Extending the Payroll Tax Cut

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Originally Posted by Danzig

and i'd love to see my retirement grow to the point i'm in the 1%. yeah, not holding my breath.

Life 40-70 years ago: You worked, you saved, you retired. Your personal savings paid 5% interest, you got a pension from your company, and you got Social Security and Medicare. Three pillars of retirement: savings, pension, SS. Your house was paid off and increased in value over the years, you sold it when you were very old to pay for the nursing home care.

Life now: You worked. The three pillars that created a middle class are gone. Savings accounts pay 0.25%. Your real income has not increased, it has fallen precipitously over the past 40 years - you work longer hours, but make less in "real" money. Companies no longer give pensions. Republicans want to take away your Social Security and give that money to Wall Street to gamble with, in spite of the fact they've lost 1/3 or more of the value in private retirement accounts over the past 10 years. Your house is underwater. Republicans also want to take away your Medicare.

Whose fault is this? That 90% of Americans don't control the wealth of this country? That there is hardly a middle class left? According to the Republicans, it's the fault of firefighters, policemen, and kindergarten teachers.

Wake up, America. We live in a plutocracy. Herman Cain is a failed restaurant lobbyist owned by the Koch brothers. Newt Gingrich is the poster boy for Washington Insider Lobbyist who will sell his soul for a dollar and only cares about the rich, and blames the poor for being poor. Bachmann, Santorum and Perry trade on religious fear and singularity, and hate of "gays" and "brown people" and "Muslims"

And no, I am not exempting guilty Democrats from the selfsame sins.