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2018-06-06 Government
AP Tweet: BREAKING: Government: Medicare will become insolvent in 2026, three years earlier than expected, Social Security to follow in 2034.
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Posted by DarthVader 2018-06-06 08:38|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11129 views ]  Top

#1 Started back in the 60s when the pols rewrote the books on bookkeeping and suddenly discovered heaps of 'new' money to spend then and now for virtue signaling. See - Venezuela in slow motion
Posted by Procopius2k 2018-06-06 08:49||   2018-06-06 08:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Breaking News: Middle Class was fleeced using the Social Security 'Ponzi Scam'. Now they will have to come after the IRA's for their next cash influx -- like a junkie burglarizing houses to pay for their next fix.
Posted by magpie 2018-06-06 09:52||   2018-06-06 09:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Not BREAKING News: Unlikely I will need it in 2026 and certainly won't care by 2034.
Posted by Skidmark 2018-06-06 10:22||   2018-06-06 10:22|| Front Page Top

#4 2026 is only eight years from now. I plan on living that much longer and then some. Can we please stop giving money away to foreign dictators and foreigners who invade our country? Then can we stop subsidizing housing for losers? Now?
Posted by Abu Uluque 2018-06-06 11:57||   2018-06-06 11:57|| Front Page Top

#5 Yet states insist on expanding medicare.

Posted by Airandee 2018-06-06 12:21||   2018-06-06 12:21|| Front Page Top

#6 It would be better to get rid of the ridiculous medical and drug costs.
Posted by gorb 2018-06-06 12:23||   2018-06-06 12:23|| Front Page Top

#7 Now they will have to come after the IRA's for their next cash influx...

Specifically, Roth IRA's. One of my buddies has been screaming about that for over a decade, and how they'll do it is this - they'll (try to) tax the accumulated earnings which are currently non-taxable under the Roth plan. I also wouldn't put it past them to tax some of the contributions into Roth plans as well, which would be the point to break out the pitchforks.
Posted by Raj 2018-06-06 12:28||   2018-06-06 12:28|| Front Page Top

#8 IRA's and 401k's;
Call it the 'affordable retirement investment act' where they manage your investments and retirements on your behalf. To insure everyone has a fair share of the investments you worked your ass off and sacrificed for. Why should welfare joe suffer just because he blew his chance on hookers and booze?
Posted by CrazyFool 2018-06-06 12:33||   2018-06-06 12:33|| Front Page Top

#9 Maybe stop all the fraud and slugs that have NEVER paid a dime in?(NON-CITIZENS??) Might not stop the failure but it would certainly delay it, MAYBE?? NO MORE FREEBIES??
Posted by ranture 2018-06-06 13:18||   2018-06-06 13:18|| Front Page Top

#10 I've been paying in for 45 years and have not collected a dime.
Posted by regular joe 2018-06-06 14:24||   2018-06-06 14:24|| Front Page Top

#11 Call it the 'affordable retirement investment act'

ARIA- isn't that when the fat lady sings?
Posted by Skidmark 2018-06-06 15:40||   2018-06-06 15:40|| Front Page Top

#12 What? No reports on when Welfare runs out of money?
Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2018-06-06 15:54||   2018-06-06 15:54|| Front Page Top

#13 I think Bawney Fwank floated that "we'll invest your IRA for you" couple times several years ago
Posted by Frank G 2018-06-06 17:27||   2018-06-06 17:27|| Front Page Top

#14 This comes up every time there's an election and the Democrats start the Republicans are gonna take away your SS BS...
Posted by BrerRabbit 2018-06-06 18:40||   2018-06-06 18:40|| Front Page Top

#15 I think Dems want no IRA inheritance other than survivor. After the spouse dies, whatever remains must be drained 2-5 years.
Posted by Clem Kadiddlehopper9000 2018-06-06 21:48||   2018-06-06 21:48|| Front Page Top

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