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blkmusclmachine

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Sun Mar 24, 2013, 02:12 AM

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Robert Reich: Selling the Store: Why Dems Shouldn’t Put Social Security and Medicare on the Table [View all] marmar Mar 2013 OP

He is absolutely correct. 99Forever Mar 2013 #1

I'm afraid you're right. 840high Mar 2013 #11

I have come to realise that it is not "Democrats" putting the safety net on the table djean111 Mar 2013 #2

The tea party stole the republican party. Jakes Progress Mar 2013 #3

As Bill Maher says, 'Democrats moved to the right, and Republicans moved into the asylum.' marmar Mar 2013 #4

The question has become Jakes Progress Mar 2013 #5

The answer is NOT truth2power Mar 2013 #25

The very fact that SS/Medicare HAS been "Put-On-the-Table" has forever damaged it. bvar22 Mar 2013 #6

Eventually though, the powers that be do go a bridge too far, closeupready Mar 2013 #7

Which is why it's been stomped on so savagely. winter is coming Mar 2013 #8

My grandparents' generation contributed to Social Security only the last two decades of their workin maddiemom Mar 2013 #21

They want to cull the herd. They want most of us dead. LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #9

+1 area51 Mar 2013 #17

This is what you get with weak democratic party leadership 4dsc Mar 2013 #10

We have a few (very few) real leaders... 99Forever Mar 2013 #12

Not weak, just complicit with GOP goals for Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid. nt NorthCarolina Mar 2013 #18

Obama isn't leading with a compromise. Jackpine Radical Mar 2013 #13

^ Wilms Mar 2013 #14

No matter how you analyze the gamesmanship Babel_17 Mar 2013 #15

+1 HiPointDem Mar 2013 #40

Hey Hillary, want my vote in 2016? DonCoquixote Mar 2013 #16

I am fedup with some DUers claiming it is a chess game Skittles Mar 2013 #19

Interesting. ProSense Mar 2013 #20

We need to counter their propaganda more effectively. raging moderate Mar 2013 #22

Where we are now. hay rick Mar 2013 #23

K&R MotherPetrie Mar 2013 #24

I wish The Progressive Caucus would start organizing as a third party then xtraxritical Mar 2013 #26

It's not a 'compromise', it is policy. Using Republicans alone to get their hands on the SS fund sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #27

Your "friends" are The Progressive Caucus. xtraxritical Mar 2013 #32

by the time i`m done with all my medical problems..... madrchsod Mar 2013 #28

.... 840high Mar 2013 #30

Sad. The Pukes flatly refuse to put revenues on the table, in any shape form or fashion. Bake Mar 2013 #29

effin' xtraxritical Mar 2013 #33

. blkmusclmachine Mar 2013 #31

It appears ProSense Mar 2013 #34

I would suggest a red flag campaign in Florida... kentuck Mar 2013 #35

This man makes so much sense. Zax2me Mar 2013 #36

Ironically, after selling us out they will blame the left for not voting for them. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2013 #37

Why yes, yes they will. At great and formulaic length. djean111 Mar 2013 #38

that's what so infuriating. lies on top of lies, and everyone pretends they're gospel. on both HiPointDem Mar 2013 #41

if people would only listen rks306 Mar 2013 #39