Yes Max, they do... VT is just ignorant, in case you haven't noticed.
On Oct 22, 12:14 pm, Maax Well <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it just a luxury of the self employed or don't all citizens get to > pay 15%? Can someone check their paystub? > > On Oct 22, 12:00 pm, VT Sean Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > 15% in SS? > > > On Oct 22, 1:09 pm, Maax Well <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I am not sure about the republicans but some of us feel the government > > > takes far more than they need for what they provide. > > > > The government is taking 15% of your income as social security, in > > > return you may get 1500 bucks a month and another 1500 to throw your > > > body in a box when you are dead and that is it. Nothing left for your > > > family or any charities of your choice. > > > > If the government required you put 15% of your income in a private > > > savings that belongs to you. Even if you are working minimum wage > > > after 40 years you would accumulate over a million dollars to do with > > > what you please. You could retire with it, give it to your kids, or > > > the school lunch program. They have taken far too much money and > > > wasted it. When they run out they comeback and take more. > > > > They are wasting billions of dollars on the Medicare/Medicade programs > > > that they take money from us for. These agencies spend with no > > > auditing of any kind. John Stossel did a report where they followed > > > the vans from clinics that pick up homeless people and promise them $5 > > > to ride down to the clinic and fill out a form. Once they have the > > > social security number they can bill for procedures and tests that do > > > not happen. One of the vans was picking up mothers offering $5 per > > > child they would bring and candy for the kids. This is how our > > > government handles our money. Try these same games with a private > > > company and there are adjusters in place to verify the companies money > > > is being spent for hopefully a legitimate claim. > > > > If the government really managed the money they already take there is > > > plenty. It is so scary they just spent at least a trillion dollars on > > > bad loans. A normal business could not survive with, but the > > > government thinks you and I should pay the bill. > > > > Forrest Gump Explains Mortgage Backed Securities > > > > Mortgage Backed Securities are like boxes of chocolates. Criminals on > > > Wall Street stole a few chocolates from the boxes and replaced them > > > with turds. Their criminal buddies at Standard & Poors rated these > > > boxes AAA Investment Grade chocolates. These boxes were then sold all > > > over the world to investors. Eventually somebody bites into a turd and > > > discovers the crime. Suddenly nobody trusts American chocolates > > > anymore worldwide. > > > > Hank Paulson now wants the American taxpayers to buy up and hold all > > > these boxes of turd-infested chocolates for $700 billion dollars until > > > the market for turds returns to normal. Meanwhile, Hank's buddies, the > > > Wall Street criminals who stole all the good chocolates, are not being > > > investigated, arrested or indicted. > > > > Mama always said: "Sniff the chocolates first, Forrest". > > > > On Oct 22, 8:54 am, VT Sean Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I have no problem with the richest Americans paying the same tax rate > > > > as struggling working class Americans. > > > > > Why do Republicans have such a problem with this? > > > > > If I am a struggling working class American and I see Congress > > > > spending money to help the rich stay rich as a consequence > > > > of the rich being fiscally irresponsible and running the economy > > > > into a ditch, is it being unfair to ask the rich to them help > > > > pay for the damage of their irresponsibility? > > > > > Apparently the Republicans feel this is unfair. > > > > > I don't. I Think people call it sharing the pain.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
