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AlexSFCA

(6,137 posts)

16. undoing SS and Medicare may increase deficit

Reply to SeaDoo77 (Original post)

Wed Dec 27, 2017, 01:45 PM

Dec 2017

and bring another great recession if not depression. Americans purchasing power will be sugnificantly diminished and may cause ripple effects across economy. Such chain reaction would lead to another bailout and new tax cuts to ‘stimulate’ the economy. Soon enough every program will be privatized and government will bear no responsibility nor ability to held corporations accountable.

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There's No Way To Fix Deficit Without Entitlement Reform - CNN HOST Just Spewed - BULL [View all] SeaDoo77 Dec 2017 OP

I'm sure she was a woman and not a girl. Ferrets are Cool Dec 2017 #1

Of Course No One Pushed Back - And Her Name Wasn't Ryan SeaDoo77 Dec 2017 #6

CNN Is There To Herd Us - Never Forget SeaDoo77 Dec 2017 #2

Truth SHRED Dec 2017 #3

CNN not going to save America workinclasszero Dec 2017 #11

Sure enough - "Everyone, we gotta do something about the DEFICIT!" dalton99a Dec 2017 #4

Ding ding ding, we have a winner. still_one Dec 2017 #5

Here's Something We Can Do ProfessorGAC Dec 2017 #8

Deficit Deficit Deficit Deficit Deficit Deficit Deficit Deficit SeaDoo77 Dec 2017 #7

After the republicans added 2 TRILLION DOLLARS to the deficit workinclasszero Dec 2017 #13

Repeal and replace! roamer65 Dec 2017 #9

That's true! FiveGoodMen Dec 2017 #10

How about rolling back some of the defense spending entitlements? NewJeffCT Dec 2017 #12

650,000,000,000 per year...cut back to 500 billion, problem solved and then some. Fred Sanders Dec 2017 #15

Very easy to solve the deficit problem NewJeffCT Dec 2017 #14

undoing SS and Medicare may increase deficit AlexSFCA Dec 2017 #16