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OT - Economy Purrs Extended
Purrs and prayers and love to all those who will be effected by the
discontinuation of the extended unemployment benefits *TOMORROW* (Ben is included in that number) . The government has the money to build some homeless shelters (but not enough) for those who will be evicted from their homes because of this (not even to mention what their Christmas's will be like). But they've decided to not use funds to extend the benefits. Congress is deadlocked about whether to go the "tough love" (an exact quote from my newscast) or the humane way - I have a suspicion that they won't come to terms as quickly as tomorrow. Funny, we can afford trillions of dollars to wage two unnecessary (IMHO) wars, but we're going to be putting our citizens, people who have worked hard all their lives to make this country what it is, out on the street in the dead of winter. There's still the additional discontinuation of the Bush tax cuts after the first of the year. I still don't know if I'll have a job or continued short term disability pay and health insurance. So, basically, purrs and prayers and love are about all we (collectively) have. -- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, by Mark Edwards, at: http://www.professional-geek.com/rpcablog/ |
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OT - Economy Purrs Extended
CatNipped wrote: Purrs and prayers and love to all those who will be effected by the discontinuation of the extended unemployment benefits *TOMORROW* (Ben is included in that number) . The government has the money to build some homeless shelters (but not enough) for those who will be evicted from their homes because of this (not even to mention what their Christmas's will be like). But they've decided to not use funds to extend the benefits. Congress is deadlocked about whether to go the "tough love" (an exact quote from my newscast) or the humane way - I have a suspicion that they won't come to terms as quickly as tomorrow. Funny, we can afford trillions of dollars to wage two unnecessary (IMHO) wars, but we're going to be putting our citizens, people who have worked hard all their lives to make this country what it is, out on the street in the dead of winter. There's still the additional discontinuation of the Bush tax cuts after the first of the year. I still don't know if I'll have a job or continued short term disability pay and health insurance. So, basically, purrs and prayers and love are about all we (collectively) have. America is fast becoming a "third world" country, thanks to our (allegedly) "elected" officials! Why should THEY worry? Even when they leave office - usually for a high-paying job with a lobbyist - the medical benefits continue. The "middle class" in this country is practically gone - we have the rich and the poor, and very little in-between. (So far as our supposed "high standard of living" goes, that's a thing of the fast receding past - I think the #1 spot goes to one of the Scandinavian countries, with the U.S. rather far down in the count, and dropping fast.) |
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You're right, it's so easy to forget about "real" people when your own needs
are being met quite nicely. It's *WAY* too easy to see "street people" and ignore them by thinking, "they must be mentally deranged" or "they chose that life for some warped reason" and just drive on by. But when you see, on the news, a young mother with two children being cut off from any government funds, funds people have paid all their working lives for, to be cut off unemployment (and the jobless rate continues to rise into the quite high double digits, if you count what the statistics don't show, those who rolled off unemployment already but still don't have a job), *without* losing her home first - then it gets you right in the gut what this country has become and how little those elected officials care about where we go in the dead of winter with no home to go to and not even enough homeless shelters for who's already out there. Meanwhile all those elected officials are so busy handing out trillions of our dollars on bailing out big businesses (who continue to raise their prices *KNOWING* people can no longer afford them but can't do without), and going to war on third-world nations, all in *SPITE* of what the "people" really want, it's disgusting. The "middle class" was the main portion of our citizenry who gave so generously but now can't afford to if they're going to keep their own family warm and fed. I have no problem with the rich who have fairly earned it(I forget who exactly it was, but one very, very wealthy man left almost *ALL* of his estate to charities without giving anything at all to his children and grandchildren because he wanted them to fairly earn their place in the world - I was amazed). It's the rich that will keep controlling our governmental policies that bother me, and they're not going to do anything that will touch any of their wealth. At this point, I have no idea how we could fix this, or even if it *can* be fixed, and raging about it is taking *so* much strength I just don't have. It's just sad, it's so *****ing* sad that I just about can't take it any more, but what can you do when you're just not physically able to earn money any more? Our baby-boomer generation all retiring and getting SS from a bankrupt system may be the death of this country. We've already spent all our tomorrows yesterday. -- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, by Mark Edwards, at: http://www.professional-geek.com/rpcablog/ "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message m... CatNipped wrote: Purrs and prayers and love to all those who will be effected by the discontinuation of the extended unemployment benefits *TOMORROW* (Ben is included in that number) . The government has the money to build some homeless shelters (but not enough) for those who will be evicted from their homes because of this (not even to mention what their Christmas's will be like). But they've decided to not use funds to extend the benefits. Congress is deadlocked about whether to go the "tough love" (an exact quote from my newscast) or the humane way - I have a suspicion that they won't come to terms as quickly as tomorrow. Funny, we can afford trillions of dollars to wage two unnecessary (IMHO) wars, but we're going to be putting our citizens, people who have worked hard all their lives to make this country what it is, out on the street in the dead of winter. There's still the additional discontinuation of the Bush tax cuts after the first of the year. I still don't know if I'll have a job or continued short term disability pay and health insurance. So, basically, purrs and prayers and love are about all we (collectively) have. America is fast becoming a "third world" country, thanks to our (allegedly) "elected" officials! Why should THEY worry? Even when they leave office - usually for a high-paying job with a lobbyist - the medical benefits continue. The "middle class" in this country is practically gone - we have the rich and the poor, and very little in-between. (So far as our supposed "high standard of living" goes, that's a thing of the fast receding past - I think the #1 spot goes to one of the Scandinavian countries, with the U.S. rather far down in the count, and dropping fast.) |
