Trump - Make America Great Again!

[21STEELERS21]

The cap is on wages that the social security tax is applied too

 

[Tim Steelersfan]

I figured this would fit here. Did you see this gem from our tolerant Left? From the Democratic party of "class" that cares about the little people? This is priceless.

One of the lower-class things I've seen in quite a while. Not quite up there with harvesting baby parts, but this nearly takes the cake.

If You Didn’t Want To Vote For Donald Trump Yesterday, This May Make You Want To Today…


http://www.chicksonright.com/if-you...ld-trump-yesterday-this-may-make-you-want-to/

Years ago, I really liked Trump. I like brutally honest people, and I also like capitalism and American success stories. So, you know. Trump.

In the past six months, I haven’t been a fan of a lot of the way he gets his rhetoric across. He can be too abrasive in a way that has nothing to do with his campaign message, so I wonder what in the heck he’s DOING sometimes on the campaign trail. Going after veterans? Going after Carly’s face? Insinuating that George W. had something to do with 9/11? There are days when I just tune the guy out, and that’s not a good thing, if you’re trying to get people like me to vote for you, frankly.

But when I see stuff like this from the Dems? When I see little kids being put up to making a video where they’re prompted to say a bunch of curse words at the expense of Donald Trump – you know, to get votes for the other side?

It makes me look at these kids and ask, “um…how is this better than a guy who wants to correct the illegal immigration problem? How is this better than the guy who at least STARTED THE CONVERSATION about the problem of illegal immigration?” Because it is a problem, y’all. It costs us a LOT of money every year. And we’re broke, in case you haven’t noticed lately.

So congratulations, Democrats. In a contest of who-is-the-most-classless? Of a display of absolute moral decay? You just won!

There may be a sliver of left-wingers out there that think it’s adorable for little kids to be running around with their middle fingers up, screaming “motherf*cker.” But in my neck of the woods, kids still get spanked for that.

So good for you on having absolutely ZERO freaking idea how to do PR or having no idea how to PARENT, lefties.

 

[IndySteel]

Here's VA Reform plan...

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION REFORMS THAT WILL MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN

The Goals Of Donald J. Trump’s Veterans Plan

The current state of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is absolutely unacceptable. Over 300,000 veterans died waiting for care. Corruption and incompetence were excused. Politicians in Washington have done too little too slowly to fix it. This situation can never happen again, and when Donald J. Trump is president, it will be fixed – fast.

The guiding principle of the Trump plan is ensuring veterans have convenient access to the best quality care. To further this principle, the Trump plan will decrease wait times, improve healthcare outcomes, and facilitate a seamless transition from service into civilian life.

The Trump Plan Will:

Ensure our veterans get the care they need wherever and whenever they need it. No more long drives. No more waiting for backlogs. No more excessive red tape. Just the care and support they earned with their service to our country.
Support the whole veteran, not just their physical health care, but also by addressing their invisible wounds, investing in our service members’ post-active duty success, transforming the VA to meet the needs of 21st century service members, and better meeting the needs of our female veterans.
Make the VA great again by firing the corrupt and incompetent VA executives who let our veterans down, by modernizing the VA, and by empowering the doctors and nurses to ensure our veterans receive the best care available in a timely manner.
The Trump Plan Gives Veterans The Freedom To Choose And Forces The VA To Compete For Their Dollars

Politicians in Washington have tried to fix the VA by holding hearings and blindly throwing money at the problem. None of it has worked. In fact, wait times were 50% higher this summer than they were a year ago. That’s because the VA lacks the right leadership and management. It’s time we stop trusting Washington politicians to fix the problems and empower our veterans to vote with their feet.

Under a Trump Administration, all veterans eligible for VA health care can bring their veteran’s ID card to any doctor or care facility that accepts Medicare to get the care they need immediately. Our veterans have earned the freedom to choose better or more convenient care from the doctor and facility of their choice. The power to choose will stop the wait time backlogs and force the VA to improve and compete if the department wants to keep receiving veterans’ healthcare dollars. The VA will become more responsive to veterans, develop more efficient systems, and improve the quality of care because it will have no other choice.

The Trump Plan Treats The Whole Veteran

We must care for the whole veteran, not just their physical health. We must recognize that today’s veterans have very different needs than those of the Greatest Generation.

