I thought the Bush/Cheney SS reform plan was pretty much dead even
before this recent election.


Walt wrote:
Well, yes, but sometimes it's hard to resist giving the dead donkey
another whack for good measure.


And fun

Plus, something similar will be proposed again before too long. It's no
more dead than universal health care - hibernating, perhaps, but it'll
be back.


Oh sure, it's one of the grand theme "issues" that are
really part of the ongoing public ethos but doesn't really
play much part in politics, except for years when the
name-calling gets to be so embarrassing they stop for a while.


Sure. $90k/year puts you in the upper brackets... of course it's not
so great as it used to be... wherein one was an educated professional
(who would receive, as part of their education, some lessons in
managing money) and/or one who inherited wealth (and thus had one
finances guarded by the family banker).


I wasn't aware that managing money was part of the classical liberal
arts education.


Perhaps not, but it's part of the classic conservative
lesson plan.




Are we supposed to feel sorry for the person who, at 65, is earning
$90k/yr + and is looking at retiring with a net worth in the red & no
retirement income beyond Social Security?


Walt wrote:
Well yeah. It must suck to be that stupid.


Some seem to enjoy it. Look at Bubbles, he'd love to join
that crowd.

And guess what, we've got a lot of 'em. About half of AARP
magazine seems to be devoted to them, and I'm sure they are
a group looking for a political voice. I'm half expecting
Maxprop & Dave to try to jerk tears for this bunch because
it serves the current neo-con agenda.

DSK