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cyninoregon  Dec 10, 2016 • 10:30:16am

This guy has now shown the country how out of touch he is with American citizens who are not Trumps. If money in politics creates representatives who are this disengaged as this from the lives of Americans, we must get that corporate money out of politics, publicly finance campaigns where reps state their qualifications, give local speeches and debate their opponents. Nothing not directly related to qualifications, performance, opinions, issues. They need to come door-to-door to meet the people they will serve! All the tenants I have rented to who have nothing but what they get from Social Security—ad they pay more than DJT in income taxes..while he spent their salaries on restaurants and deducted it! Not because they were lazy—they raise families, work jobs that never paid pensions to women working secretarial or word processing jobs, or worked for dentists who never paid technicians pension benefits. Social Security was intended to provide for them. And children—one passed away, her husband died after a long illness when she cared for him and had to quit her own job to do so. Another couple of women had husbands who disposed of them without a dime, and one was still working full time in her 70s caring for a 92 yr-old mom.

I’ve seen it played out repeatedly, women who cannot live on the social security as it is…life savings after husband’s illnesses of $4,000. No property, 70 to 90 yrs old. My own divorce judge took my pension to pay husband’s credit card debt I knew nothing about-I’ll have little move tha SS myself—inherited a tiny apt bldg that costs as much as rent…tho I worked my butt off, when to college, and worked for ten years after finishing school, and through school……my point is that terrible things happen! We are not lazy people who sat unemployed refusing to work—we were the ones who excelled! This could be you. We paid into the system, contributed willingly. Everyone gets old and will need social security unless lucky enough to keel over dead in the parking lot! Women earned substantially less than men—so lacked extra cash to invest! even SS less because of that discrimin.

This white male fool has no clue what awaits a country where politicians on the right squander Social Security funds, surpluses intended to cover boomer retirements, then say they need to cut it to pay for a military costing more than the next 7, 8, even 14 countries combined. The Social Security system is in strong shape for decades out! There is no shortfall for a long time—and that can be repaired by making GWB 43 pay back what he skimmed from money left by Clinton to cover future payouts.

One of my retirees already was so short on income, when I gave her a loaf of banana, pumpkin, or zucchini bread (I tried weekly, esp after learning this)—it was all she had to eat because she held on to her food budget for the week and ate the bread. These citizens live at subsistence level. They smile, offer you everything they own. But they are barely above the poverty they historically—before Social Security—lived-in, where they comprised the largest segment of the population living in poverty—they now are the least likely..thanks to Social Security!

To cut retirees who cannot get a spare job, drive a cheaper car, spend less on vacations, meals out, and already wear clothing 30 yrs old—seems inane to me. This man is an anti-social selfish fool trying to strike out at society’s weakest members on an issue we have been told is bogus! Is he trying to show Trump he can be as heartless as Trump himself? We need a Re-education Camp for politicians who show amazing lack of knowledge, heartlessness or cruelty. Maybe use their salary or campaign funds to remedy the phony shortfall he so convinced exists?

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Thanos  Dec 10, 2016 • 1:24:02pm

re: #1 cyninoregon

That’s a well written reply — if you get a moment you should make it a page friend, and welcome.

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The Vicious Babushka  Dec 10, 2016 • 5:17:44pm

re: #1 cyninoregon

Welcome to LGF! This is an excellent first post. Please contribute more, your thoughts are valuable.


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