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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 07:39 PM Original message |
Robert Samuelson: The elderly are better off than advertised |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. Single Women Aren't |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 11:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. don't forget the divorced older women who didn't profit from feminist gains |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 07:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. He's getting his facts from a government publication and as a senior |
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Blue Meany (986 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. All of this may be true, but it is only part of the story... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. He should instead argue for estate taxes for the very wealthy. |
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ensemble (79 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
5. well... |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. $52,000 income/couple is "high income" |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. I commented already at WP. Here's what I wrote. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Samuelson's issues could better be handled by increasing the estate |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:03 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. I would vote for that. nt |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
8. It is probably true that there are a large number of seniors |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. There is a huge difference in the situation of the over 70s and the under 70s. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
9. This may be true for people in their 80s and 90s. |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
13. Average? If Bill Gates walks into a bar everyone's average income |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 02:50 AM Response to Original message |
15. Disparities. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 05:54 AM Response to Original message |
16. Considering the fact |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
18. That article could have been written by Newt Gingrich with no changes |
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