tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post370882691661203006..comments2024-01-17T00:45:37.075-08:00Comments on Bud Meyers: Government TitBud Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-36388309643655718632011-08-03T13:04:04.609-07:002011-08-03T13:04:04.609-07:00For the record my two great aunts worked hard to p...For the record my two great aunts worked hard to pay for their home. It WAS a simple wood frame house, built by family members in the 30's.<br />The aunts lost their home to flooding when the government decided to open flood gates in order to spare the cities from flooding. <br /><br />My aunt's owned their property and home before the floodgates were even thought of.<br />After total loss of home and personal property the aunt's were compensated a whopping 5,000.00 from the Fed for the losses.<br /><br />So, no, they do not live in a home that has been paid for anymore. My aunts live with a disabled family member now in order to not have to live in crime infested, low income based public housing.<br /><br />Unlike the federal government, my family has managed to take care of our own people, in spite of long term unemployment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-62901936035746505122011-08-03T09:37:58.611-07:002011-08-03T09:37:58.611-07:00I am 45 years old and have always worked hard &...I am 45 years old and have always worked hard & earned everything I've owned(my first job, working for an attorney as a part time office clerk during my last semester of high school). paid for it all entirely on my own - including my college education and the purchase of two homes. <br /><br />At the top of this recession - July 2008 - I was laid off from my job as a business analyst. Prior to being laid off, the annual SSA earnings statement I received in the mail indicated that (as of 2007-08) I've earned enough money (over my lifetime) and already met eligibility requirements to receive the maximum monthly SS payout when I reach retirement age 65.<br /><br />In other words: I HAVE ALREADY PAID into SOCIAL SECURITY / MEDICARE THE AMOUNT NEEDED TO RECEIVE THE MAXIMUM MONTHLY BENEFIT AMOUNT.<br /><br />Put still another way: over my lifetime, I've paid enough in PAYROLL TAXES - money that was WITHHELD FROM MY PAYCHECKS and paid into the SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINSTRATIONS'S TRUST FUND -<br />(you know, the mandatory SSA & Medicare federal tax withholding...?).<br /><br />I EARNED THIS MONEY,i PAID INTOTHESE PROGRAMS -THEY ARE NOT 'WELFARE'. GIVE ME ALL OF MY MONEY BACK - EVERY SINGLE DIME I'VE PAID INTO SSA OVER THE COURSE OF MY LIFETIME - WITH INTEREST - <br />and I'll stop asking for a handout from the government - welfare - when I retire.Denver Unemployment Examinerhttp://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-denver/kelly-wiedemernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-40556121711173797912011-08-02T21:06:09.336-07:002011-08-02T21:06:09.336-07:00My two great aunts are ninety four and ninety six....My two great aunts are ninety four and ninety six. They are not sucking on the governments tit and not even living above the poverty level. Both receive between three and four hundred dollars a month in social security retirement benefits.<br />Social security is held out of paychecks to be received once one is too old to work. It does not provide middle class level income.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-12414567899145460822011-08-02T18:55:48.293-07:002011-08-02T18:55:48.293-07:00It seems everyone would like to refer to Social Se...It seems everyone would like to refer to Social Security benefits as an Entitlement. Like it is a gift or something from our government. Entitlement it is not. How can that be when you have to work so many quarters to qualify for benefits? And the money is taken out of your paycheck every pay day. Many Americans have worked for 30 or 40 years or more to earn these benefits. So what right has anyone to take these benefits away.<br /><br />Sincerely <br /><br />Carol from CA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-11084844426591585682011-08-02T18:07:30.026-07:002011-08-02T18:07:30.026-07:00Well Bud....what I we say. I think you clearly out...Well Bud....what I we say. I think you clearly outlined that like the poster themselves, everyone suck the Government tit at one point and time. <br /><br />First, when you are born, one is given a Social Security card. When you pass, the Government, via that Social Security program gives you $255.00 to assist with burying a person. <br /><br />Guess, we can say then, we all suck off the gov't tit...when we're born and when we die.<br /><br />http://www.reachoutjobsearch.comReach Out Job Search Newshttp://www.reachoutjobsearch.comnoreply@blogger.com