Slow Down?

[J Grant]

Actually the American Citizen in regards to the Social Security fund is a creditor. The Congress(all of them) have spent all the SS money and then some.

Overview. The Trust Fund represents a legal obligation of the federal government to program beneficiaries. The government has borrowed nearly $2.8 trillion as of 2014 from the Trust Fund and used the money for other purposes.

Then its not an entitlement problem, it;s a govt theft problem...America imo will have to reinvent itself in the next 20 years and perhaps much of the world as well...back to today's problem... another day of dead slow nothing, I am looking into other license fields since I will have to work at least 5 more years.,,want to go into an AMC free field, ( just about every other field lol so lots of choices) l

 

[Gobears81]

You can't think my generation is going to vote to get rid of SS....
So get the middle age voter and younger voter to remain vigilant and stop voting to elect politicans that appear to want to eliminate it....

To be honest I believe entitlement, abortion, contraception, etc. are just issues to get voters to the pills....
And won't be eliminated....

The issue is similar to what Carnivore mentioned above and what I mentioned earlier - the focus on the short-term gets the politicians re-elected and they never want to make a decision that is undesirable (raise retirement age, cut benefits, or raise taxes). You won't see any majority votes to do away with these programs in the near future, but more is being drawn from the funds than being put in. Thus the younger generation will have some tough decisions since the politicians are incapable of making them now.

 

[ICT RE]

EddieB my friend....
I believe you should ask that question to those AF members who initiated the term "entitlement (s)" in this thread....

So you too are offended by an accounting term?

 

[ucbruin]

So you too are offended by an accounting term?

So many good posts by you....
And then you come up with...

Good grief!!!!

 

[ICT RE]

So many good posts by you....
And then you come up with...

Good grief!!!!

Thought you were referring to me.

 

[J Grant]

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Today....

 

[Debra]

Then its not an entitlement problem, it;s a govt theft problem...America imo will have to reinvent itself in the next 20 years and perhaps much of the world as well...back to today's problem... another day of dead slow nothing, I am looking into other license fields since I will have to work at least 5 more years.,,want to go into an AMC free field, ( just about every other field lol so lots of choices) l

 

[Debra]

It's slower than ever here so I'm thinking of going into something else too.....but what? idk.

 

[BRCJR]

It's slower than ever here so I'm thinking of going into something else too.....but what? idk.

What area of TN are you located?

 

[Michigander]

This thread has got way off topic and is boring.

Can we revert back to how we are personally being affected by the current market in terms of our business? Some may be affected, others not so much, but can we please keep the political vitriol out of it?