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4. Nothing is getting confiscated.

Thu May 9, 2024, 07:12 AM

May 2024

The discussion is about whether the tax advantages of these plans should be repealed.

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Watch out some economists are floating the idea of confiscating [View all] doc03 May 2024 OP

Where do you see anything in the article about confiscation? Scrivener7 May 2024 #1

They use the word eliminated, sounds like the same thing doc03 May 2024 #3

Eliminate tax breaks is different than taking your money. 3Hotdogs May 2024 #7

It sounded to me TheFarseer May 2024 #13

But that is still not the same as "confiscating." 3Hotdogs May 2024 #18

Nothing is getting confiscated. Ocelot II May 2024 #4

Abolishing isn't confiscating. Ocelot II May 2024 #9

You're really fighting hard to see a disaster that simply isn't there. Scrivener7 May 2024 #17

Hollow out people and give tax break to corporations bucolic_frolic May 2024 #5

SS is actually paid into by those that collect it later... Think. Again. May 2024 #10

I have been on SS for 14 years, I skimped and doc03 May 2024 #12

Could your headline be more misleading and alarmist? 58Sunliner May 2024 #15

As many have pointed out... no confiscation. Furthermore... Happy Hoosier May 2024 #19