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Name:	GoneFishin -	Reply
Subject:	MM, Hodgie & All The Other Entitlement Complainers
Date:	1/10/2013 10:32:24 PM

I assume you and MM enjoyed the $4,300 you saved over the past 2 years from the temporary reduction in payments into the SS fund. I never read one complaint from you or anyone on the right about the entitlement you enjoyed for 2 years and the impact on the future of SS. Why were you so silent but so vocal on my entitlements?

Name:	comrade -	Reply
Subject:	MM, Hodgie & All The Other Entitlement Complainers
Date:	1/10/2013 10:48:45 PM

Probably ashamed, as you should be. Wouldn't the greater good be served by giving a yearly increase (could base it on CPI + 10%?) Somebody said that SS was going to run out of money-all we need to do is put more money in there. Problem solved- unless CBO actuaries think we need to give more

Name:	MrHodja -	Reply
Subject:	MM, Hodgie & All The Other Entitlement Complainers
Date:	1/10/2013 10:54:31 PM

Since when is paying not as much an entitlement? I don't draw Social Security, but still pay. Nothing free there, bud.

Name:	GoneFishin -	Reply
Subject:	MM, Hodgie & All The Other Entitlement Complainers
Date:	1/11/2013 12:33:07 AM

There you go again. Your own definiton of an entitlement. You were entitled to keep the money that would normally be used to strengthen SS. But, that is not an entitlement. You received a freebe $4,000 just like an EBT card. You are a tea bagger trying to deny your entitlement. What is the difference if you paid it and they sent you an EBT card?

Name:	au67 -	Reply
Subject:	MM, Hodgie & All The Other Entitlement Complainers
Date:	1/11/2013 8:15:01 AM

It was his money to start with, not the government's.

Name:	comrade -	Reply
Subject:	MM, Hodgie & All The Other Entitlement Complainers
Date:	1/11/2013 8:38:38 AM

GF, do you feel bad that people "invested" less in your support? Feel a little less loved?

Name:	MrHodja -	Reply
Subject:	MM, Hodgie & All The Other Entitlement Complainers
Date:	1/11/2013 8:43:51 AM

Man, I think I need some of whatever you've been smoking.

Name:	wix -	Reply
Subject:	Goof-ball
Date:	1/11/2013 8:55:50 AM

Are you really this sick?

Name:	rock creek recluse -	Reply
Subject:	Goof-ball
Date:	1/11/2013 8:58:16 AM

Oh come on..... This was actually funny. Keep me laughing please, I hate to think about how much out Country has changed.

Name:	MartiniMan -	Reply
Subject:	Sorry I missed this until now
Date:	1/11/2013 9:52:32 AM

There you go again Archie....er...uh....I mean GF....(I always forget which persona are using), assuming that everything we earn with our own blood, sweat and tears belongs to the government and that we should be grateful for what they let us keep. It is just that warped mentality that gave us Jimmy Carter's third term.

But more to the point, why would I complain about any tax reduction? On that note I have been 100% consistent. I think SS is a scam and if you or I ran a retirement system the way it has been run we would be spending the rest of our lives in a federal penitentiary somewhere......me trying to avoid being gang raped in the shower and you asking for seconds.....OK, that was a cheap shot....but kind of funny.

Here's a challenge for you. I get this nice statement from SSA every once in a while where it tells me I am going to get around $2,400 per month in benefits when I retire. I am 100% convinced I am not going to get one stinking dime out of all the money I was forced to put into this abomination. So here's the challenge, you agree to make up any difference between what they are telling me today I am going to get and what I actually get out of SS. If you agree to that in writing, I promise not to complain about FICA. Should be a no brainer for you as you seem to love the program and think its such a good deal for all of us.

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