A "pension" is that amount of money a Congressman votes for himself, to be extracted from general tax funds and shifted to his or her personal use, tax free, after having served a 24 month period of hard Congressman "work" in assisting bankers and others at the expense of taxpayers. Otherwise, it's an obsolete term.

Yea....so many caveats, what-if's, just in case's. The comment section can't handle it all. If there's more war (if??) then all bets are off. If Republicans take over and dive the economy, all bets off. If food and water get scarce, if population continues to hyper multiply (worldwide), if Bernanke doesn't take his foo...more

Or....you can try some arithmetic. Divide your quarter million by the number of months you expect to live (be hopeful). Add interest earned, plus Social Security, plus any other income from your working years, and there you have your monthly income to life's end.  250,000/240 =  1041 250,000 * declining int income (pos...more

That particular "Libtard" is a Republican. And btw, if you want anyone to take your conservative posture seriously, you have to stop calling people names, otherwise it's plain that you're just not very bright...which incidentally fits the conservative profile very nicely.

Uh Huh......and where was all this POOR-YOUNGER-PEOPLE talk when I was paying this SSI all those years? Cry me a river ladies....and keep in mind it was the IDIOT CONGRESS who spent all those overages all those years....like drunken sailors on war, on pork, and on THEMSELVES. No sympathy here. Congress: still idiots, a...more

Do you REALLY think that changing the way we tax will change WHO pays? Really? Do you not agree that  the rich man OWNS the system? The RICH MAN MAKES THE RULES. The solution is NOT a flat tax...the solution is to vote REGULAR CITIZENS into office who understand how regular people must live. This won't happen of course...more

You're right. And most people will say you're right. And most people will toddle to the polls and put THEIR guy right back into office while saying this exact same thing. We don't learn. And Congress COUNTS on our not learning.

There's a reason why cops park along side a highway and use radar to pull over grandma. She's an easy mark. Same with the IRS. Shake down grandma's Social Security but leave the Cayman Islands out of it. Romney's army of lawyers....just too much trouble. Grandma will pay up and stay on cat food before she puts up a fig...more

or....learn the joys of a backyard garden hose. No wait times, no fuel used, close to accommodations, lunch won't cost fifty bucks, and if a rude stranger breaks line you can tell him what you REALLY think.