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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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# 7,600:
8:35 pm PDT, May 13,
Name not displayed, California
# 7,599:
8:35 pm PDT, May 13,
Paula Hall, Michigan
I work three jobs and still are very uncertain about being able to retire in 20 years!!! There's something seriously wrong with this picture!!!!!
I work three jobs and still are very uncertain about being able to retire in 20 years!!! There's something seriously wrong with this picture!!!!!
# 7,598:
8:35 pm PDT, May 13,
Toni Tischer, Colorado
Like most Americans the harder we work the farther behind we get. There is no insurance, There is no retirement Social Security is all we will have. We must insure that it is there for us. After all we have paid in all these years.
Like most Americans the harder we work the farther behind we get. There is no insurance, There is no retirement Social Security is all we will have. We must insure that it is there for us. After all we have paid in all these years.
# 7,597:
8:32 pm PDT, May 13,
Adam Miller, Pennsylvania
# 7,596:
8:32 pm PDT, May 13,
Shari Maier, Oregon
# 7,595:
8:31 pm PDT, May 13,
Christopher McMullen, California
# 7,594:
8:31 pm PDT, May 13,
John Seymoure, Illinois
I am disabled from an on the job injury and was assured by my lawyer that I would be able to rely on Social Security or SSI for help once I reached the appropriate age. That was the reason I settled for a lower amount of money at the time and that is why I was only allowed to sue for so much money at the time. Therefore, I must rely on the government to be responsible for my well being in my later years. I can't work so what am I to do if I can't receive SSI or Social Security. Am I going to be allowed to go back in and sue the company again?
I am disabled from an on the job injury and was assured by my lawyer that I would be able to rely on Social Security or SSI for help once I reached the appropriate age. That was the reason I settled for a lower amount of money at the time and that is why I was only allowed to sue for so much money at the time. Therefore, I must rely on the government to be responsible for my well being in my later years. I can't work so what am I to do if I can't receive SSI or Social Security. Am I going to be allowed to go back in and sue the company again?
# 7,593:
8:23 pm PDT, May 13,
Lisa Szanto, Michigan
Show us that globalization really is good for America, because so far I can't see it's benifits to the average American. We are going backwards not forward.
Show us that globalization really is good for America, because so far I can't see it's benifits to the average American. We are going backwards not forward.
# 7,592:
8:18 pm PDT, May 13,
Katherine Loban, Minnesota
# 7,591:
8:15 pm PDT, May 13,
Kate Kemper, Utah
# 7,590:
8:14 pm PDT, May 13,
Linda Rexroad, Arkansas
I am a 50 year old single mother of a teen-aged daughter, and an employee of the state of Arkansas. I am buying a home and have a small payroll deduction toward a retirement plan that I do not believe will sustain me in fifteen years. I am spinning my wheels financially, trying to pay off the little bit of credit card debt I have accumulated. With the costs of utility bills, groceries, and fuel costs skyrocketing, I fear I will not be able to keep my head above water.
I am a 50 year old single mother of a teen-aged daughter, and an employee of the state of Arkansas. I am buying a home and have a small payroll deduction toward a retirement plan that I do not believe will sustain me in fifteen years. I am spinning my wheels financially, trying to pay off the little bit of credit card debt I have accumulated. With the costs of utility bills, groceries, and fuel costs skyrocketing, I fear I will not be able to keep my head above water.
# 7,589:
8:14 pm PDT, May 13,
Teresa Bradley, Michigan
# 7,588:
8:11 pm PDT, May 13,
Ellen Gregan, Arkansas
# 7,587:
8:08 pm PDT, May 13,
Paul Hagedorn, Pennsylvania
# 7,586:
8:08 pm PDT, May 13,
Nicolete Giambri, Texas
# 7,585:
8:04 pm PDT, May 13,
Brenda Larson, Georgia
# 7,584:
8:01 pm PDT, May 13,
Robin Lloyd, Illinois
Please do not do lip service to us. Talk about a hard core plan that you want the congress and sentate to develope and support. We do not want to hear we will give change to us. Tell us how you are going to do it.
Please do not do lip service to us. Talk about a hard core plan that you want the congress and sentate to develope and support. We do not want to hear we will give change to us. Tell us how you are going to do it.
# 7,583:
8:00 pm PDT, May 13,
Sandra Legler, New York
America's strength has been in its strong middle class. Over the past eight years the US has become more like a Latin American country: a tiny number of super-rich at the top, a small number of upper middle class, and a large majority struggling to survive financially. This country is abandoning its poorer citizens. Consider hurricane Katrina. America needs to find ways to enable its many hardworking citizens to have a secure retirement - that means enough to eat and enough fuel to warm the house. If older americans can no longer afford these basics, there will ba a large number of angry citizens. Either the US must do more to protect its poor and its elderly, or it will risk an end to democracy, with armed revolt replacing government through ballot box.
America's strength has been in its strong middle class. Over the past eight years the US has become more like a Latin American country: a tiny number of super-rich at the top, a small number of upper middle class, and a large majority struggling to survive financially. This country is abandoning its poorer citizens. Consider hurricane Katrina. America needs to find ways to enable its many hardworking citizens to have a secure retirement - that means enough to eat and enough fuel to warm the house. If older americans can no longer afford these basics, there will ba a large number of angry citizens. Either the US must do more to protect its poor and its elderly, or it will risk an end to democracy, with armed revolt replacing government through ballot box.