The Trump Plan Will:

Increase funding for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury and suicide prevention services to address our veterans’ invisible wounds. Service members are five times more likely to develop depression than civilians. They are almost fifteen times more likely to develop PTSD than civilians. This funding will help provide more and better counseling and care. More funding will also support research on best practices and state of the art treatments to keep our veterans alive, healthy and whole. With these steps, the Trump plan will help the veteran community put the unnecessary stigma surrounding mental health behind them and instead encourage acceptance and treatment in our greater society.
Increase funding for job training and placement services (including incentives for companies hiring veterans), educational support and business loans. All Americans agree that we must do everything we can to help put our service men and women on a path to success as they leave active duty by collaborating with the many successful non-profit organizations that are already helping. Service members have learned valuable skills in the military but many need help understanding how to apply those skills in civilian life. Others know how to apply those skills but need help connecting with good jobs to support their families. Still others have an entrepreneurial spirit and are ready to start creating jobs and growing the economy. The Trump plan will strengthen existing programs or replace them with more effective ones to address these needs and to get our veterans working.
Transform the VA to meet the needs of 21st century service members. Today’s veterans have very different needs than those of the generations that came before them. The VA must adapt to meet the needs of this generation of younger, more diverse veterans. The Trump plan will expand VA services for female veterans and ensure the VA is providing the right support for this new generation of veterans.
Better support our women veterans. The fact that many VA hospitals don’t permanently staff OBGYN doctors shows an utter lack of respect for the growing number female veterans. Under the Trump plan, every VA hospital in the country will be fully equipped with OBGYN and other women’s health services. In addition, women veterans can always choose a different OBGYN in their community using their veteran’s ID card.

The Trump Plan Will Make The VA Great Again

The VA health care program is a disaster. Some candidates want to get rid of it, but our veterans need the VA to be there for them and their families. That’s why the Trump plan will:

Fire the corrupt and incompetent VA executives that let our veterans down. Under a Trump Administration, there will be no job security for VA executives that enabled or overlooked corruption and incompetence. They’re fired. New leadership will focus the VA staff on delivering timely, top quality care and other services to our nation’s veterans. Under a Trump Administration, exposing and addressing the VA’s inefficiencies and shortcomings will be rewarded, not punished.
End waste, fraud and abuse at the VA. The Trump plan will ensure the VA is spending its dollars wisely to provide the greatest impact for veterans and hold administrators accountable for irresponsible spending and abuse. The days of $6.3 million for statues and fountains at VA facilities and $300,000 for a manager to move 140 miles are over. The Trump plan will clean up the VA’s finances so the current VA budget provides more and better care than it does now.
Modernize the VA. A VA with 20th century technology cannot serve 21st century service members and their needs. The VA has been promising to modernize for years without real results. The Trump plan will make it happen by accelerating and expanding investments in state of the art technology to deliver best-in-class care quickly and effectively. All veterans should be able to conveniently schedule appointments, communicate with their doctors, and view accurate wait times with the push of a button.
Empower the caregivers to ensure our veterans receive quality care quickly. Caregivers should be able to easily streamline treatment plans across departments and utilize telehealth tools to better serve their patients. As we have seen from the private sector, the potential for new, innovative technology is endless. Abandoning the wasteful and archaic mindset of the public sector will give way to tremendously effective veteran healthcare.
Hire more veterans to care for veterans. The more veterans we have working at the VA, the better the VA will be. They understand the unique challenges facing their community. To increase the number of veterans hired by the VA, this plan will add an additional 5 points to the qualifying scores of veterans applying for VA jobs.
Embed satellite VA clinics in rural and other underserved areas. The Trump Administration will embed satellite VA clinics within hospitals and other care facilities in rural and other underserved areas. This step will ensure veterans have easy access to care and local hospitals and care facilities can handle the influx of patients without backlogs while tapping the specialized knowledge of VA health specialists.

 

[21STEELERS21]

I can fix Veterans Healthcare. I'll call it Universal Healthcare. You don't need special veterans hospitals,
you just go to the medical facilities most convenient to your home.

 

[IndySteel]

I can fix Veterans Healthcare. I'll call it Universal Healthcare. You don't need special veterans hospitals,
you just go to the medical facilities most convenient to your home.

Why don't you fix your stupid ******* book?

 

[deljzc]

He forgot to add "... And I'll make the MEXICANS PAY FOR IT!!!"

(To rousing applause from the lemmings)

 

[ark steel]

Social Security is easy to fix, just raise the cap on wages to where it needs to be.

