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   From: smharding@verizon.net   
      
   On 12/17/25 12:09 AM, Webbster wrote:   
   > a425couple  wrote in news:jLi0R.211838$y7S9.88788   
   > @fx15.iad:   
   >   
   >> On 12/16/25 11:08, Webbster wrote:   
   >>> a425couple  wrote in   
   >>> news:uKh0R.227751$CSDa.92935@fx16.iad:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Yeah, I'm feeling grumpety.  While most got a cost of living   
   >>>> raise, they gave me a SS pay cut.  Teach me to "plan ahead"   
   >>>> and scrimp and save to be sure to take care of myself!   
   >>>> That is the evils of the Democrats - punish those who prepared   
   >>>> to take care of themselves.   
   >>>> But here is the key to this article:   
   >>>> "So, without action, Social Security retirement benefits are on   
   > course   
   >>>> for a 23% cut in less than a decade.   
   >>>> Ekins said many Americans don’t realize Social Security is a   
   >>>> pay-as-you-go program, meaning that our taxes go towards paying   
   > senior   
   >>>> citizens’ current benefits."   
   >>>> and,,, there are not enough current workers.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> from   
   >>>> https://wsbt.com/news/nation-world/social-security-rapidly-   
   > approaching-   
   >>>> insolvency-but-generations-disagree-about-reforms   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Social Security rapidly approaching insolvency,   
   >>>   
   >>> The "insolvency" claim is Bullshit!   
   >>>   
   >>> Social Security rapidly approaching Reduced Payouts.  That's not   
   >>> "insolvency".  SS has it's own revenue source that is not going away   
   > as   
   >>> long as people are earning money.   
   >>>   
   >>> And the fix is easy - but the Repugs won't allow it because it would   
   >>> require the rich to pay a little more in SS taxes   
   >>>   
   >> And yet again, the illiterate Baxter speaks up to ensure   
   >> readers know he does not understand.   
   >> In this case, he uses, but can't understand the word   
   >>   
   >> in·sol·ven·cy   
   >> /inˈsälvən(t)sē/   
   >> noun   
   >> the state of being insolvent; inability to pay one's debts.   
   >> "the club was facing insolvency"   
   >> Dictionary   
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   >>   
   >> They will not be able to pay their debts.   
   >> All continuing income will immediately go out to reduced payments.   
   >>   
   >> The Democrats have ignored the issue.  Both Republicans and   
   >> Democrats are going to have to step up and agree on new tax levels   
   >> and new age limits.   
   >>   
   > SS payouts are Benefits - not Debts.   
   >   
   > Democrats have NOT ignored this issue. Nor has Bernie Sanders. Democrats   
   > have repeatedly tried to expand SS, while Repugs have repeatedly tried to   
   > cut it.   
   >   
   >   
      
   Doesn't "expand" SS mean spend more?   
      
   Democrat's solution to any fiscal problem is to "make the rich pay their   
   fair share".  Take a look at the IRS web pages to find out who already   
   pays most of the Federal taxes.  What constitutes "fair share"?  Taking   
   money away from richer people to make all people equally poor?   
      
   If you have a system that is already on the brink, aside from perhaps   
   some gains for demagogues, the system collapses even faster.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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