AARP Holding Secret Meetings to Discuss Entitlement Cuts
July 29th, 2012 // 12:00 pm @ iConsult
“AARP these are the guys that are supposed to protect senior citizens, obviously supposed to protect social security and medicare…They’re doing a secret meeting, they’re doing public meetings throughout the country called “You’ve earned a say and we’re listening” meanwhile in Washington they’ve sent out a secret letter inviting both Republicans and Democrats to come talk about cutting social security and medicare as part of the grand bargin.” Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss. Subscribe to The Young Turks: bit.ly Find out how to watch The Young Turks on Current by clicking here: www.current.com The Largest Online New Show in the World. Google+: www.gplus.to Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: twitter.com
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contacter
9 months ago
Wonder what the executives of AARP have been promised to go along with the neocon corporatist agenda??
contacter
9 months ago
Wow even the oldies are being betrayed by their corporatist lobby organizations. things are bad, cause the retired sure do get out there and vote, if they vote rightwing its cause they have nothing better to do with their time left on this earth.
whatsgoingon07
9 months ago
the government wants to raise the retiring age from 65 to 70 because they know 2% of that age group will not live to see their 70th birthday
that’s roughly 204,833 deaths per year
that’s $7.3 Billion dollars per year
and that money goes back to the treasury
don’t believe me? visit SSA.gov and find out for yourself
lavell0830
9 months ago
Gamegeek2, saving your money dont mean shit, because there will soon be no money In america.
gamegeek2
9 months ago
I’ll save my own money thank you very much.
RKAddict101
9 months ago
Yes, but the government eventually has to pay bondholders back. That’s my point. When investors buy bonds, they’re giving money to the government for a higher return back FROM the government in the future. This money is taken from taxpayers.
1234uz
9 months ago
Please explain to us all then How Social security is Funded Mr Know it all. You show your complete ignorance of how the system works every time you say something here in this thread abput Social Security.
1234uz
9 months ago
Again you are Wrong ! Govt bonds are not 100% funded by the tax payers at all ! Foreign Investors , namely Countries like China and Japan make up a Huge portion of the US Govt Bond market not individual taxpayers. And your counter of because it hasnt failed doesnt mean it wont is a Feeble attempt to say something about a topic you have little to no knowledge of
Cloudhopper4
9 months ago
No because that is an increase on high earners. Right now it is capped at $160,000. If you raise the cap from $160K to say $250K you can solve the problem without hurting seniors at all.
ljwoolley1
9 months ago
I used to belong to AARP, until I checked out their car ins rates. It was almost 2X I was paying!!! I dropped them like a hot potato!!!! What they are doing is awful!!! What are they getting out of this? I will smear them every time I get a chance!! Social security should be fine, if it’s not, it’s because they keep taking money out of it! This is the people’s money not their’s. I paid into this almost 50 yrs. Just think what I could have now if I had kept my money & put it savings!!!
SToNedCaNaDiaN420
9 months ago
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b33p3rz
9 months ago
Evidently you, you turned on your computer, opened your browser, went to youtube, opened this video, possibly watched it, and commented a total off five lines in all capital letters. You seem to care, bro.
SezSays
9 months ago
Entitlements. These people need a fucking dictionary.
SToNedCaNaDiaN420
9 months ago
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suncountryairline
9 months ago
Cenk is worried about seniors being screwed out of $60,000. Isn’t it the same thing when he suggested to raise the payroll tax?
romanmir01
9 months ago
There is no price inflation, there is a dictionary that modifies definitions based on political expedience, and definition modifications and differences are easily seen in different VERSIONS of the same dictionary.
Again, and again – you have no brain, I never defined communism in this thread as you believe.
iDogtag
9 months ago
AARP! AARP! Imma seal!
WeTheBanks
9 months ago
I think Cenk is honest most of the time, but social security is part of the budget, and the trust is an illusion, and is debt, not savings
RKAddict101
9 months ago
Just because it hasn’t failed doesn’t mean it won’t ever fail. Secondly, by saying that bonds are paid for does not counter my point of WHO pays for the bonds. Government receives all its revenue from the taxpayers. In order to pay for bonds, their revenue source is no different. Therefore, anything that goes into the surplus is a double tax on the American people.
dffykvn
9 months ago
You could go all day with that mental midget
Everything from public roads to fire departments is evil big government socialism with that asshole
dffykvn
9 months ago
Np
Before the crash Bush talked about how the social security account would go nowhere but up if we put it all on the market
If we did that then the banks would’ve stolen grannies social security check, kick medicare patients in the nuts then retire in cancun.
alexherrera84
9 months ago
Thanks bud
dffykvn
9 months ago
It has a massive surplus
Republitards are lying because they want to privatize it and hand it over to wall st
alexherrera84
9 months ago
I don’t get some say Social Security is the main part of our debt, Cenk says it has nothing to do with the budget. What’s the truth?
ooMONKEYoo
9 months ago
Viagra costs more than insulin.