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In reply to the discussion: Robert Reich: Selling the Store: Why Dems Shouldn’t Put Social Security and Medicare on the Table [View all]It's the reason why health care isn't a basic human right in this country. It's a method to cull the herd.
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Robert Reich: Selling the Store: Why Dems Shouldn’t Put Social Security and Medicare on the Table [View all]
marmar
Mar 2013
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I have come to realise that it is not "Democrats" putting the safety net on the table
djean111
Mar 2013
#2
As Bill Maher says, 'Democrats moved to the right, and Republicans moved into the asylum.'
marmar
Mar 2013
#4
The very fact that SS/Medicare HAS been "Put-On-the-Table" has forever damaged it.
bvar22
Mar 2013
#6
My grandparents' generation contributed to Social Security only the last two decades of their workin
maddiemom
Mar 2013
#21
Not weak, just complicit with GOP goals for Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid. nt
NorthCarolina
Mar 2013
#18
I wish The Progressive Caucus would start organizing as a third party then
xtraxritical
Mar 2013
#26
It's not a 'compromise', it is policy. Using Republicans alone to get their hands on the SS fund
sabrina 1
Mar 2013
#27
Sad. The Pukes flatly refuse to put revenues on the table, in any shape form or fashion.
Bake
Mar 2013
#29
Ironically, after selling us out they will blame the left for not voting for them.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2013
#37
that's what so infuriating. lies on top of lies, and everyone pretends they're gospel. on both
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#41