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By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:39:04 +0000

Mike H, I did read that Snopes piece. You and I will have to disagree that it changes anything about my post. I think that Snopes piece clearly states that she had no intention of enacting a windfall tax on retirement accounts and that her 2006 comments were tied to subsidies for the oil industry. The Snopes piece says that the email “does not correspond to anything that she actually said or proposed” and a second version of the email included an “equally false claim that Rep. Pelosi’s non-existent windfall tax proposal…” would be expanded.

By: Mike H

Mike H — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:19:01 +0000

You did not do very good research, she did say some of these things in 2006 in a comment that was meant to get votes from unemployed, illegal and welfare grabbers. Plain fact she is stupid. She started out grousing about Bush’s tax policies that benefited only the rich and ended shooting herself in the foot.
Truth is she is scary!
True her comments were twisted- but the intent is there.
See this link for details of her comments.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/pelosi/windfall.asp

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:00:52 +0000

Nancy, are you kidding me?

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:51:07 +0000

Hi Beth,

That’s not entirely true. The bit she’s referring to is included in the health care bill – including unearned income for Medicare tax purposes for high wage earners – but retirement income is specifically exempt. See: http://www.taxgirl.com/money-changes-everything-health-care-in-america/

By: beth

beth — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:45:18 +0000

i just read that pelosi wants a tax on “unearned income’ to help w/healthcare costs. to the tune of 3.4 % or something like that. when asked if retirement savings came into that category she said all unearned income whatever category that falls in. who is the public to believe, this drives me insane. oh according to ‘gladsomeoneis’ than that makes me a repub.

By: GLADSOMEONEIS INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO FIGURE OUT THE TRUTH!!!!

GLADSOMEONEIS INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO FIGURE OUT THE TRUTH!!!! — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:01:38 +0000

THANKS SO MUCH FOR SORTING OUT THIS BULL!$%#. I RECEIVED AN EMAIL JIST TODAY FROM ONE OF MY REPUBLICAN FRIENDS ABOUT NANCY PELOSI. JUST LIKE BILL MAHER SAID ON HIS SHOW THE OTHER NIGHT…THE DEMS ARE MOVING CLOSER TO THE RIGHT AND THE REPUBS HAVE GONE OFF TO THE INSANE ASYLUM.

By: Pete

Pete — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:54:41 +0000

The Windfall Retirement Tax statements attributed to Pelosi have probably never been made by her, at least not publicly. HOWEVER, they do accurately reflect what she and the rest of the current government (Republicans and Democrats alike) have as their agenda. Congress is currently trying to figure out what to do about the Inheritance Tax – effectively a windfall for your heirs at your retirement from living. That tax, like most of the rest of taxes today, is going to line the pockets of those that did not earn it.

By: Linda

Linda — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:02:01 +0000

Chris, Last year, I e-mailed Profesor Ghilarducci, when I read what it is that she proposed. She even made statements to congress on this very subject and what her proposal was, which was for the government to take control of all 601 ks etc.

She and I e-mailed back and forth a few times on this subject, From her blackberry, she tried to convince me that we would be better off if the government controls our retirement savings. I told her she is wrong, that the government screwed up Social Security by using the supposed next egg to fund everything under the sun, and put her in the situation we are now experiencing with SS. I then said, I would not want them to take what we have been saving and trying to build for year so they could sqaunder that too.

Ther’s more to this, but there’s only so much room here.
Man we are in sooooooooo much trouble.

By: rhino

rhino — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:29:48 +0000

It was stated on the News a couple weeks ago that SNOPES.COM is a Mom and Pop website and it sometimes gets things wrong. I have personally seen it happen twice. Don’t rely solely on this website, but use it along with other websites before drawing a conclusion.