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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 10:39 AM Original message |
Super Committee Dem says he has to say Social Security MUST be on the table. |
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kdmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. So... is reversing the Bush Tax Cuts for the rich off the table? |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. The end of the tax cuts is already figured in. nt |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
21. I think that Obamas tax cuts will continue. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. The assumption is that the tax cuts will NOT be extended |
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lark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #26 |
133. Repugs have said that tax cuts are off the table |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #133 |
147. REPUB MEMBERS HAVE ALREADY SIGNED A PLEDGE VOWING NOT TO ALLOW TAX INCREASES TO NORQUIST |
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asjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
2. I do not like the idea of turning over our |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Anything they come up with must be approved by the House, Senate, and the President |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 01:06 AM Response to Reply #6 |
110. No, not like any other bill. |
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lark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:49 AM Response to Reply #6 |
134. They've already locked up 2/3 of the votes |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. And I'm thinking you don't understand the committee. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Becerra did not sound very progressive when he said those things. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. That would be because you're reading things in which aren't there. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Why does he have to put SS on the table? Who is making them do it? |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. +1000000 |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. It's called a polite fiction. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #18 |
29. ... |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
59. Right!? |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
49. That is your hopeful (very) translation. |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 10:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
90. It's like saying, "This is a quote from Russ Feingold." |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 10:30 PM Response to Reply #90 |
92. ... |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #92 |
96. Third tier hacks |
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hulka38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 10:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
94. I'm hearing McEnroe in my head screaming |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 01:22 AM Response to Reply #18 |
113. If there is anything certain |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #13 |
30. The triggered cuts - as he clearly said |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Yep, pretty much. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 07:52 AM Response to Reply #30 |
126. The triggered cuts are meaningless but nobody wants to admit that |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 07:50 AM Response to Reply #13 |
125. Because its long term payouts and revenues should be brought in line |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
28. You misread what he said - and added your own concerns |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
62. Becerra is not the one to worry about. Look at the Dem Senators, Van Hollen and Clyburn |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:19 PM Response to Reply #62 |
101. I trust Jim Clyburn to do the right thing |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 03:12 PM Response to Reply #101 |
143. I don't know. Clyburn said he would raise the retirement age before. Not |
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999998th word (555 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 10:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
97. He's not saying them-the f*^&*) lobbyists are. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:56 AM Response to Reply #10 |
131. Oh jesus.. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Deleted message |
TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Your rewriting of reality is no longer amusing. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Social Security will be CUT. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #23 |
33. You've been saying that for months, and it's STILL false. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. It is on track to happen. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Uh huh. Keep saying it long enough, and maybe someone will believe you. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Not answering, huh. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. it's getting beyond weird at this point |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. The messaging |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Self delete. Wrong place. nt |
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lark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #37 |
136. See, Wraith, that's the problem |
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SharksBreath (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #136 |
150. Do Obama supporters realize that debt shouldn't be any part of the |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 01:30 AM Response to Reply #33 |
116. You're right. There |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 06:20 AM Response to Reply #33 |
121. I agree. Heck, some guy here bet me $20 Obama would slash SS during StateofUnion Speech. He didn't. |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 03:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
68. I'm with you woo me: when RW reality slaps us squarely in the face, you don't hem and haw about |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 01:32 AM Response to Reply #68 |
117. It's right wing SHIT........nt |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 12:10 AM Response to Reply #23 |
109. Any person who cannot see that is just fucking stupid. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
32. This is not the committee's fault - it is the fault of the debt ceiling deal setting |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. "It's not the committee's fault." |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #35 |
55. I am not naive and I am not saying that ANy of the elected politicians are |
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lark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #32 |
138. Kerry & Clyburn have both come out in favor of SSI cuts |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
52. So why have the committee, |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:12 PM Response to Reply #52 |
100. Becerra is as strong a defender of Social Security as there is in the Congress. |
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asjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
53. Thank you for your advice. I didn't understand |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
104. with this kind of statement the best thing would be a deadlock? |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
27. Yes he does - and he said SS has not contributed one penny to the deficit |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:22 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. If he says that, why does he then put it on the table |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 02:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
56. where does he argue even weakly that cuts to ss be accepted - much less strongly |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 10:27 PM Response to Reply #56 |
91. He has repeatedly pushed for cuts in Social Security and Medicare benefits. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #91 |
151. I was not speaking of Obama - but Becarra |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:40 PM Response to Reply #56 |
103. And also: |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 02:25 PM Response to Reply #38 |
63. You are not familiar with Becerra. He is incredibly strong on Dem issues. He voted against Catfood |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 10:25 PM Response to Reply #63 |
89. I hope you are right. |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #89 |
144. YOu have every right to be concerned. A lot of Democrats are not to be trusted |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 01:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
112. Bought and paid for Congresspeople. nt |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
3. Oh, don't worry. We should just wait and see what actually happens, and then react to it, rather |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
4. If you leave social security as is benefits will be cut anyway. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Decades from now. If the extrapolations are correct. nt |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Hello that is what they are going to be discussing and what the proposals are about. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. So why does it have to be done RIGHT FUCKING NOW? |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
57. So privatization plans can make use of trust fund monies, natch |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. It's that repetition thing again, I suppose. :/ |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
