Elizabeth Warren is right. We must not allow dismantling of Social Security.

[madfloridian]

From a favorite Twitterer

We worked hard to give Democrats a victory so this would not happen.

[madfloridian]

1. Nor the dismantling of Medicare.

One Medicare Advantage plan now charges a co-pay of $150 per day for the first seven days of hospitalization.

[TDale313]

2. I expect to be saying

The words "Elizabeth Warren is right" a lot.

[winter is coming]

6. IMO, any politician who wants to win in 2014 and 2016 would be well-advised

to credibly adopt Warren's viewpoint. And by "credibly" I mean speak (and, where possible, act) about it often and consistently. Lip service to this issue is unlikely to get the job done.

[Indyfan53]

13. I concur.

Let's GOTV and hold their feet to the fire.

[madfloridian]

10. I think we all will.

[MannyGoldstein]

3. Maybe it's just me...

But it seems amazing that we even have to think about this stuff.

The 1% want every last bit of meat from our bones.

[madfloridian]

4. Amen to that.

[winter is coming]

5. The amazing thing is, they don't realize they're busily sawing off their own branch. n/t

[MrSlayer]

7. That's right. They want it all.

What happens when they succeed as they almost certainly will? At the end of a game of Monopoly everyone goes home. When they win it in real life everyone will still be here needing the things only they have. A French Revolution scenario seems likely. What else can people do?

[MannyGoldstein]

8. They'll only win if we let them.

I think we're close to being ready to fight back.

[winter is coming]

11. "The Ents are going to wake up and find that they are strong."

We move slowly. We talk forever before doing anything. But our collective wrath will be fearsome to behold.

Expect us.

[Skittles]

9. it is beyond AMAZING

it is fucking RIDICULOUS and SICKENING

[madfloridian]

12. Never expected to have to fight for the safety nets.

[Indyfan53]

14. They can take it from my cold, dead body!

[Indyfan53]

15. Overtime is in danger, as well.

Eric Cantor sponsored the "comp time" bill. HR 1406 would end overtime as we know it.

GOTV 2014! Get every republican up for reelection out. Meett them at town hall meetings and debate them on camera if you can.

[madfloridian]

16. Don't forget pensions.

And anything else that helped build a great middle class.

[Marr]

17. Remember a few short years ago? "Hope™" and the promise that we'd actually move forward?

Hell, they even turned that one into another slogan. "Forward™".

It seems like the entire discussion in DC is how far and how fast they can push us backwards. And by "us", I mean all the working plebes who actually do something besides golf and move piles of money around.

[bvar22]

18. The sad thing about this is that Senator Warren is so unusual,

...and she is only doing the job that EVERY single Democrat should be doing every day.

I would love to see a day when a Senator who says something like this draws absolutely NO attention.
"Ho Hum. Well she IS a Democrat.
Would you expect anything less?""

I hope the rest of the "Party of the Working Class" picks up the clue.

WARREN 2016



You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their promises or excuses.
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[Doctor_J]

19. Dear Senator Warren: The "leader" of your party disagrees

see if you can convince him

[Zorra]

20. And this is why we must elect a President Warren in 2016.

Because if we do not elect a President Warren in 2016, no one will bother to prevent them from dismantling Social Security inch by inch.

We absolutely need a veto hammer, and someone who knows how to use it, and is willing to use it.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

21. A Democrat with Democratic principles

She's not going to be very popular in Washington