John Boehner Says In Order To Pay For The Wars, We Need To Raise The Social Security Retirement Age To 70 (VIDEO)
Video: Boehner on fixing Social Security -- June 29, 2010
Flashback to last Summer.
According to the source, Boehner said the following:
Ensuring there's enough money to pay for the war will require reforming the country's entitlement system, Boehner said. He said he'd favor increasing the Social Security retirement age to 70 for people who have at least 20 years until retirement, tying cost-of-living increases to the consumer price index rather than wage inflation and limiting payments to those who need them.
"We need to look at the American people and explain to them that we're broke," Boehner said. "If you have substantial non-Social Security income while you're retired, why are we paying you at a time when we're broke? We just need to be honest with people."
If this is what we have to look forward to from Republicans if they regain power, I'm giving it all up. Continuing the expensive and illegal wars in Iraq and Afghanistan makes very little sense unless your goal is simply to support the military-industrial complex. Strategically, Al Qaida and terrorism are regional problems, requiring regional solutions. Victories in Iraq and Afghanistan won't help against Al Qaida of Yemen, but they might cost us an additional trillion, and Boehner seems to have no problem with that possibility.
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Aug 13, 2011 at 3:22 PM
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http://pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_688102.html
Source for this story...has more quotes and videos...
http://ftp.ssa.gov/pubs/retirechart.htm
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20009192-503544.html
John Boehner: Raise Social Security Retirement Age to 70
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/106135-boehner-raise-social-securitys-retirement-age-to-70
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/29/john-boehner-accuses-demo_n_629265.html
LOl
http://www.themiddleclass.org/legislator/john-boehner-31?gclid=CL_A0fKsyKICFRBLgwodfCxn4w
and sage...you know i'm with you on this...we have to get some new people in congress and then they need to respond on these issues...and god forbid, we elect a new crowd and they do the same out-of-control spending, there might actually be riots here like in greece...but for the opposite reasons...they protest about the cuts...and we would protest in order to end the wars and shrink government...patience is wearing thin...
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2004/09/Misleading-the-Public-How-the-Social-Security-Trust-Fund-Really-Works
http://www.snopes.com/politics/socialsecurity/changes.asp
If you want the Goobermint to fix S.S., you must first get rid of their retirement and put them in S.S., they will fix it tomorrow. Or give us all theirs, LOL.
Jack Lohman ...
http://MoneyedPoliticians.net
Interesting thing about that: indulge me the fantasy that I may someday collect Social Security. The latest pamphlet I received from FICA estimated my take at age 70 at $2,000 month. Pretty awful, but more than I made at my last job. And if I ever work again, I’m looking at a probably 40 percent pay cut. If I start Social Security at age 62, the amount is $1,200. Obviously the incentive is there to work to 70. My worry is by my 62nd birthday, I may have been underemployed for 9 years. In this permanent recession, I doubt working to age 70 is a real option.
Ever see 70 year old construction workers, or linemen, or tree trimmers, or mechanics, or any other physically demanding job? Of course Congress can do it, they do nothing anyway, except run up 100,000 dollar bar tabs on their planes...
All of us can't be Congressmen, no one would be left to mooch off of.
I remember you now from the discussion over at Sunlight Foundation on financial reform...i remember clicking on your site then...thanks for stopping by and joining the discussion....and yes, as gomp said, good job with your blog...we both like your call to vote out all incumbents regardless of party...but how about we keep ron paul...
but again, he assured me that boehner said it and repeated it...
you should join our discussions more often...steve
These hypocritical politicians should grab a rifle and sign up for basic if they think they're making a difference over there. And their kids too, after all plenty of people's kids are dying already for this nonsense, why not put their own blood in harm's way and see if they keep funding this idiotic war on peace? Where is all their media-driven "patriotism" at?
Funny that when a Zio-Fascist like the President of the USA has to spend huge amounts of money upon a simple visit in India.
All other Western politicians don't have to do that!
Term limits max 2X4 and never ever allowed to lobby Washington for any purpose. John BONER should help out by giving up all the million$ he has acquired while in office. Most Fed Politicians after 1 1/2 terms become multi millionair$. All @ssholeswhoring4Israel
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Excellent comment...i liked this part most...
These hypocritical politicians should grab a rifle and sign up for basic if they think they're making a difference over there. And their kids too, after all plenty of people's kids are dying already for this nonsense, why not put their own blood in harm's way and see if they keep funding this idiotic war on peace? Where is all their media-driven "patriotism" at?
Check out the Constitution Party.
Not a WORD about raising CONGRESS'S retirement age.
Congress cut off COLA for Social Security Seniors for the last two years, claiming "THERE IS NO INFLATION".
Congress got THEIR COLA ..... "DUE TO INFLATION."
