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Armstead

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35. How about this -- Leave SS benefits alone for now and...

Mon Apr 8, 2013, 11:27 AM

Apr 2013

...Push to raise the cap on the upper limit that is taxed for SS.

The current rates are already regressive because they hit moderate incomes much harder as a percentage of overall earnings.

If the well-off paid just a little more it would bring in more money, make the system fairer. They don't have to be painful drastic increases -- just make a little bit more of the amount that is currently over the cap subject to SS taxes for those who can afford a slight increase.

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I would like to hear your ideas on why my REPUBLICAN Senators oppose Chained CPI. [View all] patrice Apr 2013 OP

I'm going to hazard a guess that you're not reliant on SSI? Scootaloo Apr 2013 #1

Because a lot of seniors vote for them. nt octoberlib Apr 2013 #2

^ This loyalsister Apr 2013 #51

Summarized: "I guess you'd rather have President Palin". Marr Apr 2013 #3

To make it easier for well to do dems abelenkpe Apr 2013 #4

Obama wants it. That's plenty reason for Republicans to reject it. Kablooie Apr 2013 #5

He also tied it to tax hikes and loophole closures for the wealthy. GoCubsGo Apr 2013 #30

Who gives a rat's ass why they rejected it? magellan Apr 2013 #6

Lawyers never ask a question that they don't already know the answer to. JoePhilly Apr 2013 #37

That's all well and good magellan Apr 2013 #62

Fickle bunch nt lillypaddle Apr 2013 #7

Wait! Do I have this right? Bonobo Apr 2013 #8

By joe, I think you've got it! caseymoz Apr 2013 #11

That does seem to be the gist of the OP JHB Apr 2013 #18

It's so surreal it's like they're doing some kind of mind control experiment. HiPointDem Apr 2013 #21

Wabbit season! Duck season! Wabbit season! Duck season! Chef Eric Apr 2013 #22

Elmer Season! n2doc Apr 2013 #31

Exactwee. nt Chef Eric Apr 2013 #49

Politics trumps self-interest.. Junkdrawer Apr 2013 #23

No, you don't have it. I'm asking you what price you are willing to pay to stop Chained CPI. patrice Apr 2013 #32

I remember the same argument about same sex marriage and gay rights. Bonobo Apr 2013 #33

How about this -- Leave SS benefits alone for now and... Armstead Apr 2013 #35

Because it's highly unpopular among seniors of both parties (the most likely voters in 2014)? eridani Apr 2013 #9

Can we have the actual names of these Senators? eridani Apr 2013 #63

Damage the Democratic agenda? caseymoz Apr 2013 #10

Anything Obama is for, they're against. eShirl Apr 2013 #12

" including things like the Progressive Caucus budget" UnrepentantLiberal Apr 2013 #13

Are you saying the Progressive Caucus budget proposed chained CPI for SS increases? muriel_volestrangler Apr 2013 #14

No, I'm not saying that about the Progressive budget. I'm asking people what price they're patrice Apr 2013 #34

The problem is that Obama has been pushing for chained CPI more than Republicans muriel_volestrangler Apr 2013 #46

It appears that for some of you it is a cult thing. aandegoons Apr 2013 #15

"need to be"? Not even I am saying people should be anti-NEED, so yours is a divide and conquer patrice Apr 2013 #38

Absurd. Marr Apr 2013 #52

I am so sick and tired of the Obamapoligists trying to justify every thing this president does bowens43 Apr 2013 #16

So say now what price you are willing to pay to stop CPI, so that when that price comes due you patrice Apr 2013 #44

Wait-- I thought this was an offer they would never, ever accept, and that's why he proposed it? Marr Apr 2013 #54

For the same reason Pelosi nixed it Yo_Mama Apr 2013 #17

I acknowledge that. I'm asking what price are people willing to pay to stop it. patrice Apr 2013 #42

I've read much nonsense on DU, but that takes the cake. Up is down, wrong is right!!!! Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #50

Uh, politics. And guess what my pro-women, pro-LGBT, pro-environment cali Apr 2013 #19

I asked what PRICE people are willing to pay to stop it. I agree with Sen. Sanders ALL of the time, patrice Apr 2013 #43

Upon what do you base this theory that there is some negotiated exchange that ends GOP hostage Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #57

Chained CPI increases taxes. bornskeptic Apr 2013 #20

You're right customerserviceguy Apr 2013 #28

It is not the chained CPI that they oppose quaker bill Apr 2013 #24

That's a nice succinct answer. JoePhilly Apr 2013 #36

Because even a blind pig finds an acorn now and then. alarimer Apr 2013 #25

you're right! the elderly and disabled living on low fixed incomes and those who care about them Douglas Carpenter Apr 2013 #26

Agree. Trashing Obama and other Dems doesn't do us a lot of good. Hoyt Apr 2013 #27

So right! It is the duty of the Party member to accept the decisions made by the leader and to Douglas Carpenter Apr 2013 #29

LMAO n/t L0oniX Apr 2013 #41

Mis-characterizing what is said is proof positive that you have other agendas under the table. patrice Apr 2013 #47

Your OP is crafted out of mis-characterizations and other rhetorical foolishness Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #53

Well said. /nt Marr Apr 2013 #56

other agenda's? My only agenda is to defend the Party and the leader. For he who finds fault with Douglas Carpenter Apr 2013 #60

Serious, non partisan answer nadinbrzezinski Apr 2013 #39

I dunno. I'm a senior on Social Security and over the years I got addicted to eating Cleita Apr 2013 #40

I don't see 1 person saying "It's negotiation, so I will give ________ to stop Chained CPI" ... does patrice Apr 2013 #45

Yeah, that's because the Republicans did not ask for it, Obama offered it. Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #55

Name your price, All, so we know whom to take seriously and whom to ignore on the NEXT patrice Apr 2013 #48

Who is this 'we' you speak for? Or is it merely the humility of the royal 'we'? Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #58

I don't want to throw my state's Democratic Party Platform under the bus suffragette Apr 2013 #59

because the President suggested it. they will do NOTHING he suggests. period. never. ever. spanone Apr 2013 #61