Where does it "need" to be? Since there is a cap on benefits, you want to turn it into yet another entitlement rather than something people paid their whole lives for? Good idea, we don't have enough of that.

As others have said, the SSRA, needs to be raised to above 67. Just like the last time the SSRA was raised, you phase it in.

2nd, decide, are you going to keep benefits about where they are now or are you going to raise the payroll tax. On everyone. I vote for the following 1. No more of the fallacy that the employer pays half. Employees pay all everyone s pay is automatically increased by 7.65%(that the right number?) 2. Determine what level of benefits can be paid based upon current contribution rates. Do this exactly as you would expect an employer to do it for a private plan. This is your new level of benefits. People in pay status or, say, within 5 or so years of pay status get the old benefit. Every one else gets the new one. 3) New benefit structure is two tier. First is flat monthly benefit, regardless of what hour pay was. Second is a function of your pay. Can keep current caps.

Do this review every 10 years. Problem solved.

 

[IndySteel]

President Trump is this week's host on SNL. Should be fun. NBC will probably plant the crowd with boo'ers and libtards. All the illegal aliens are up in arms about it. They should be busing tables instead of worrying about what's on tv.

BTW, you people who are in Trump denial and just believe liberal media coverage of him really should read his new book.

 

[Rod Farva]

I figured this would fit here. Did you see this gem from our tolerant Left? From the Democratic party of "class" that cares about the little people? This is priceless.

One of the lower-class things I've seen in quite a while. Not quite up there with harvesting baby parts, but this nearly takes the cake.

If You Didn’t Want To Vote For Donald Trump Yesterday, This May Make You Want To Today…


http://www.chicksonright.com/if-you...ld-trump-yesterday-this-may-make-you-want-to/

What stupid outfit is responsible for that? The language (while hugely offensive and vulgar, especially for a child) isn't even the most offensive part. It's the arrogance and entitled attitude of Li'l Ricky and the rest that is.

 

[IndySteel]

FYI, there's another GOP debate tonight @ 9 on Fox Business. It should be the swan song for Jeb, Carly and the other bottom feeders.

 

[deljzc]

I hope Kasich hangs in there. Maybe he'll get Jeb's 7% when Jeb decides to duck out.

Trump - Carson - Rubio - Cruz - Kasich have the only serious chance at winning the electorate. Everyone else should quit and I'd like to see how the vote splits between those 5 over the next 4-5 months until Super Tuesday.

 

[Superman]

Where does it "need" to be? Since there is a cap on benefits, you want to turn it into yet another entitlement rather than something people paid their whole lives for? Good idea, we don't have enough of that.

As others have said, the SSRA, needs to be raised to above 67. Just like the last time the SSRA was raised, you phase it in.

2nd, decide, are you going to keep benefits about where they are now or are you going to raise the payroll tax. On everyone. I vote for the following 1. No more of the fallacy that the employer pays half. Employees pay all everyone s pay is automatically increased by 7.65%(that the right number?) 2. Determine what level of benefits can be paid based upon current contribution rates. Do this exactly as you would expect an employer to do it for a private plan. This is your new level of benefits. People in pay status or, say, within 5 or so years of pay status get the old benefit. Every one else gets the new one. 3) New benefit structure is two tier. First is flat monthly benefit, regardless of what hour pay was. Second is a function of your pay. Can keep current caps.

Do this review every 10 years. Problem solved.

if you buy his book, you can read about it in Chapter 73.

but, it's a coloring book and only has 5 pages.

 

[Troglodyte]

As others have said, the SSRA, needs to be raised to above 67. Just like the last time the SSRA was raised, you phase it in.

Why should future generations continue to be the ones who get screwed out of SSRA while it's preserved for current beneficiaries?

Company provided retirement benefits (401k's, pensions, etc) used to be a lot more generous than they are now. Many employers offer no or very little match, and pensions are almost extinct.

 

[Superman]

Why should future generations continue to be the ones who get screwed out of SSRA while it's preserved for current beneficiaries?

Company provided retirement benefits (401k's, pensions, etc) used to be a lot more generous than they are now. Many employers offer no or very little match, and pensions are almost extinct.

you propose sending seniors back into the work force? think granny and her cataracts can design a database? or grandpa and his walker are able to still perform manual labor? exactly HOW do you propose something this asinine? the seniors paid into this. It's morally wrong to **** them in their golden years.

then again, i'm not a cold-hearted ******.

