Old 04-13-2014, 05:54 PM
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threeighteen
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Originally Posted by ZapBrannigan View Post
Confiscated? Right. Wait, let me put on my aluminum foil hat so I can better understand.
There's probably close to $20 trillion held in retirement accounts and programs in the United States. That's enough to pay off the national debt.

Don't think for a moment that $20 trillion held by people who work for a living is not on the Democrat radar.

The mentality that it can't ever happen to you is the same as the mentality that you won't ever have a gear-up landing.....

Other countries have already seized such retirement assets from their people:

Friendly Fire: History of government confiscation, raiding, taking of private pension, retirement accounts
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