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renie408

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23. The thing is, that kind of hyperbole (I feel like that word is getting over used, but it applies)

Reply to tkmorris (Reply #22)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 05:47 PM

Dec 2012

just hurts the cause.

Over all, I agree that SS should not be touched to facilitate the fiscal cliff agreement. But when people start throwing around phrases like that, it makes me have to defend the cuts being made because they are NOT going to result in the complete destruction of SS.

Now, are there Republicans who want to get rid of SS?? Sure there are. Do we need to keep an eye on them? Sure we do. But going into these panicked paroxysms every time somebody so much as brings the subject of SS up tends to wear the rest of us out.

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Wait...these aren't actual CUTS to SS, they are a reduction in INCREASES... [View all] renie408 Dec 2012 OP

let the seniors carry the load . . . they can obviously afford to take less in future increases DrDan Dec 2012 #1

And the fewer of them that remain, the less it will cost to support the dwindling survivors kenny blankenship Dec 2012 #7

That is SO helpful! renie408 Dec 2012 #11

there is a message there . . . DrDan Dec 2012 #19

Benefits would be lower than under the present formula, so it's a cut. JackRiddler Dec 2012 #2

It's your "or" option: use of a COLA that doesn't keep up with actual costs... JHB Dec 2012 #3

It changes the formula used to calculate the COLA. Lone_Star_Dem Dec 2012 #4

Yeah, that doesn't really sound like the total destruction of renie408 Dec 2012 #10

It adds up over time. Lone_Star_Dem Dec 2012 #15

That makes sense. renie408 Dec 2012 #21

GRAPH HERE: littlemissmartypants Dec 2012 #5

Ok, that looks bad. renie408 Dec 2012 #14

Whatever it is, the criticism is hyperbolic. nt Comrade_McKenzie Dec 2012 #6

Wow, the spin is incredible. RomneyLies Dec 2012 #8

Exactly whose 'spin' are you talking about? renie408 Dec 2012 #9

"the complete destruction of Social Security"... tkmorris Dec 2012 #22

The thing is, that kind of hyperbole (I feel like that word is getting over used, but it applies) renie408 Dec 2012 #23

Trial balloon. Period. nt. OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #12

This year's COLA Glitterati Dec 2012 #13

Hurry up and die Bake Dec 2012 #16

I know Glitterati Dec 2012 #20

I'm going to live into my 90s just to spite them. Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #18

Are there no ice floes, are there no Soylent factories? n/t Fumesucker Dec 2012 #17

Could it be there are dems who want people to die faster? xchrom Dec 2012 #24