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Originally Posted by Calgaryborn
Recently someone said that the saftey net such as Social security shouldn't be touched because people have paid into it. That is true: they did pay into it. They also elected governments who put America into debt 14 trillon dollars and counting. Are you actually arguing that they don't share in the responsibility for that but, rather are owed by the next generation to ensure they get all their elected governments promised but, didn't save for?
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While some people may make that case about Social Security, I dont think it really matters. I have included the following bolded statement, from an obviously intelligent poster, that I feel answers best why Social Security shouldn't be touched.
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Originally Posted by Calgaryborn
I've heard a lot of ridicule about the notion that the rich need money in order to create jobs. It is pointed out that few have been created under Obama even with the retaining of the Bush tax cuts. So how do you see jobs created. The job rate still hovering over 9% has got to be Obama's greatest failure. The real numbers of unemployed are obviously much higher. OK, so you take more from the rich. How is that going to produce jobs? If Reagan was wrong what will work? How can taking more money out of the economy do anything but, hurt it more?
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The again, maybe the poster has no idea what they are talking about.