# 7,582:
7:59 pm PDT, May 13,
Name not displayed, North Carolina
# 7,581:
7:58 pm PDT, May 13,
Greg Hamilton, Hawaii
We need to make social security secure for the generations who have been paying into it.
We need to make social security secure for the generations who have been paying into it.
# 7,580:
7:56 pm PDT, May 13,
Barbara Landi, New York
# 7,579:
7:54 pm PDT, May 13,
Cindy Fong, California
# 7,578:
7:53 pm PDT, May 13,
Cheri Castillo, Texas
It seems we are going into another recession financially and I know this war has taken a toll on us. There must be a reasonable plan to get the US back on our feet and not just empty promises as usual. A REAL plan that may actually work and be put into force. thanks
It seems we are going into another recession financially and I know this war has taken a toll on us. There must be a reasonable plan to get the US back on our feet and not just empty promises as usual. A REAL plan that may actually work and be put into force. thanks
# 7,577:
7:52 pm PDT, May 13,
Linda Flanagan, South Carolina
# 7,576:
7:48 pm PDT, May 13,
Jo Slingerland, Missouri
We as people living in this great country should feel secure. We do not and I believe that our elected officials should make that happens.
We as people living in this great country should feel secure. We do not and I believe that our elected officials should make that happens.
# 7,575:
7:44 pm PDT, May 13,
James Haswell, Wisconsin
As a recent study by Smart Money pointed out, nearly 95 out of EVERY 100 PEOPLE AT AGE 65 IS EITHER DEAD BROKE, OR HAVING TO WORK TO JUST GET BY.
As a recent study by Smart Money pointed out, nearly 95 out of EVERY 100 PEOPLE AT AGE 65 IS EITHER DEAD BROKE, OR HAVING TO WORK TO JUST GET BY.
# 7,574:
7:44 pm PDT, May 13,
Kenneth Cochrane, Iowa
# 7,573:
7:39 pm PDT, May 13,
Chuck Donegan, New York
Help get us out of this mess...our country's future depends on it!
Help get us out of this mess...our country's future depends on it!
# 7,572:
7:38 pm PDT, May 13,
Caitlin Tillman, Ohio
# 7,571:
7:34 pm PDT, May 13,
Nancy Newbury, Wisconsin
# 7,570:
7:34 pm PDT, May 13,
Name not displayed, California
# 7,569:
7:32 pm PDT, May 13,
Brian Lackner, Oregon
A majority of us working hard in this country have zero to negative net worth. I think that is a big problem. We need some major changes!
A majority of us working hard in this country have zero to negative net worth. I think that is a big problem. We need some major changes!
# 7,568:
7:30 pm PDT, May 13,
Julia Monahan, California
# 7,567:
7:30 pm PDT, May 13,
Betty Whisnant, North Carolina
# 7,566:
7:26 pm PDT, May 13,
Don McKelvey, Ohio
# 7,565:
7:25 pm PDT, May 13,
Courtney Rogers, Louisiana
# 7,564:
7:20 pm PDT, May 13,
WILLIAM SAFARIK, New York
To all the candidates, Rep. and Dem..Listen up: right about now the American people have had enough of the "He Said. She Said BS " Did all of you forget something??? Your comments are " Elect me and i will work for the People of the USA..Action speaks louder than words...Get back to your elected offices, Senator, and write bills that can be pushed into a signing or a veto by Bush... Show the people what you can do now...Does it make sense?????
To all the candidates, Rep. and Dem..Listen up: right about now the American people have had enough of the "He Said. She Said BS " Did all of you forget something??? Your comments are " Elect me and i will work for the People of the USA..Action speaks louder than words...Get back to your elected offices, Senator, and write bills that can be pushed into a signing or a veto by Bush... Show the people what you can do now...Does it make sense?????
# 7,563:
7:15 pm PDT, May 13,
Ellen McGrath, California
# 7,562:
7:13 pm PDT, May 13,
Stacey Hoffman, Connecticut
# 7,561:
7:12 pm PDT, May 13,
Sandra Woodall, Maryland
The financial picture is changing so fast that some financial professionals can't keep track of it. It may be that everyone should be financially literate, but financial literacy is not taught in any school I've ever attended except in MBA programs.
The financial picture is changing so fast that some financial professionals can't keep track of it. It may be that everyone should be financially literate, but financial literacy is not taught in any school I've ever attended except in MBA programs.
# 7,560:
7:10 pm PDT, May 13,
Lizabeth Taylor, Ohio
# 7,559:
7:08 pm PDT, May 13,
Richard Clemans, Missouri
# 7,558:
7:06 pm PDT, May 13,
BARB V, Pennsylvania
# 7,557:
7:06 pm PDT, May 13,
Eric Ericson, California
PRIVITIZATION IS NOT THE ANSWER!
PRIVITIZATION IS NOT THE ANSWER!
# 7,556:
7:03 pm PDT, May 13,
Name not displayed, California
# 7,555:
7:01 pm PDT, May 13,
Lee Smith, California
The American dream is dead. I blame our ignorant leaders.
The American dream is dead. I blame our ignorant leaders.
# 7,554:
6:57 pm PDT, May 13,
Ivonne Arias, California
# 7,553:
6:53 pm PDT, May 13,
Allan Whitesel, New Mexico
# 7,552:
6:51 pm PDT, May 13,
Name not displayed, Washington
# 7,551:
6:48 pm PDT, May 13,
Amanda Jones, Kentucky