John Boehner R-Ohio, says use Social Security funds to pay for war

[Riot]

The world according to GOP House Minority Leader and Leading Suntan Expert John Boehner:

Change Social Security retirement age and use Social Security funds to pay for war in Afghanistan - an interesting priority choice.

Although everyone pays into Social Security, the government will decide who receives it. If you've planned well for yourself and saved on your own, you lose.

Boehner had praise, however, for Obama's troop surge in Afghanistan and stepped-up drone attacks in Pakistan. He declined to list any benchmarks he has for measuring progress in the nine-year war, at a time of increasing violence and Obama's replacement of Gen. Stanley McChrystal with Gen. David Petraeus.

Ensuring there's enough money to pay for the war will require reforming the country's entitlement system, Boehner said. He said he'd favor increasing the Social Security retirement age to 70 for people who have at least 20 years until retirement, tying cost-of-living increases to the consumer price index rather than wage inflation and limiting payments to those who need them.

http://pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsbur.../s_688102.html

[Danzig]

machiavelli said to fight a war you need treasure, and more treasure and yet more treasure.

we used to have treasure. now we have debt, more debt, and yet even more debt.

oh, and still have two wars..

i wonder if boehner is aware the ss isn't socked away in a separate account?

[rpncaine]

It's not in a "Lock Box"?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by rpncaine

It's not in a "Lock Box"?

why, suuuuuure it is....only problem is, seems everyone in washington has the key!


funny, isn't it, that laws require pension plans to be fully funded-except for social security?

[Riot]

Start a war or two.

Worry about funding it years later.

Take the money from your most elderly, non-working citizens to do so.

Brilliant.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Riot

Start a war or two.

Worry about funding it years later.

Take the money from your most elderly, non-working citizens to do so.

Brilliant.

no, it'll be fine. we had a discussion a few months back about ss, you assured me there was nothing to worry about.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Riot

Start a war or two.

Worry about funding it years later.

Take the money from your most elderly, non-working citizens to do so.

Brilliant.

"We need to look at the American people and explain to them that we're broke," Boehner said. "If you have substantial non-Social Security income while you're retired, why are we paying you at a time when we're broke? We just need to be honest with people."


I guess you missed the part about moving the age for people that are 20 or more years away from SS as well.