wrote:I want every teabagger to give up their SS check and their medicare if they keep on complaining about "big government". :nod: :nod: :nod:
I'll gladly give up any future disbursements of social security and medicare if the government will give me back the 14.7% of my income they've seized since I joined the workforce full timt in 1982- with interest and in one lump sum.

If my figures are even close to correct it looks like I'm due about $900,000.

I'll gladly give up any future payments if I can have back what I paid in and the opportunity lost in interest... every day and twice on Sunday. With $900k I will buy my own insurance and fund my own retirement, and do a helluva lot better job than the government at handling it too!
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catamount man wrote:I want every teabagger to give up their SS check and their medicare if they keep on complaining about "big government". :nod: :nod: :nod:
If they did that they wouldn't be able to fund their trip to DC to protest. :coffee:
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blueballs wrote:
catamount man wrote:I want every teabagger to give up their SS check and their medicare if they keep on complaining about "big government". :nod: :nod: :nod:
I'll gladly give up any future disbursements of social security and medicare if the government will give me back the 14.7% of my income they've seized since I joined the workforce full timt in 1982- with interest and in one lump sum.

If my figures are even close to correct it looks like I'm due about $900,000.

I'll gladly give up any future payments if I can have back what I paid in and the opportunity lost in interest... every day and twice on Sunday. With $900k I will buy my own insurance and fund my own retirement, and do a helluva lot better job than the government at handling it too!
$900,000. At $1450/month SSI (assuming it's even THERE when we retire), you'll have to live about 51 years past retirement age to break even. :coffee: :coffee: :coffee:
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native wrote:
blueballs wrote:
I'll gladly give up any future disbursements of social security and medicare if the government will give me back the 14.7% of my income they've seized since I joined the workforce full timt in 1982- with interest and in one lump sum.

If my figures are even close to correct it looks like I'm due about $900,000.

I'll gladly give up any future payments if I can have back what I paid in and the opportunity lost in interest... every day and twice on Sunday. With $900k I will buy my own insurance and fund my own retirement, and do a helluva lot better job than the government at handling it too!
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I'll gladly stop paying into the system, and they can keep the money I've paid in. :nod:
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native wrote:
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I'll gladly stop paying into the system, and they can keep the money I've paid in. :nod:

You are probably young enugh to recover, ASUMountaineer. :lol: :lol: :lol: But I would do the same thing if we could re-set unearned entitlements back to zero.
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ASUMountaineer wrote:
I'll gladly stop paying into the system, and they can keep the money I've paid in. :nod:

You are probably young enugh to recover, ASUMountaineer. :lol: :lol: :lol: But I would do the same thing if we could re-set unearned entitlements back to zero.
I am, I'm only 28. But, I have supported ending SS for a while for those at a certain age...no longer pay in, will receive no benefits. Sounds like a great trade-off to me. :thumb:
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ASUMountaineer wrote:
native wrote:
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I'll gladly stop paying into the system, and they can keep the money I've paid in. :nod:
Me too. Heck they can keep the 7.65% my employer pays if I can just keep the 7.65% I pay.
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HI54UNI wrote:
ASUMountaineer wrote:
I'll gladly stop paying into the system, and they can keep the money I've paid in. :nod:
Me too. Heck they can keep the 7.65% my employer pays if I can just keep the 7.65% I pay.
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