The_Casual_Observer
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Sat Sep-04-04 02:02 AM
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Bush plans to take your SS money and put it in the Stock Market |
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This might raise some undecided eyebrows.
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EnfantTerrible
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Sat Sep-04-04 02:04 AM
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1. Interesting piece in this weeks New Yorker |
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That discusses the chimps financial plot... I mean plan.
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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
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Sat Sep-04-04 02:04 AM
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2. Remind them that the stock market's been in the toilet on *'s watch |
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I've invested since the Reagan years
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The_Casual_Observer
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Sat Sep-04-04 02:07 AM
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3. Thats the beauty of this, things are so screwed up it's implied. |
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No need to elaborate, it's universally understood. Perhaps the graphic might be a roulette wheel to be on the safe side!
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Old and In the Way
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Sat Sep-04-04 02:16 AM
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4. Hey, you can only get so much done in one term. |
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Let's see-
Oil/Gas Industries - check. Private Medical Ins. Co's - check Munitions/Defense - check 2% top income brackets - check
OK, who hasn't eaten yet at the trough? Oh yeah,
Brokerage Houses - check
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DemBones DemBones
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Sat Sep-04-04 02:17 AM
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5. And TODAY they announced a big increase in Medicare premiums. |
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Many have also figured out that the much-ballyhooed Medicare prescription drug plan is a bunch of hooey.
Old folks vote, guys. Be sure to tell this to all the old folks you know.
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Sat Sep-04-04 09:31 AM
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6. If they'd privatised accounts in 2000, they'd be down 7% on average now. |
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And dont' forget that with the lack of OT pay, people's contributions will drop, as will their highest earnings, which determine your final collection amount.
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