 

[Troglodyte]

you propose sending seniors back into the work force? think granny and her cataracts can design a database? or grandpa and his walker are able to still perform manual labor? exactly HOW do you propose something this asinine? the seniors paid into this. It's morally wrong to **** them in their golden years.

then again, i'm not a cold-hearted ******.

I prefer the term fiscal conservative, you bleeding heart liberal. But who said anything about forcing seniors back to work? How about taking the grandfather out of the grandfather clauses? I think it has a lot more to do with politics than it does economics.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

you propose sending seniors back into the work force? think granny and her cataracts can design a database? or grandpa and his walker are able to still perform manual labor? exactly HOW do you propose something this asinine? the seniors paid into this. It's morally wrong to **** them in their golden years.

then again, i'm not a cold-hearted ******.

I prefer the term fiscal conservative, you bleeding heart liberal. But who said anything about forcing seniors back to work? How about taking the grandfather out of the grandfather clauses? I think it has a lot more to do with politics than it does economics.

I turned 55 in September. If I lived in Greece or Italy I'd be retired with full govt bennies.

 

[ark steel]

I prefer the term fiscal conservative, you bleeding heart liberal. But who said anything about forcing seniors back to work? How about taking the grandfather out of the grandfather clauses? I think it has a lot more to do with politics than it does economics.

The current generation would be getting screwed out of nothing. They will be getting a benefit based upon their contribution to the program. They can, generally, be expected to work later, so their benefits should be based on such.

The grandfathering may be a nod to politics, but if you want to pass a solution, you should make it one that works and is palatable. My solution should be both if our "representatives" had any balls.

 

[ark steel]

Why should future generations continue to be the ones who get screwed out of SSRA while it's preserved for current beneficiaries?

Company provided retirement benefits (401k's, pensions, etc) used to be a lot more generous than they are now. Many employers offer no or very little match, and pensions are almost extinct.

Oh and you can blame the same representatives for choking out private pensions. I work and that business and there are hundreds of ways an employer gets ****** when offering reasonable pensions.

 

[Troglodyte]

The current generation would be getting screwed out of nothing. They will be getting a benefit based upon their contribution to the program. They can, generally, be expected to work later, so their benefits should be based on such.

The grandfathering may be a nod to politics, but if you want to pass a solution, you should make it one that works and is palatable. My solution should be both if our "representatives" had any balls.

If you have to wait longer to get the same benefit, how is that not getting screwed? Expected to work later, or forced?

My issue is that it's already being proposed that it should be means-based (again) for future generations, at least in part. That sucks, maybe not for me, but likely for my kids generation and thereafter. On the flip side, we have hundreds of resort style retirement communities across the country that are only affordable to many retirees because the government doesn't dare touch their social security. It's big business as is the AARP which doesn't only look after the canes and cataracts crowd to which Superman alluded.

 

[Superman]

I prefer the term fiscal conservative, you bleeding heart liberal. But who said anything about forcing seniors back to work? How about taking the grandfather out of the grandfather clauses? I think it has a lot more to do with politics than it does economics.

me? holy ****. are you new here?

 

[Troglodyte]

me? holy ****. are you new here?

It was (kind of) a joke. But social security is a very liberal idea at best, and a fraud (like all insurance) at worst, IMO.

 

[IndySteel]

Thank you for voting!
TRUMP 36.66% (92,140 votes)


CRUZ 22.95% (57,682 votes)


PAUL 15.35% (38,584 votes)


RUBIO 13.09% (32,913 votes)


CARSON 4.84% (12,176 votes)


FIORINA 4.37% (10,978 votes)


KASICH 1.65% (4,156 votes)


BUSH 1.09% (2,737 votes)



Total Votes: 251,366

 

[Superman]

It was (kind of) a joke. But social security is a very liberal idea at best, and a fraud (like all insurance) at worst, IMO.

it's a liberal idea, sure. socialist even.
but to take that money and move the goal posts on seniors is cruel. if the SSRA is to be moved, it should be done as ark said and phased into being.
as well, SS income should absolutely NOT be subject to income taxes.

 

[Tibs]

So I hear Trump really killed it at the Fox debate last night. Didn't get boo'd or anything like that. Everything's peachy fine, campaign is going great, as far as I can tell.

 

[EdReed4Prez]

My boy Rand making his move.