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Fed to Steal State Pension Funds?
American Daughter - Front Page ^ | August 22, 2009 | Earl Voak

Posted on 08/22/2009 9:25:05 PM PDT by Earl Voak

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Does anyone have more info on this? Very alarming if true.
1 posted on 08/22/2009 9:25:06 PM PDT by Earl Voak
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To: Earl Voak

Very alarming is right.


2 posted on 08/22/2009 9:28:01 PM PDT by The Mayor (A friend is the first person who comes in when the whole world has gone out)
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To: Earl Voak
State sovereignty. It's the only hope we really have at this point. If Obama makes a grab for state money, he may find himself with an open revolt.

And to be honest, I think that's what he wants. The way he pushes hot buttons, I pretty much believe that he's trying to make his opponents make the first move and initiate rebellion. At that point, he will feel more empowered to get down and dirty and start governing like an actual dictator.

3 posted on 08/22/2009 9:31:20 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Play the Race Card -- lose the game.)
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To: The Mayor

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4 posted on 08/22/2009 9:32:10 PM PDT by jessduntno (Privatization + Inter-State Sales + Individual Policies + Tort Reform = Healthcare Reform)
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If he wants rebellion, then he’s going to get it. However, I’m not so sure that the military will back him up; he’s going to need their support to stay in power. Otherwise, he’s history. We’ll have our own Nuremberg trials in DC, and Obama, Pelosi and Reid will all be marched to the gallows for treason.


5 posted on 08/22/2009 9:33:35 PM PDT by Arkansas Toothpick
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To: Earl Voak
Exactly what was done in Argentina.
6 posted on 08/22/2009 9:35:48 PM PDT by Sleeping Freeper
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To: Earl Voak

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Fund could declare state pension funds insolvent and take them over. They shouldn’t be able to legally but look at the auto and bank takeovers. They followed a similar pattern. Declare the institution insolvent, take it over ‘for it’s own good’. The Delphi auto pension, for instance, is already Federalized. I wouldn’t shrug this off.


7 posted on 08/22/2009 9:36:25 PM PDT by allmost
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Wait...state pension funds like those that support unions like AFSCME and SEIU? Well, they do fully support everything this administration proposes, all I can say is welcome to the opposition. LOL


8 posted on 08/22/2009 9:37:42 PM PDT by JrsyJack (There's a little Jim Thompson in all of us)
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To: Earl Voak

Flash point. Are they really this stupid?


9 posted on 08/22/2009 9:37:44 PM PDT by glock rocks (health care, gun safety and climate change are strawmen. It's all about CONTROL.)
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Flash point indeed!


10 posted on 08/22/2009 9:40:07 PM PDT by mojitojoe (Socialism is just the last “feel good” step on the path to Communism and its slavery. Lenin)
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To: Earl Voak

WTF!!!!!!!!


11 posted on 08/22/2009 9:40:18 PM PDT by Empireoftheatom48 (Zero will never be my President, never!!!!!)
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Gee, it is so nice that Dems decided to own this crisis. They may have thought that they can pull FDR II. However, U.S. economy is buckling under huge debts, public and private. This time around, FDR-style policy would be their path to doom.
12 posted on 08/22/2009 9:40:52 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
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To: ClearCase_guy
State sovereignty. It's the only hope we really have at this point. If Obama makes a grab for state money, he may find himself with an open revolt.

Absolutely he wants CW II. He is on tape stating the Constitution is seriously FLAWED. I hope everyone is ready cause IMHO it is just around the corner - watch his every move, and you too will become a believer.
13 posted on 08/22/2009 9:42:46 PM PDT by Cheerio (Barack Hussein 0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: glock rocks
Flash point. Are they really this stupid?

That was a rhetorical question..... right?

BTW, most of our CA pensions are broke.

14 posted on 08/22/2009 9:44:18 PM PDT by umgud (Look to gov't to solve your everday problems and they'll control your everday life.)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
[a blogger at] a Tea Party Townhall Meeting in Salado, Texas with US Representative John Carter (R-Round Rock) issued the warning. She said, "Representative Carter informed the crowd that talk has been bandied about Congress to appropriate every state's pension plans into the bankrupt Social Security System."

15 posted on 08/22/2009 9:45:06 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: Earl Voak

The groundwork of limiting private equity firms from participating in the banking industry has already begun. The Feds are requiring double, or more than double, Tier-1 capital in some cases to participate in these numerous bank takeovers. It’s directed against private funds and state pension funds. The signs are there.


16 posted on 08/22/2009 9:45:41 PM PDT by allmost
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To: Earl Voak

Can someone explain exactly what a “state pension fund” is. Would this be private companies or what?


17 posted on 08/22/2009 9:47:16 PM PDT by chris_bdba
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Could you please expand on your post?

Thanks

18 posted on 08/22/2009 9:47:51 PM PDT by investigateworld (Abortion stops a beating heart)
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To: investigateworld

Sure thing. Which part in particular?


19 posted on 08/22/2009 9:49:54 PM PDT by allmost
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Bookmark for later


20 posted on 08/22/2009 9:50:21 PM PDT by potlatch
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