Covenient how someone who can afford to retire after one year, wants to tell everyone else that they need to wait longer before retiring.

The politicians force us to contribute to SS, and they also force us to fund their lucrative private (non-SS) retirement plans.  They serve 4 years, and they retire on $170,000 plus per year.  You work for 30 years, and you're lucky to draw  $15,000 per year.  Anything wrong with that?

I hope that I am still around to see the first wave of SS retirees who see a default on their benefits.  It will be entertaining to see the politicians being dragged out of the capital building and punished in the streets.

So let me get this straight...you guys are upset with our government?  Well then, for Christ's sake, stop re-electing them.

@ Jerry G:  So in your mind, me wanting SS to take care of me, after the government FORCED me and my employer to pay into SS for 30 years is a lack of personal responsibility and failure to plan?  Tell me, are you really that stupid?

You might be more credible, if you knew how to spell correctly.

I laugh a little every time that George Lucas fails.  He is the Jerry Jones of Hollywood.  He could be successful, if he would just get out of the way and let the professionals do their job.

The only problem is that they would have to bring up a vote to take action on all of these items, and I think we all know how that would go.  How about we just concentrate on getting them out of office?  They have a collective approval rating of around 9%, yet they mostly got re-elected.  They take what they want, beca...more

But back in those days, the only aspect of the movie was the story.  There were no special effects really to speak of.  These days, they throw in a big name actor to balance the lack of story.  Thankfully, audiences are starting to catch on and rebel against empty movies.