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Give Us a Plan for a Financially-Secure America!
Target: 2008 Presidential Candidates
Sponsored by: Divided We Fail
Sponsored by: Divided We Fail
It used to be that if you worked hard, raised your family and played by the rules, you'd be OK. But that's no longer true. Today, the burden of saving for retirement, paying for health care and supporting aging parents falls much more heavily on individuals.
For many people, the American dream is eroding. The presidential candidates have said too little about the long-term financial security crisis Americans face every day. Over the next couple weeks, the presidential candidates will do their best to reach voters in the final key primaries. Now, during this critical period for both sides, it is time to demand that leaders develop a real plan of action.
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# 7,450:
4:02 pm PDT, May 13,
Sarah Renois, Connecticut
# 7,449:
3:54 pm PDT, May 13,
Brenda Pope, Washington
Every American who has worked and put money into FICA should be able to expect a return when they retire or become disabled.
Every American who has worked and put money into FICA should be able to expect a return when they retire or become disabled.
# 7,448:
3:53 pm PDT, May 13,
Rachel Burback, Virginia
Outsourcing, too much importing, being frightened by risiing GAS prices....soon we will see less and less people having children even for fear that they wont be able to make ends meet
Outsourcing, too much importing, being frightened by risiing GAS prices....soon we will see less and less people having children even for fear that they wont be able to make ends meet
# 7,447:
3:51 pm PDT, May 13,
Steve Conrad, Missouri
# 7,446:
3:48 pm PDT, May 13,
Susan Eichler, Washington
# 7,445:
3:48 pm PDT, May 13,
Judy Scott, Delaware
# 7,444:
3:46 pm PDT, May 13,
Shawn Rorke-Davis, Arizona
# 7,443:
3:43 pm PDT, May 13,
Patricia Bender, California
Please explain your plan for paying the huge debt the U.S. has as a result of the Iraq war and policies favoring the rich. We the middle class will have to pay the entire debt unless policies change and all americans are required to pay down this debt.
Please explain your plan for paying the huge debt the U.S. has as a result of the Iraq war and policies favoring the rich. We the middle class will have to pay the entire debt unless policies change and all americans are required to pay down this debt.
# 7,442:
3:43 pm PDT, May 13,
Barbara Polson, California
WE NEED INDIVIDUAL SAVINGS PLAN TO REPLACE SOCIAL SECURITY. IF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY I PAID INTO SOCIAL SECURITY WAS INVESTED IN THE FORM OF A 401 OR SIMILAR PROGRAM THERE WOULD BE PLEANTY OF MONEY FOR EVERYONE WHO PAID INTO THE SYSTEM. IT SHOULD BE THE PROPERTY OF THE INDIVIDUAL NOT THE GOVERNMENT (which can raid and take from the funds) We need a secure retirement mandated INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM. IT WOULD WORK.
WE NEED INDIVIDUAL SAVINGS PLAN TO REPLACE SOCIAL SECURITY. IF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY I PAID INTO SOCIAL SECURITY WAS INVESTED IN THE FORM OF A 401 OR SIMILAR PROGRAM THERE WOULD BE PLEANTY OF MONEY FOR EVERYONE WHO PAID INTO THE SYSTEM. IT SHOULD BE THE PROPERTY OF THE INDIVIDUAL NOT THE GOVERNMENT (which can raid and take from the funds) We need a secure retirement mandated INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM. IT WOULD WORK.
# 7,441:
3:39 pm PDT, May 13,
Tonia Harvey, Nevada
# 7,440:
3:36 pm PDT, May 13,
Kimberley Thomas, New York
# 7,439:
3:34 pm PDT, May 13,
Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
# 7,438:
3:33 pm PDT, May 13,
Brad Kraus, New Mexico
# 7,437:
3:31 pm PDT, May 13,
Tori Myers, New Mexico
Politicians need to recognize that the majority of Americans live check to check, are not able to save due to high prices and the general cost of living, and are seriously concerned about their own future as well as that of their children. This concern is no longer just an unfounded worry or something that can be dismissed as poor planning, but a fact of life.
Politicians need to recognize that the majority of Americans live check to check, are not able to save due to high prices and the general cost of living, and are seriously concerned about their own future as well as that of their children. This concern is no longer just an unfounded worry or something that can be dismissed as poor planning, but a fact of life.
# 7,436:
3:31 pm PDT, May 13,
Richard Falls, California
# 7,435:
3:28 pm PDT, May 13,
Helen B. Decker, California
In my day, ours was the land of limitless opportunity. If you worked hard, you would earn enough to care for your family. Your wife did not have to work just to bring in enough to survive. And the sad thing is that even with both adults in a family working, many families are not making it. They are not surviving well, or, in some cases, at all. All it takes, in many cases, is one serious illness to topple families into an abyss of financial insolvency. And woe be it to those who survive long enough to retire. For many, the struggle will entail choosing between eating regularly and buying the medication they need. The so called donut means that, when many of the elderly hit the "hole", they are forced to endanger their health and their very lives by going without vital medications. This is wrong, and a betrayal of what our country stands for. We need to enact legislation that will insure that this is once more the land of opportunity for our citizenry and not just special interest groups.
In my day, ours was the land of limitless opportunity. If you worked hard, you would earn enough to care for your family. Your wife did not have to work just to bring in enough to survive. And the sad thing is that even with both adults in a family working, many families are not making it. They are not surviving well, or, in some cases, at all. All it takes, in many cases, is one serious illness to topple families into an abyss of financial insolvency. And woe be it to those who survive long enough to retire. For many, the struggle will entail choosing between eating regularly and buying the medication they need. The so called donut means that, when many of the elderly hit the "hole", they are forced to endanger their health and their very lives by going without vital medications. This is wrong, and a betrayal of what our country stands for. We need to enact legislation that will insure that this is once more the land of opportunity for our citizenry and not just special interest groups.
