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bvar22

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23. Then why not simply send out checks from the General Fund ("actually")...
Sun Jan 8, 2012, 12:41 AM
Jan 2012

....instead of the unprecedented linking of the funding for Social Security DIRECTLY to the General Fund.
WHY?

Payroll Tax Holiday Directly Connects Social Security to The Deficit]
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1538388|

If reducing FICA Contributions is such a good idea,
lets just do away with it all together!
Just imagine all that everlasting "stimulus"!!!!

The creators of the most successful Social Program EVER insisted on a separate an independent funding mechanism for a damned good reason.
Will you be honest and admit that you know WHY they designed it that way?

Do you believe FDR or LBJ would support a reduction in contributions to the system that funds Social Security?

"Payroll Tax Holiday" is Republican Framing worthy of Frank Luntz, like the "Death Tax",
and Who doesn't want a "Holiday"!!! Whoopeeee!
That STINKS,
and I HATE hearing Republican Framing coming out of the mouths of our Party leadership.



You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their excuses.
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dumbasses. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 #1
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Bab's saying " this is working out for them " Same orpupilofnature57 Jan 2012 #2
I think someone misspelled "appealing".. Fumesucker Jan 2012 #3
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I didn't say that was *my* interpretation.. Fumesucker Jan 2012 #8
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Good god! NV Whino Jan 2012 #9
Great, punish workers with no education after cutting funds for adult education. great white snark Jan 2012 #10
So are republicans themseves morally bankrupt or is the position? n/t hootinholler Jan 2012 #12
Both, inseparable, equal. n/t ProSense Jan 2012 #13
Interesting hootinholler Jan 2012 #15
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Good point. n/t ProSense Jan 2012 #19
They truly are despicable, each and every one of them... Spazito Jan 2012 #16
Extending and increasing the "temporary" reductions to FICA contributions.. bvar22 Jan 2012 #17
Actually, ProSense Jan 2012 #18
Then why not simply send out checks from the General Fund ("actually")... bvar22 Jan 2012 #23
This is the correct answer. nt woo me with science Jan 2012 #20
Why don't they just put one of these fu*ks on the record and say "we want you dead!" Earth_First Jan 2012 #21
Between stuff like this and drug screening this congress marlakay Jan 2012 #22
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