re: #624 darthstar

This is just a stunt, of course. The balanced budget amendment has as much chance of being ratified as the “flag desecration” amendments did. (And I’m glad these didn’t pass! I wouldn’t have been able to eat my cake Image: 5904135602_146761c4c7_z.jpg )

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What bothers me more is bipartisan support for means-testing Social Security. Sure, go ahead and raise the age. We’re living longer. But to deny a “benefit” to people who have been responsible enough to plan for an income during their retirement years is very disturbing.

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….especially if combined with schemes to uncap the SS tax limit.

As someone who’s been paying the maximum into the SS system since 1983, and who may never see a penny of it (while his taxes continue to rise) I’m angry. Both Boehner and Obama are pushing for this. (And it’s compounded by the fact that, as a partner in a same-sex marriage, I will not get any social security survivor benefit because the Federal Government won’t recognize my legal CA marriage.)