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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-11 06:19 PM
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Chris Christie to Koch bros @ secret confab: "Pain will be inflicted", living standards will go down
Edited on Wed Sep-07-11 06:20 PM by kpete
"Now, pain will be inflicted when we change that," he went on. "People are going to do with less. People who are used to having entitlement at a certain level will not have them at that level anymore. That's the story." Christie cited Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan's "courageous" and "thoughtful plan" to "fix those systems" by replacing Medicare with a voucher program.

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/pain-will-be-inflicted.html
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/09/07/1012703/-Chris-Christie-to-Koch-bros-@-secret-confab:-Pain-will-be-inflicted,-living-standards-will-go-down?via=siderec


Oh and there is THIS:
WED SEP 07, 2011 AT 04:00 PM PDT
New child labor rules for agriculture proposed
byJoan McCarter
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/09/07/1014374/-New-child-labor-rules-for-agriculture%C2%A0proposed?via=blog_1
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TeamsterDem Donating Member (819 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-11 06:20 PM
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1. So he IS capable of telling the truth. Sadly it's behind closed doors. nt
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warrior1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-11 06:21 PM
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2. this will be the end of the
republican party.
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-11 06:23 PM
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3. Anyone who doesn't think they are coming after Social Security and Medicare NOW is crazy.
Do not buy that "nothing will change for those over 55." They are going to try to privatize and gut them both, and you can throw Medicaid into that mix, too. The Kochs aren't rich enough, apparently. They want my meager pension, too.

As for Chris Christie, did anyone think for a minute that he is - like the other GOP governors - anything else than a tool for the Kochs?
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-11 06:48 PM
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12. Why pick on just GOP governors?
NY State's Andrew Cuomo, for one, is also a Koch addict.
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Dawson Leery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-11 06:24 PM
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4. Fascists!
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villager Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-11 06:26 PM
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5. WHEN THE FUCK DO PEOPLE TAKE TO THE GODDAMN STREETS!?
Edited on Wed Sep-07-11 06:26 PM by villager
Yes, I'm shouting.

The GOP is trying to kill us, and everyone reacts like we're still debating whether Navy Bean soup should be served in the Senate cafeteria over summer, or something...
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0rganism Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-11 06:32 PM
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7. when it's too late, mostly
We the people have been conditioned to respond reactively rather than proactively to policy decisions. By the time enough of us are uncomfortable enough to muster anything resembling a large-scale protest, the policies will already be in place in such a way that nothing can be done about them - regardless of how unpopular the results.

When there's billions at stake for the ultra-rich capitalists who own congress, expect decisive and irrevocable action.
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villager Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-11 06:36 PM
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8. mostly true -- until the paradigm collapses completely
that should get interesting...
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JanMichael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-11 06:43 PM
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10. The so called "Land of the Free and Home of the Brave" needs a 21st century overhaul...
Maybe to "the land of the corpo owned and home of couch potato keyboard pis-ant "patriots"".
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-11 06:52 PM
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13. Well, whatever you do, don't call them sons of bitches and suggest
taking them out of office. That is unacceptably strong language for this situation. :crazy:
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HockeyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-11 06:32 PM
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6. Take your vouchers and shove them
but when I die because of this, my children will NOT forget. I raised them and they will know WHO is responsible. If my death will awaken the younger generation, it will not be in vain.
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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-11 06:39 PM
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9. well said HockeyMom
peace, kpete
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-11 06:44 PM
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11. This has been in the works for decades, they're finally coming to the
end and ready to make the final move where it becomes a reality. x(
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-08-11 03:48 AM
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14. I wish Christie would feel it first, no more copter rides
to his son's game etc. of course though they mean the hard working people of this country. People that have paid into the system but are going to be screwed over instead of getting what they are entitled to. x(
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