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A reply to both. I think I've

Flavius — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:29:35 +0000

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A reply to both.

I think I've read that hispanic immigrants have smaller families by the next generation.

I don't resent immigrants coming here. I resent their working at slave wages and thus reducing the income of the rest of the working class. If the minimum wage were enforced employers would hire existing citizens which would simultaneously reduce their unemployment and reduce the incentive for immigrants to come here.

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The social security financial "crisis" isn't one. If we want to deal with it we'll find a way, other than impoverishing the aged elderly ( like me BTW) .

We aren't fixing it because we don't want to. It's a convenient way for the rich to hurt the lower class. Whom they hate , of course.They cower behind security guards ,fly in private jets or at worst in first class and the less contact they have with anyone earning less than $50 K the more they first fear and then hate them. I went to a dinner meeting with the CEO of my company. At the "Bankers' Club" on Park near Grand Central. As we left he asked where my car was. I said I was taking the subway and he was astonished. He clearly hadn't done that in years.

In the discussions about the level of executive pay one of the unacknowledged reasons for excessive compensation is that the board wants the CEO to be so desperate to keep him job that he will implement the "headcount reductions" that they so badly want.

It's a cliche to say that Labor is at war with Management. Probably true some times. Whereas the ownership class is always at war with the working class.

Stuck in a hospital with a MRSA I was reading Steve Jobs' biography. The doc saw the book and remarked that his son worked at Apple. And had described getting on an elevator followed by Jobs. In the short trip to the next floor Jobs got into an argument with an employee and when the door opened fired him.

After reading your comment,

Resistance — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:31:50 +0000

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After reading your comment, it came to me; the fastest growing population will be the Hispanics who are predominantly Catholic and not believing in birth control.... do the math. If Homeland Security doesn't protect the border, there'll be another 11 million enter the US illegally. If they take the jobs and in affect lower the wages in our country, as planned, then we can compete in the world markets against the other slaves of the world. SS and Medicare will not have enough money for future retirees. Our government feels the working middle class are already overpaid and it needs the middle class to accept forced cuts. Just as it effected the housing market driving down values and equities of the middle class. Another form of wage control, Whip inflation is just what the plutocracy wants, Flood the work pool with workers with no benefits. It wont be too much money chasing goods,, because who'll have the money, except for the already rich, who are selfishly gaming the system .............. Beware of the Gang of 8's Trojan Horse. PS Why would Seniors in Florida care what happens to the next generation that follows them. They got theres, now get yours. Divide and conquer the middle class. Ben Bernanke you can keep the printing presses running, they have a plan to whip inflation through wage contol. Deficit reduction by means of screwing the middle class. Productivity at lower costs. A rising tide does raise all ships, as long as yours, is not purposely being sunk. ............ You're right though, the stimulus should be for jobs, but that comes after they drive wages lower and break the Unions, then all you slaves get to work.

A thought just come to me,

trkingmomoe — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:21:21 +0000

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A thought just come to me, that by 2038 about 40% of the baby boomers will have aged out of SS. That big fat bulge of seniors won't be a bulge anymore. It just needs the ceiling raised some on FICA to handle the bulge for the next 15 or so years. The sky is not falling when it comes to SS. It is not a program that we need to give up because the senior population will drop off and level off. Our grandkids are capable figuring out how to adjust the funding for themselves based on their needs and economy. In fact they will probably run the economy better then it was run for the last 35 years. I am so tired of the Stupid Party. Our President is wrong on his budget this time. The focus should be stimulus for jobs.