When did liberals pass the law that outlawed colorful language?
Turns out a liberal advocacy group got its tits in a wringer because former Senator Alan Simpson accurately described the situation we find ourselves in with Social Security.
CNN has the story of asinine advocacy:
An advocacy group is calling for the ouster of former Sen. Alan Simpson, the co-chairman of President Obama’s bipartisan debt commission, who described Social Security as a “milk cow with 310 million tits!” in an email.
Ashley Carson, executive director of the Older Women’s League, wrote in a blog post in April that Simpson is targeting Social Security to fix the deficit even though it “doesn’t contribute” to the country’s debt problem. She also accused Simpson of “disgusting ageism and sexism” in characterizing those who oppose cuts to benefits as “Gray Panthers” and “Pink Panthers.”
In his email to Carson, which was sent Monday night, Simpson said he is defending Social Security, not trying to undermine it, and referred her to information showing the program’s long-range shortfalls.
He went on: “I’ve made some plenty smart cracks about people on Social Security who milk it to the last degree. You know ’em too. It’s the same with any system in America. We’ve reached a point now where it’s like a milk cow with 310 million tits! Call when you get honest work!”
On Wednesday afternoon, Simpson released a letter to Carson apologizing. “I can see that my remarks have caused you anguish, and that was not my intention,” he wrote.
There’s only one thing worse than the advocacy group being upset by Simpson’s choice of words. And that’s the fact that Simpson chose to apologize.
Source: CNN.com
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The sad part that this was meant to be an extra thing for retirement, it wasn't meant as a safety net for someone to RELY on as they got older. It is incredible to me that is what people actually RELY on for retirement. The government got what they wanted though it is my believe that is exactly what it wanted regardless of what it promised it would be.
The clown looks like a morbid blood sucking leech
Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat, introduced the Social
Security (FICA) Program. He promised:
1.) That participation in the Program would be
Completely voluntary,
No longer Voluntary
2.) That the participants would only have to pay
1% of the first $1,400 of their annual
Incomes into the Program,
Now 7.65%
on the first $90,000
3.) That the money the participants elected to put
into the Program would be deductible from
their income for tax purposes each year,
No longer tax deductible
4.) That the money the participants put into the
independent 'Trust Fund' rather than into the
general operating fund, and therefore, would
only be used to fund the Social Security
Retirement Program, and no other
Government program, and,
Under Johnson the money was moved to
The General Fund and Spent
5.) That the annuity payments to the retirees would never be taxed as income.
Under Clinton & Gore
Up to 85% of your Social Security can be Taxed
Since many of us have paid into FICA for years and are
now receiving a Social Security check every month --
and then finding that we are getting taxed on 85% of
the money we paid to the Federal government to 'put
away' -- you may be interested in the following:
------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ----
Q: Which Political Party took Social Security from the
independent 'Trust Fund' and put it into the
general fund so that Congress could spend it?
A: It was Lyndon Johnson and the democratically
controlled House and Senate.
Q: Which Political Party eliminated the income tax
deduction for Social Security (FICA) withholding?
A: The Democratic Party.
Q: Which Political Party started taxing Social
Security annuities?
A: The Democratic Party, with Al Gore casting the
'tie-breaking' deciding vote as President of the
Senate, while he was Vice President of the US
Q: Which Political Party decided to start
giving annuity payments to immigrants?
AND MY FAVORITE:
A: That's right!
Jimmy Carter and the Democratic Party.
Immigrants moved into this country, and at age 65,
began to receive Social Security payments! The
Democratic Party gave these payments to them,
even though they never paid a dime into it!
Then, after violating the original contract (FICA),
the Democrats turn around and tell you that the Republicans want to take your Social Security away!
And the worst part about it is uninformed citizens believe it!
Nice post, Mike...
The older woman's league?- Of course they should take offense because half of these women probably graze the lawn before lunch, and the other half have bells around their necks. Though in fairness, Simpson is so old, his staff probably has to take his pulse everytime a meeting goes over a half hour
Socialist Insecurity, I've always called it. And don't these supposedly educated people know that cows don't have tits? Those are teats. Illiterate morons. Congress is full of them.
So Sociable Insecurity is going tits up?
"Call when you get honest work!"
Truer words were never spoken by a politician. Let's see to it that congress has plenty of time to seek honest work.
Social Security = Bernie Madoff's ponzi scheme x 100,000,000,000,000
The only difference is that Bernie is rotting in jail right now...
just maybe it should go back to what it was when created, you get nothing out unless you pay something in. Its going broke? how can that be, perhaps the 30 million illegals sucking it dry, the welfare mentality that prefers to sit on their ethics rather than work, or the politicians using it for every ridiculous pork program they think will gain them some votes
Sounds like a lotta bull.
( probably get creamed for that comment )