Rick Perry's Texas conservative Jeebus freak routine includes some anti-establishment trailer park teabagger romance novel he released last year called "Fed Up!" One of the book's themes is a general contempt for Social Security and social safety net programs for the elderly -- typical polite parlor chat in rich white Southern homes, but not a concept suitable for a nation of older voters who have seen their pension funds and 401ks fed cyanide margaritas throughout the recession. What should Rick Perry tell those people? Easy!
<i>&quot;will allow individuals to own and control their own retirement&quot;</i>
Prior to the Great Depression, the elderly -- as 30 year olds were called back then -- had company pensions and savings accounts for their retirement. When the Depression hit, the companies that held the pensions went bankrupt and the banks failed when mortgagees couldn&#039;t make their payments. (Fortunately that can never happen again!)
The upshot was individuals who had controlled some or all of their retirement were suddenly penniless. Forced to return to work or keep working, these people magnified unemployment, especially as they displaced younger workers. The kind of younger workers who were voted &quot;most likely to build barricades&quot; when they dropped out of high school. In steps the Federal government with a way to coax those seniors out of the work force. By paying them.
Retirement funds tied to the economy discourage retirement during bad times. You want to help unemployment? Allow penalty-free IRA withdrawals at age 50, make health insurance available at &quot;employer rates&quot; for people up to age 65. Do that and I&#039;m outta here.
&quot;Honor your father and your mother&quot;, Ricky. It&#039;s in the Bible. You can look it up. There&#039;s other stuff in there you might find discomforting.
I&#039;m pretty sure that with Rick&#039;s Dad being born in 1925 and his mom being born in 1928 that they probably both have utilized some form of Social Security in there &quot;golden years.&quot; I&#039;ll bet if some fine journalist went and talked to them and the fine folks in Haskell County, Texas, one would find that these folks rely on some form of Federal assistance.
I just love this argument about how Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security is not constitutional except when it comes to the person in power - because they are different.
The one who&#039;s ALSO running for president?
AWKWARD~!
That&#039;s my new favorite Bible chapter.
<i>&quot;will allow individuals to own and control their own retirement&quot;</i>
Prior to the Great Depression, the elderly -- as 30 year olds were called back then -- had company pensions and savings accounts for their retirement. When the Depression hit, the companies that held the pensions went bankrupt and the banks failed when mortgagees couldn&#039;t make their payments. (Fortunately that can never happen again!)
The upshot was individuals who had controlled some or all of their retirement were suddenly penniless. Forced to return to work or keep working, these people magnified unemployment, especially as they displaced younger workers. The kind of younger workers who were voted &quot;most likely to build barricades&quot; when they dropped out of high school. In steps the Federal government with a way to coax those seniors out of the work force. By paying them.
Retirement funds tied to the economy discourage retirement during bad times. You want to help unemployment? Allow penalty-free IRA withdrawals at age 50, make health insurance available at &quot;employer rates&quot; for people up to age 65. Do that and I&#039;m outta here.
&quot;Honor your father and your mother&quot;, Ricky. It&#039;s in the Bible. You can look it up. There&#039;s other stuff in there you might find discomforting.
rick perry should meet honey badger.
God forbid one go to a socialist library. Literally.
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Where in the Constitution does it say Rick Perry should even exist?
Really, the oldz teabaggers like just that one program? I&#039;m shocked.
Also, keep the gubmint outs my soshul sekuritee!
This book is obviously so 2010. Just ask Rick Perry.
I&#039;m pretty sure that with Rick&#039;s Dad being born in 1925 and his mom being born in 1928 that they probably both have utilized some form of Social Security in there &quot;golden years.&quot; I&#039;ll bet if some fine journalist went and talked to them and the fine folks in Haskell County, Texas, one would find that these folks rely on some form of Federal assistance.
I just love this argument about how Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security is not constitutional except when it comes to the person in power - because they are different.