Americans Are Putting Billions More Than Usual in Their 401(k)s

Re:Americans Are Putting Billions More Than Usual in Their 4... by eli_gottlieb on Thursday January 05, 2017 @02:53PM (#13330732)

>That would eliminate even the thin handkerchief of SS being a sort of mandatory government-run savings program, and not a bald faced tax-and-redistribute system.

So bloody what? I've got no problem taking from the rich to fund a basic income to keep the elderly off cat-food. I've got parents and a grandmother left who need Social Security.

>When it becomes a straightforward tax, then it'll be attacked like every other tax during the periodic political pendulum-swings in favor of lower taxes and fewer government programs in general.

It already is attacked during regular political pendulum swings. Both Clinton and Bush 2 tried to privatize Social Security.

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Re:Americans Are Putting Billions More Than Usual in Their 4... by djrogers on Thursday January 05, 2017 @03:38PM (#13331137)

> Both Clinton and Bush 2 tried to privatize Social Security.

That shows a grave misunderstanding of both proposed solutions to the SA insolvency problem.

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Re:Americans Are Putting Billions More Than Usual in Their 4... by somebehemoth on Friday January 06, 2017 @12:41PM (#13338302)

I am genuinely curious. Please elaborate the misunderstanding. Thank you.

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