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In reply to the discussion: CBO Report is Damning for Ideologues - Right and Left [View all]Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)42. Since those life expectancy gains are going to the 1%,
not the 99%, they should start paying their way.
http://www.minnpost.com/second-opinion/2013/03/income-gap-plays-out-us-life-expectancy
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Social Seecurity is NOT part of the debt problem. It is self funded and is easily fixed
on point
Sep 2013
#3
Just as a friend who broke her leg while visiting France, went to the Dr there, x-rayed, sent to
Thinkingabout
Sep 2013
#16
I don't recall Sid ever mentioning overturning single payer in Canada for mandated private insurance
Fumesucker
Sep 2013
#78
Yep, and if that heap of shit was pushed on Canadians, you would of seen riots
NoOneMan
Sep 2013
#86
I vehemently disagree that we should cut Medicare & SS now before the Republicans do it.
Laelth
Sep 2013
#5
No, it isn't. People post links from their favorite sites all the time. The OP has as much right to
stevenleser
Sep 2013
#37
OMG! There you go after that rail! What of our sacred cows, will there be BBQ? Sorry, just bad today
freshwest
Sep 2013
#18
It is true that the situation is really not as bad as some media report. And little adjustment
Sand Wind
Sep 2013
#19
Right, it is true that compare to a lot of other countries, the US center is far more on the right..
Sand Wind
Sep 2013
#62
I'm not considering these proposition to be extrem left, but it is a fact that a lot of people
Sand Wind
Sep 2013
#64
The stupid thing consistently missed, so I'm left to assume it is willful, is that the safety net
TheKentuckian
Sep 2013
#27
It's not spam. I have no opinion on the content, but this line of attack is ridiculous. nt
stevenleser
Sep 2013
#34
There are plenty of non msm websites that are linked to here and I am sure each has objectors.
stevenleser
Sep 2013
#44
Wages are down, poverty up during Obama's Presidency. Who the fuck cares about the deficit???
Romulox
Sep 2013
#39
Oh, and Michigan and DETROIT are in a shambles, and the President has refused to help.
Romulox
Sep 2013
#40
Not receiving a reply from the one who put up this OP I tried to find out who the blogger is
Jefferson23
Sep 2013
#72
So they are crediting Obama's policies with the sequestration and not increasing spending?
dkf
Sep 2013
#51
My plan is to keep being a liberal, no matter what values Republicans tell me I should sacrifice.
DisgustipatedinCA
Sep 2013
#53
If the document is a "vindication of President Obama's economic policies" then it's wrong.
Scuba
Sep 2013
#55
"Sensible proposals" = chained CPI = mass murder of old sick people without money
eridani
Sep 2013
#65
Haha, no. Much of it was the sequester, advocated by the left as opposed to other options.
grahamhgreen
Sep 2013
#68