66. Because the budget plan for the US is supposed to be addressed over a 75 year span. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. I'm not sure what you mean. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 06:52 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. They aren't going to change benefits for people who receive SS right now. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 06:57 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. How does that impact the thrust of my argument? |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:29 PM Response to Reply #73 |
102. If we get a chained CPI (which has already been on the table, courtesy of Obama), |
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Jim_Shorts (355 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 10:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
88. wow, you need to understand the debate |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
36. Same point as ignoring any other wildly unsupported political opinion passed off as "fact" |
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savannah43 (198 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
80. The trust fund will not run out if they replace what |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
8. A guillotine waits if they don't do it. There appear to be no consequences .... |
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LongTomH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. There should be a guillotine waiting for them if the DO cut Social Security! |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
15. You have it exactly. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
19. recommend |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
24. Thank you for the nice collection of articles |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
25. This doesn't mean it will happen. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
39. This is so wrong. To set it up so that Congress will escape blame |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
41. Could it be that the threats to SS will be used as a cover for other cuts? |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. I think this is EXACTLY what they are doing. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #41 |
54. Exactly. ANOTHER contrived "Hostage Situation". |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #54 |
71. This too! nt |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:45 PM Response to Reply #54 |
105. Great Animated Toon of "Up & Down" by Miami Herald's Jim Morin |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
42. Well, so there we have it. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
45. No. If you say it, YOU OWN IT. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
46. You are insisting that Democratic politicians be something they... |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. This blind pig |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Snort! n/t |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
58. Social Security is about the last money most Americans have left. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. They steal from SSI and never planned to pay it back |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
61. I wouldn't worry about Becerra. He is extremely progressive. He won't vote on SS cuts, he didn't dur |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. My point is he said it had to be on the table....that he had to say that. |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 03:16 PM Response to Reply #65 |
145. I don't know why he said it. Maybe Pelosi told him to. I have no idea. |
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savannah43 (198 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 09:00 PM Response to Reply #61 |
82. Could this be his way of telling us what is going on in |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 03:18 PM Response to Reply #82 |
146. This whole committee was set up to cut entitlements. He's stating the obvious |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
67. ain’t none of y’all broke, ain’t none of y’all poor, ain’t none of y’all unemployed. None of you are |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 03:59 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. There it is. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 06:53 PM Response to Reply #67 |
74. Exactly. They are playing political oneupmanship games with our futures. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #67 |
140. This is just demogoguery |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 04:46 PM Response to Reply #140 |
148. there is no doubt that the affluent can represent the poor and |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
72. How is this |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
75. I am against this super-committee idea and think it screams |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
77. OP: how much of this is real and how much is stuff you've made up? |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
78. We are in very deep trouble with this supercommittee. Takes just one to flip, and the Kochs win. |
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placton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
79. prediction: we will be screwed |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
81. K&R |
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lark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #81 |
139. EXACTLY!!! |
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blkmusclmachine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
83. Chop, chop, chop: |
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SusanaMontana41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
84. More of the effing same! |
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Jim_Shorts (355 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
85. SS is probably the strongest and best run government program that we have |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
86. there was never any doubt that Obama |
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deadinsider (129 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
87. I told my mother they are going to cut social security a year ago... |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
93. If he wants to talk about guillotines, then lets talk about lining up the multi-millionaires |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
95. Which is why he was picked for the supercommitte in the first place. nt |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
98. Cuts are what happens when you don't raise revenue. Do your job. Levy compulsory tax Revenue now. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
99. Becerra is my congressman. |
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BrightSideOfLife (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
106. More of the "Shared Sacrifice" of the Neodemocrats |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
107. remember there is a guillotine waiting for us if we don’t get this done-he has it backwards |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
108. Anyone who can't already see the handwriting on the wall is blind. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
111. It doesn't matter what you want. |
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Shining Jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
114. K&R |
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Beartracks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
115. If "X" never contributed to the deficit or debt, then "X" is off the table. |
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deadinsider (129 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 01:39 AM Response to Reply #115 |
118. Damn straight. NT |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
119. I wish you folks wouldn't worry so much about this. |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 06:28 AM Response to Reply #119 |
122. I'm tired of worrying about it too and want something done that improves things long-term. |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 03:03 PM Response to Reply #122 |
142. If the committee fails, we win. |
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4dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 06:19 AM Response to Original message |
120. This is what WEAL leadership gets ya! |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 06:41 AM Response to Original message |
123. You can't say you can't touch this or that... unless your an R. |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
124. It's an absolute end run around democracy and I can't believe it's constitutional. |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
127. I just received an e-mail from Obama's people. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
128. Goodbye SS, welcome the poor house! |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
129. Bush tried in 2005. Back to the Future articles: |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
130. This sounds like a politician |
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on point (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
132. SSI is a DEBT to the budget. If this is dicusseed then so too not paying Tbills! |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
135. Well, Xavier, there is a guillotine waiting for you if you put Social Security on the table. |
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dash_bannon (79 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
137. What we'll see... |
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Liberty Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
141. what's his phone number? Let's all call and demand these things be OFF the table. |
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SharksBreath (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
149. Be nervous. The first words out of his mouth were a Republican TalkingT |
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