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CatNipped wrote: At this point, I have no idea how we could fix this, or even if it *can* be fixed, and raging about it is taking *so* much strength I just don't have. It's just sad, it's so *****ing* sad that I just about can't take it any more, but what can you do when you're just not physically able to earn money any more? Our baby-boomer generation all retiring and getting SS from a bankrupt system may be the death of this country. We've already spent all our tomorrows yesterday. Actually, despite the mis-information being spread by the politicians, the Social Security system is NOT "bankrupt" - nor likely to be, soon. Of course, they could prevent that EVER happening by simply making ALL wages subject to Social Security tax, instead of setting a ceiling above which one is exempt from withholding. (You pay Medicare tax on all your earnings, why not SS taxes, too?) |
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If the government would stop borrowing from SS and start paying back, that
would have helped. "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message m... CatNipped wrote: At this point, I have no idea how we could fix this, or even if it *can* be fixed, and raging about it is taking *so* much strength I just don't have. It's just sad, it's so *****ing* sad that I just about can't take it any more, but what can you do when you're just not physically able to earn money any more? Our baby-boomer generation all retiring and getting SS from a bankrupt system may be the death of this country. We've already spent all our tomorrows yesterday. Actually, despite the mis-information being spread by the politicians, the Social Security system is NOT "bankrupt" - nor likely to be, soon. Of course, they could prevent that EVER happening by simply making ALL wages subject to Social Security tax, instead of setting a ceiling above which one is exempt from withholding. (You pay Medicare tax on all your earnings, why not SS taxes, too?) |
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Are you sure it's misinformation? I've heard that the only money going into
the system is that being paid by those still working (a generation with *MUCH* fewer contributors than the baby boom generation), that there were no funds already in the system and it will only get more and more broke the longer we babyboomers live - and since this is the first general (mayhap thanks to the Mickie D's of the world) who are not expected to live as long as our generation. If you do know where I could get information about the real state of affairs regarding Social Security (like did they really raise retirement age to 70 already of is that just a proposal) I would really appreciate the link. -- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, by Mark Edwards, at: http://www.professional-geek.com/rpcablog/ "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message m... CatNipped wrote: At this point, I have no idea how we could fix this, or even if it *can* be fixed, and raging about it is taking *so* much strength I just don't have. It's just sad, it's so *****ing* sad that I just about can't take it any more, but what can you do when you're just not physically able to earn money any more? Our baby-boomer generation all retiring and getting SS from a bankrupt system may be the death of this country. We've already spent all our tomorrows yesterday. Actually, despite the mis-information being spread by the politicians, the Social Security system is NOT "bankrupt" - nor likely to be, soon. Of course, they could prevent that EVER happening by simply making ALL wages subject to Social Security tax, instead of setting a ceiling above which one is exempt from withholding. (You pay Medicare tax on all your earnings, why not SS taxes, too?) |
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"CatNipped" wrote in message
... Are you sure it's misinformation? I've heard that the only money going into the system is that being paid by those still working (a generation with *MUCH* fewer contributors than the baby boom generation), that there were no funds already in the system and it will only get more and more broke the longer we babyboomers live - and since this is the first general (mayhap thanks to the Mickie D's of the world) who are not expected to live as long as our generation. If you do know where I could get information about the real state of affairs regarding Social Security (like did they really raise retirement age to 70 already of is that just a proposal) I would really appreciate the link. -- Hugs, I heard on this morning's news that raising the age is something that some Congresscritters would like to see this Congress pass before the leadership changes. That would seem to indicate that it is not yet a fact. -- Joy Whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before would deserve better of mankind and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together. - Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels |
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CatNipped wrote: Are you sure it's misinformation? I've heard that the only money going into the system is that being paid by those still working (a generation with *MUCH* fewer contributors than the baby boom generation), that there were no funds already in the system and it will only get more and more broke the longer we babyboomers live - and since this is the first general (mayhap thanks to the Mickie D's of the world) who are not expected to live as long as our generation. If you do know where I could get information about the real state of affairs regarding Social Security (like did they really raise retirement age to 70 already of is that just a proposal) I would really appreciate the link. Not sure of the "link" - I'm on several "mailing lists" for politically progressive newsletters, but I don't remember actually subscribing. "Truth Out" is one, "Huffington Post" is another. There are also "Move On" and "PDA" organizations, which post regular news updates. Try a search engine - I'm sure it will lead you to information that includes how to subscribe. (Or try the name in small case ".com" or ".org" after it.) |
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Thanks, will do.
-- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, by Mark Edwards, at: http://www.professional-geek.com/rpcablog/ "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message ... CatNipped wrote: Are you sure it's misinformation? I've heard that the only money going into the system is that being paid by those still working (a generation with *MUCH* fewer contributors than the baby boom generation), that there were no funds already in the system and it will only get more and more broke the longer we babyboomers live - and since this is the first general (mayhap thanks to the Mickie D's of the world) who are not expected to live as long as our generation. If you do know where I could get information about the real state of affairs regarding Social Security (like did they really raise retirement age to 70 already of is that just a proposal) I would really appreciate the link. Not sure of the "link" - I'm on several "mailing lists" for politically progressive newsletters, but I don't remember actually subscribing. "Truth Out" is one, "Huffington Post" is another. There are also "Move On" and "PDA" organizations, which post regular news updates. Try a search engine - I'm sure it will lead you to information that includes how to subscribe. (Or try the name in small case ".com" or ".org" after it.) |
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