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Gov. Daniels hates rich people, picks on Donald Trump

[Daniels said he would prefer ‘means testing’ and wouldn’t send a SS check to Trump.]


33 posted on 02/27/2011 6:13:56 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: TomGuy

As concerns social security and these so-called “entitlements”, I think raising the age to receive is a good one. When SS first came in, people lived an average of 62 years.

But to make people pay in their whole lives....please don’t forget that we pay in 6.2% of our salaries our entire lives , MATCHED BY OUR EMPLOYERS....then deny them the money, is just plain wrong.

Maybe Donald Trump doesn’t need that $1,500 a month income, but he can take the money and give to his preferred charity, a needy family in his church.

To deny them the money is yet another form of re-distributing wealth. For we shall keep Trump’s SS money and give it to those who will vote for bigger gubmint.


37 posted on 02/27/2011 6:17:52 AM PST by Fishtalk (http://patfish.blogspot.com/2011/02/freerepublic-ping-list-compilation.html-Freep Ping Blog post)
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To: TomGuy

Daniels’ message—The fiscal situation is SO BAD that we have to give up our core belief and rally behind someone who will fix it.

But can that someone be a 5’5” short mort who will be dwarfed standing alongside Obamsky? I think we have to give up more than our moral convictions and values. I think we have to sacrifice all short candidates too.

They got no reason to run.


46 posted on 02/27/2011 6:23:41 AM PST by PaleoBob
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Once you start means testing SS, people will revolt. The Dems and the Reps have sold the program as a pension scheme that they have paid into and the money belongs to them. The reality is that the program already is a redistribution mechanism given the way benefits are calculated.


79 posted on 02/27/2011 7:15:21 AM PST by kabar
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