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quaoar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 10:46 PM Original message |
Thomas Says Social Security Needs New Funding Options (pay women less) |
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eg101 (371 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. how about a wealth tax. or removing the $86K cap on payroll? |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 11:10 PM Original message |
no fucking shit. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 11:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. The rich have benefited most from robbing 40% of FICA |
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mtnester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 05:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
60. Here are the pertinent paragraphs from MTP transcript re: Race and Gender |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. how can they keep their tax give-aways to the very wealthy |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. It seems to me (and I don't have the links) that the difference |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 11:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Neither my father nor either of my grandfathers lived long enough to ... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 11:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. Work didn't do it |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 01:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
25. According to this site, the female-male gap has widened a bit since 1940 |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 01:40 PM Original message |
You forgot OSHA! |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 01:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
36. You forgot OSHA! |
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fob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 02:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
43. Yes, write INequality into the law, that's their way. I mean it's only |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. "Why even bother looking at payroll tax?" |
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Heddi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. Hey fucktard, we already get paid less in the workforce |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 12:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. I feel the same way... |
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Lizzie Borden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 05:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
61. Well, of course we are! |
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BattyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. Women live longer ... |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 11:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. these " options" Thomas throws out are bull - a cry for help- nothing more |
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BattyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 11:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I totally agree with you! |
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maumcc1 (114 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 06:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
62. At this rate, I'm not going to live any longer |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
7. How would he propose basing it on race? |
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alcuno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 11:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. African American men have a younger average age of death than |
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quaoar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 11:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Found this in another story: |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 11:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Unbelievable |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 01:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
37. Good Q. How ARE they going to compensate for racial diffs? |
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aikido15 (637 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
8. Really, this is unbelievable.... |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 01:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
38. Just don't say "Means Test". Now THAT would be UNFAIR!!! |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. Reuters version shows Thomas begging. |
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alcuno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
12. So women get to work longer at their crummy jobs? |
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despairing optimist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
14. My mom: died at 75. My dad: died at 77. |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 12:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. my mom: died at 69. my dad: kicking ass at 82. |
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Piperay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 07:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
66. My mother died at 72 my father is 85 and still alive |
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phylny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-05 02:55 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. My mother died at 57, my father's alive at 77. n/t |
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buddysmellgood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
15. New formula could give more to barefoot, pregnant women. |
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zann725 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 02:13 AM Response to Reply #15 |
27. I hope you're being sarcastic. As they're also cutting Medical. |
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
16. I swear |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 12:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. We in the boomer generation |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 12:04 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. "we've done nothing to stop it"??? |
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AuntiBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 03:17 PM Response to Reply #28 |
48. Thank you... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 03:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
47. Your insurance question is a total straw man argument. |
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AuntiBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 03:24 PM Response to Reply #23 |
50. Gee... |
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llmart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 06:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
63. Seems you're drinking the Republican Kool Aid..... |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-05 02:11 AM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Sorry to all |
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thecrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
18. Isn't there a Constitutional amendment against this? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
24. This is outrageous--but WATCH THE FUN START!!!! |
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Ms_Mary (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 01:06 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. I really would like to know what was running through that poor guy's head. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 01:48 PM Response to Reply #24 |
39. Spot on! Excellent post. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
26. how about enforced euthanasia for men at 55 so that women can |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
29. I want to be a uniter, not a divider. |
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Ms_Mary (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
31. Oh, f*ck him. And I don't say that often or lightly. nt |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
32. Living longer and earning less for the same work. Will he be fixing |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 01:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. yes, by giving us less ss payments. We'll be so accustomed to being |
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pdxmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
33. Well, if we're going to base it on race or sex, why not |
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atre (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
40. Someone should acquaint him with the Equal Protection Clause |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
42. I work too hard for this crap |
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GiovanniC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
44. THANK YOU, Rep. Thomas! |
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AuntiBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 03:18 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Thank you, too GiovanniC |
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AuntiBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
45. I am a Widow, and Disabled |
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AuntiBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 03:10 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. P.S. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 04:08 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Yo, AuntiBush... |
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AuntiBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 04:21 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Thanks Karenina. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 04:39 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. I grew up in Nap Town... |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 04:39 PM Response to Reply #45 |
56. This all boils down to Bush -- their getting sick with these idea's! |
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Massachusetts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
52. and Larry Harvard Summers Agrees |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
54. since white females live longer than anyone else |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
57. Do repukes live longer than Dems? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
58. Nothing a STUPID Republican says ever surprises me |
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wishlist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
59. He said raising SS payroll tax totally bad, but lowering women's $$ is OK |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 06:54 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. Plays to Rush's audience who have been conditioned to blame all their woes |
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Groggy (317 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
64. That is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard! |
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