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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:39 PM Original message |
QUIZ: When SS & Medicare BENEFITS are NOT cut by Obama will people say they were wrong? |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. You mean his putting them on the table was all a figment of our imagination? nt |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Link and quote OBAMA saying CUTTING SS or medicare BENFITS is on the table. |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. Please clarify your question. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. The people who said there will be BENIFIT cuts |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. What will you say if there are benefit cuts? |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. ...if OBAMA approves of them then I'll say he's fuckin stupid. There's been NO indication that he's |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:40 AM Response to Reply #13 |
42. If 99% of DU says something I tend to believe it. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:14 AM Response to Reply #8 |
35. Is raising the retirement age on the table? According to CNN |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:16 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. You didn't just quote CNN...did you? I'm I one of only 23 people who think our M$M is stupid?! |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:41 AM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Everything is stupid that you don't agree with... DUers included. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:54 AM Response to Reply #36 |
44. No one asked him about cow shit. He has been asked, repeatedly |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. Or vice versa. People don't like to be proven wrong. On either side of any debate. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Not true, there are people who like to learn from mistakes and change their minds based on facts |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Oh, and they all just happen to be on your side, right? |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. no |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:06 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Then I repeat: What's your point? |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:10 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Bashers are assholes is just one of my points |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:17 AM Response to Reply #28 |
39. Ahhh. Good thing calling someone an asshole isn't "bashing." |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. All of the above. |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. none of us have any idea what will eventually come of this, however, to idly sit by & not let them |
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checks-n-balances (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. What's it to ya? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'm sure the pessimists will be just as wrong on this as they were on |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Nah, those "pessimists" put their energy into getting a more progressive congress :rolleyes: |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. The Progressive Caucus did fine last round. Better than the rest |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. True, There was only one lost there...there's little fight in getting progressives to congress by... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:11 AM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Well, nope. 2010 results disagree with you. n/t |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. They always do. When are the others gonna listen to Lakoff? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:14 AM Response to Reply #21 |
34. And give up show business?! |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:20 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. "All right, Mr. DeMille..." |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
16. They are already cutting them with the payroll tax cut. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Link and quote, thx |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:06 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Ok, I will do your work for you. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:11 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. None of those links point to SS benefits being CUT, do you have any other source to back up the |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:17 AM Response to Reply #29 |
37. Yes. there are links that point to that. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:07 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. The link is in your damn paycheck. The SS tax was reduced |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:14 AM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Please link and quote BENEFITS being cut, yes...you can cut cost and increase benefits... |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
17. We'll likely have an argument over what constitutes cuts. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:00 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. If the BENEFITS are cut then I'll say the DNC is done and through, if BENEFITS are not cut then I... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:08 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. How about the cut in funding of SS that has already happened? |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:12 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Cut in funding doesn't NOT equal cut in benefits, I lowered my car insurance payment and GAINED... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:17 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. You gotta learn to look beyond the next quarter - |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 01:55 AM Response to Reply #38 |
45. I understand cause and affect, I don't trust your analysis that benefits WILL be cut |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:30 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. If you reduce the funding, the benefits HAVE to be cut. |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
22. We the believers in the cuts will not apologize...we will not be wrong. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
31. I don' t pretend to know the future, so I don't see how I'd be "wrong" about it. nt |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
41. D. But the most vulnerable are being cut now. No wait needed. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
47. What will those who say they won't be cut when they ARE |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 04:08 AM Response to Original message |
48. They'll disappear as they always do when they smell the crow cooking. |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:24 AM Response to Original message |
49. the true believers are out in force today. |
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Recovered Repug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
50. A cynic might say that is the "plan." |
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