I TRULY become incensed when I hear some blowhard Politician state that Universal Healthcare would be "SOCIALIST". Michigan legislators get FREE, LIFETIME, healthcare after just SIX years...... members of Congress enjoy "cradle to grave" SOCIALIST medical and retirement benefits that outstrip those of the old Soviet Central Committee members. Salary and benefits [edit] Salaries As of January 2010, the annual salary of each Representative is $174,000.[13] The Speaker of the House and the Majority and Minority Leaders earn more: $223,500 for the Speaker and $193,400 for their party leaders (the same as Senate leaders). A cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) increase takes effect annually unless Congress votes to not accept it. Congress sets members' salaries; however, the Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits a change in salary (but not COLA[14]) from taking effect until after the next general election. Representatives are eligible for lifetime benefits after serving for five years, including a pension, health benefits, and social security benefits.[15]
MEANWHILE - FEDERAL WORKERS: Earning double their private counterparts
Federal salaries have grown robustly in recent years, according to a USA TODAY analysis of Office of Personnel Management data. Key findings:
Government-wide raises. Top-paid staff have increased in every department and agency. The Defense Department had nine civilians earning $170,000 or more in 2005, 214 when Obama took office and 994 in June.
Long-time workers thrive. The biggest pay hikes have gone to employees who have been with the government for 15 to 24 years. Since 2005, average salaries for this group climbed 25% compared with a 9% inflation rate.
Federal workers earning $150,000 or more make up 3.9% of the workforce, up from 0.4% in 2005.
Since 2000, federal pay and benefits have increased 3% annually above inflation compared with 0.8% for private workers, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
"CNBC: Despite a long and deep recession, the collective personal wealth of congressional members increased by more than 16 percent between 2008 and 2009, according to a study released Wednesday by the Center for Responsive Politics."
Cut ALL government pay AND pensions 50% ..... if they don't LIKE IT, they can QUIT and go work in PRIVATE INDUSTRY.
60 percent of the federal government workforce is represented by LABOR UNIONS...... WHY?
For ALL Politicians, Federal, and State workers.
1) Make all politician's pay a percentage of the AVERAGE pay of their constituents. That would give them INCENTIVE to get jobs back from China.
2) Make all politician's retirement plans a percentage of the AVERAGE retirement plan of their constituents, that provides INCENTIVE to work for the PEOPLE.
3) Make all politicians get on SOCIAL SECURITY, like the rest of us, and dissolve their fancy, overpaid plans. That will provide INCENTIVE to fix what THEY BROKE.
4) Make all politician's medical benefits a percentage of the AVERAGE benefits of their constituents, that provides INCENTIVE to work for the PEOPLE .
5) Make all politician's pensions dependent on the security of their constituent's pensions. If the People are losing their pensions due to economic distresses then the politicians should also.
6) ALL government workers and politicians will collect benefits at the same age as the AVERAGE, PRIVATE CITIZEN.
COPY AND PASS ON
Social Security is NOT an "entitlement" ........ for those who PAID FOR IT.
Social Security is a PROPERTY RIGHT ....... for those who PAID FOR IT.
But John Boehner is going to sit SAFE at HOME and WAVE a FLAG.
Big Mouth COWARD.
The only problem is the corrupt majority of the members of Congress. They ignore the Constitution and they will fight like hell to make sure nothing changes that they or their true employers don't want changed.
The of the best headline I have maybe ever seen.
7/10/2011 Huffington post
People Are More Scared Of The Americans Than Of The Taliban'
LOL
http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2011/07/times-of-antichrist.html
We have developed a class of professional politician and it is time to get rid of them.
BTW I paid man thousands of dollars into social security and it was looted by the professional political type. We should take all assets from any elected official until every penny is paid back.
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> War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes-- and armies, debts, and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few. In war, too, the discretionary power of the Executive is extended; its influence in dealing out offices, honours, and emoluments is multiplied; and all the means of seducing the minds, are added to those of subduing the force, of the people. . ."
Did any Founders envision Social Security?. Search Agrarian Justice by Thomas Paine!!! Enlightening!
The largest single holder of US Government debt is the American people, who hold about 20% of all US Government debt, more than China and more than Saudi Arabia.
The US Government is already insolvent and unable to meet their obligations, but while the US Government is afraid of missing payments to the bankers and to the foreign creditors, it is totally unafraid of defaulting on the American people, who it believes are incapable of expressing any anger or disappointment at the betrayal.
So Lyin' Joe Lieberman and now Boehner are trying to sell you the lie that if you don't allow the US Government to embezzle the retirement money you already paid into the system, the terrorists will win.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5oGLn5XF8E&feature=player_embedded
from 8/2
Well said. It can't be repeated often enough.