Thanks Tracy. I too would like to get a larger pension payment from the govt. But, the system that would deliver it would be bad for the country . . any country.

>Many senior citizens feel as you do Grady, but I think (based on polls I've read and interviews I've seen) there are an equal number (of senior citizens) who would rather see 'wealth distribution' in order to increase their benefits and let their youngers foot the bill (for a change).
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>>Mr. Beane.
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>>The more to the left a group in power moves the more it raises the taxes of higher income people to finance it's programs. People such as you, Hillary and Obama et al think this is the way to get things done on a national scale. But when you get older and take a good look at it you'll see that punishing a nation's successful people to pay for those who are much less successful only causes the successful people to question why they should bother to continue. If pushed hard enough they will discontinue doing business, terminate employees and generally slow down because it no longer pays them to work. Some will raise the price of their products to compensate for the loss. This is not good for the country. Extreme left societies are doomed to fail economically or change to more capitalistic methods to stay in power. The USSR and China are good examples.
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>>Killing the goose that lays the golden eggs has never worked. More bluntly said, Robin hood, who stole from the rich and gave to the poor, was nothing more than a common thief and so it is with left leaning groups in power.
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>>Now, I know you aren't old enough to understand or accept this, but in a few years when your paycheck could be bigger you shall understand completely.
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>>>Exactly what lie has he been caught in?
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>>>If you put your political affiliations aside and just look at the "issue" I think you will see this as nothing more than a smear attempt by the opposing campaign. In this case, guilt by association.
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>>>>I think it's already over for Obama. He has been caught in a lie, then he comes out with this slick oratory. The Republicans have probably got people working overtime on the commercials showing Obama sitting in the pews clapping and singing while his "minister" tells everyone how evil the US is, how racist the whites are, etc, etc, etc.
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>>>>I think you can stick several forks in Obama. He may not even get the nod, after Hillary and company hit the convention with this ammunition.
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>>>>Personally, I'm glad the media is finally doing the vetting that should have been done long ago. If it weren't for Drudge, Fox News and the blogosphere, we would never have heard this.