# 7,434:
3:27 pm PDT, May 13,
Mercedes R Lackey, Oklahoma
Millions of Americans are being forced into the position of working until they drop dead. No compassionate true Christian would ever even contemplate putting aging, ailing seniors in this position!
Millions of Americans are being forced into the position of working until they drop dead. No compassionate true Christian would ever even contemplate putting aging, ailing seniors in this position!
# 7,433:
3:27 pm PDT, May 13,
Name not displayed, Florida
# 7,432:
3:25 pm PDT, May 13,
Vickey Pillow, Texas
# 7,431:
3:24 pm PDT, May 13,
Crystal Andrade, Massachusetts
# 7,430:
3:23 pm PDT, May 13,
Ashley Slupski, Illinois
# 7,429:
3:23 pm PDT, May 13,
Lisa Moye, North Carolina
# 7,428:
3:20 pm PDT, May 13,
Ivy Ropp, Ohio
# 7,427:
3:19 pm PDT, May 13,
Jutta Poteat, Florida
# 7,426:
3:19 pm PDT, May 13,
Frances Alboum, New York
# 7,425:
3:17 pm PDT, May 13,
Marilyn Coleman, Connecticut
# 7,424:
3:15 pm PDT, May 13,
Lois McIntyre, Pennsylvania
Want to make sure that we are financial secure as a country for when my futre children are ready to join the work force. And there will be lower taxes for everyone to pay too!
Want to make sure that we are financial secure as a country for when my futre children are ready to join the work force. And there will be lower taxes for everyone to pay too!
# 7,423:
3:14 pm PDT, May 13,
Emina Bozek, Texas
# 7,422:
3:14 pm PDT, May 13,
Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
# 7,421:
3:10 pm PDT, May 13,
Ashley Hietpas, Florida
# 7,420:
3:08 pm PDT, May 13,
Mike Ellison, California
With the current fall of the dollar, the end of oil reserves, the debt to China, the developing markets overseas, the demise of the middle class in the USA is threatening our future as a people. This is our REAL National Security issue to focus on.
With the current fall of the dollar, the end of oil reserves, the debt to China, the developing markets overseas, the demise of the middle class in the USA is threatening our future as a people. This is our REAL National Security issue to focus on.
# 7,419:
3:07 pm PDT, May 13,
Amy Elbert, California
# 7,418:
3:04 pm PDT, May 13,
Greg Burnes, Washington
# 7,417:
2:57 pm PDT, May 13,
Elizabeth Colwell, California
# 7,416:
2:56 pm PDT, May 13,
Nancy Blaschke, Wisconsin
# 7,415:
2:55 pm PDT, May 13,
MaryPat Klein, New York
# 7,414:
2:55 pm PDT, May 13,
Carol Watts, Washington
# 7,413:
2:52 pm PDT, May 13,
Name not displayed, California
# 7,412:
2:50 pm PDT, May 13,
Sarah Wheatley, California
# 7,411:
2:50 pm PDT, May 13,
Shauna Bellamy, Colorado
# 7,410:
2:49 pm PDT, May 13,
Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
Because Social Security is nothing today and politicans don't care... Health Care is the same. Wake Up !!
Because Social Security is nothing today and politicans don't care... Health Care is the same. Wake Up !!
# 7,409:
2:44 pm PDT, May 13,
Name not displayed, North Carolina
# 7,408:
2:40 pm PDT, May 13,
Abigail Clark, Michigan
# 7,407:
2:39 pm PDT, May 13,
Name not displayed, Alabama
Our way of life, as we know it, is disappearing before our eyes. It's time that something concrete be done to bring the United States back to the norm. Americans need help more now than ever. We've had 8 years of nothing but a downward spiral. It's time to stop the talking and passing the buck and do something to help our people. The United States has become a haven for just anyone because nowhere else can they go and get everything handed to them for nothing while those of us whose families made this United States have to foot the bill. And where is our free hand-outs? Why do we have to throw away OUR founding ways (prayer, rights, way of life, constitution) to entertain those who come into our country wanting to change it to their ways? We can't go to other countries and have them change their freedoms to work for us like we're accustomed to. It's time to take control of this country and do something to preserve and protect it and it's real, true citizen's.
Our way of life, as we know it, is disappearing before our eyes. It's time that something concrete be done to bring the United States back to the norm. Americans need help more now than ever. We've had 8 years of nothing but a downward spiral. It's time to stop the talking and passing the buck and do something to help our people. The United States has become a haven for just anyone because nowhere else can they go and get everything handed to them for nothing while those of us whose families made this United States have to foot the bill. And where is our free hand-outs? Why do we have to throw away OUR founding ways (prayer, rights, way of life, constitution) to entertain those who come into our country wanting to change it to their ways? We can't go to other countries and have them change their freedoms to work for us like we're accustomed to. It's time to take control of this country and do something to preserve and protect it and it's real, true citizen's.
# 7,406:
2:37 pm PDT, May 13,
Natalie Brundred, Michigan
# 7,405:
2:34 pm PDT, May 13,
Laura Russell, Washington
# 7,404:
2:34 pm PDT, May 13,
Erica Ziegler, California
# 7,403:
2:32 pm PDT, May 13,
Thomas Bommarito, Missouri
# 7,402:
2:30 pm PDT, May 13,
Name not displayed, Indiana
# 7,401:
2:25 pm PDT, May 13,
Sharon Ewton, California