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brentspeak

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23. Ok, then link us to where Obama has said otherwise.

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Sun Mar 3, 2013, 03:17 PM

Mar 2013

Put up, or shut up.

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There are bills in the house and the senate to raise the SS cap and Obama campaigned on this issue. [View all] dkf Mar 2013 OP

It seems that this weekend you are obsessed with SS Angry Dragon Mar 2013 #1

All the people insisting it not be touched. dkf Mar 2013 #2

I'm concerned, if a bunch of money was borrowed from the SS trust fund, can we pretend that patrice Mar 2013 #3

Here is my take on SS Angry Dragon Mar 2013 #5

Agreed about CPI, even for someone who'd be willing to consider a slow down in the patrice Mar 2013 #12

I am still waiting for dkf to respond to any questions I have asked them over the last two days Angry Dragon Mar 2013 #14

If CPI includes medical costs then decreasing medical costs decreases CPI based payments Progressive dog Mar 2013 #28

Thanks for this. nt patrice Mar 2013 #31

Why chained CPI instead of CPI-E then? AnnaLee Mar 2013 #36

The payroll tax holiday was paid for by adding the cost to the federal budget. dkf Mar 2013 #15

Re: your header... ljm2002 Mar 2013 #16

Honestly I didn't understand the mechanics back then. dkf Mar 2013 #18

No, silly... ljm2002 Mar 2013 #25

Which is the mechanics of it. dkf Mar 2013 #26

I wonder why you refuse to answer the questions put to you?? Angry Dragon Mar 2013 #17

Depends if the angry dragon savings account holds savings or... dkf Mar 2013 #21

What a bunch of bull Angry Dragon Mar 2013 #22

What a bunch of malarkey Progressive dog Mar 2013 #27

I think that is precisely what they want to confuse people into believing. AnnaLee Mar 2013 #37

I for one would rather have 20 years of certainty in NO CAT FOOD Progressive dog Mar 2013 #30

Silence? = Those $110K-? incomes are too marginal to take the hit? patrice Mar 2013 #9

Why would raising the cap be a problem? Why not? patrice Mar 2013 #4

I never said that the cap should not be raised Angry Dragon Mar 2013 #8

Well, I think all of us agree about that. Does raising the cap assume that it is part of the budget patrice Mar 2013 #10

A large part of the problem is that republicans want to include anything about SS to be Angry Dragon Mar 2013 #11

True, SS doesn't have anything to do with the discretionary budget management end of it and it patrice Mar 2013 #20

It is smart politics. AnnaLee Mar 2013 #38

Lift the SS earnings cap altogether. Will solve several problems simultaneously. leveymg Mar 2013 #6

When he was campaigning, Obama pandered that he wanted to raise the cap brentspeak Mar 2013 #7

"Today"? "Only"? Not so. riqster Mar 2013 #13

Ok, then link us to where Obama has said otherwise. brentspeak Mar 2013 #23

Done. riqster Mar 2013 #32

That's it? brentspeak Mar 2013 #33

You said that all Obama was talking about was chained CPI riqster Mar 2013 #35

I'm sure the rich will pass the bills. PHFFFFFFFFTT (sound of large long fart in the key of F major) L0oniX Mar 2013 #19

Tell me that raising the cap doesn't have anything to do with incomes that, while you and I would patrice Mar 2013 #24

Congress and senate will not care as long as they get campaign fundng from Exxon, United, ect... L0oniX Mar 2013 #29

The Cap should be eliminated. That is the only fair solution. nt bluestate10 Mar 2013 #34