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Thu Apr 11, 2013, 03:16 PM

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The Nation absolutely NAILS IT re: Obama and Social Security [View all] WilliamPitt Apr 2013 OP

Bingo!!!! haikugal Apr 2013 #1

Feh. The Nation's nothing but a bunch of emoprogs. Hong Kong Cavalier Apr 2013 #2

EMOPROGS? radiclib Apr 2013 #76

Exactly, Mr. Pitt: They Want To Welsh On The Markers The Magistrate Apr 2013 #3

I don't see why, politicians don't have skin in SS and to mess with it is xtraxritical Apr 2013 #55

the OP clearly shows they do! demwing Apr 2013 #85

K&R. myrna minx Apr 2013 #4

I like this section: CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2013 #5

This is the key to the whole thing. Jerry442 Apr 2013 #27

It has worked very well for them stealing pensions, DonB Apr 2013 #75

Many people have not watched as elderly relatives have had their pensions yanked loudsue Apr 2013 #86

Thanks for making that point. It's never written about..how KoKo Apr 2013 #87

They are Harvesting America(n's pensions). fasttense Apr 2013 #88

Indeed...! KoKo Apr 2013 #68

K&R! octoberlib Apr 2013 #6

I agree with your signature quote RVN VET Apr 2013 #21

I don't like everything about Harry Truman either but he had some good quotes. nt octoberlib Apr 2013 #73

K & R !!! WillyT Apr 2013 #7

Thanks for posting. tabasco Apr 2013 #8

Ding ding ding! Predator class theft of SS exposed on point Apr 2013 #9

Great article! JDPriestly Apr 2013 #10

That $3 trillion is going to have to come from higher taxes on the rich. reformist2 Apr 2013 #11

That debt is a pretty open "secret"... dixiegrrrrl Apr 2013 #12

Yep. kentuck Apr 2013 #13

Kick! In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #14

Obama's position is like playing a game of Russian Roulette and holding a gun to your own baby's avaistheone1 Apr 2013 #15

Kicking!!! arcane1 Apr 2013 #16

Superb article. 99Forever Apr 2013 #17

The beautiful thing about Chained CPI (from their point of view) Marr Apr 2013 #18

What is it you call someone who does the same thing over and over Jakes Progress Apr 2013 #19

more to it than that...Social Security payroll taxes funded the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy antigop Apr 2013 #20

The trillions of dollars squirreled away by way of off shore havens Babel_17 Apr 2013 #22

William Greider nailed it in this blog post. nt limpyhobbler Apr 2013 #23

Oh man, did they ever nail it Oilwellian Apr 2013 #24

F'ing eh. n/t lumberjack_jeff Apr 2013 #25

Rec a million for truth 840high Apr 2013 #26

K & R AzDar Apr 2013 #28

I have an old pitchfork in the garage... Demoiselle Apr 2013 #29

"If the president and Congress succeed in this malicious scheme... cheapdate Apr 2013 #30

Social Security does not affect the budget. WilliamPitt Apr 2013 #31

As a concession. cheapdate Apr 2013 #44

You don't make the concessions Bohunk68 Apr 2013 #48

The bargaining has been going on for at least two years, already. n/t cheapdate Apr 2013 #49

So, now you are saying that Bohunk68 Apr 2013 #63

Both sides have staked out positions endlessly cheapdate Apr 2013 #65

By the way... cheapdate Apr 2013 #50

Fuck that. WilliamPitt Apr 2013 #54

Well, then... cheapdate Apr 2013 #62

Alternatively, the President could help jail the people who cause us to lurch from crisis to crisis jtuck004 Apr 2013 #92

Now there's an idea I can support enthusiastically deutsey Apr 2013 #93

What makes you think we could elect a Democratic congress... Oilwellian Apr 2013 #37

Yes, that is our ace in the hole, imo Babel_17 Apr 2013 #43

Exactly right. Lasher Apr 2013 #32

It will be a nineteen50 Apr 2013 #33

Say that again! BrotherIvan Apr 2013 #47

nothing was accomplished? shanti Apr 2013 #34

Indeed Oilwellian Apr 2013 #36

Exactly, and now it's time to start, as someone once said, to stop looking backward, we are now sabrina 1 Apr 2013 #81

but that is a good thing. tomp Apr 2013 #83

$3 trillion G_j Apr 2013 #35

Exactly, they owe the SS fund a debt, just like we owe the bank a debt Cleita Apr 2013 #45

yep G_j Apr 2013 #53

Along with the 15 to 16 trillions of US dollars that truedelphi Apr 2013 #60

This can't be. The stories I have been told as to why the President offered up cuts to SS sabrina 1 Apr 2013 #38

knr Douglas Carpenter Apr 2013 #39

And of course the usual suspects are absent from this thread Rex Apr 2013 #40

K&R ReRe Apr 2013 #41

Anyone know where that $3 trillion that was robbed from the trust fund went? LeftInTX Apr 2013 #42

It hasn't been robbed. It's owed to the trust fund when the US Treasury bonds are redeemed. n/t Cleita Apr 2013 #46

"When" WilliamPitt Apr 2013 #56

Yeah, LOL, but it's still an asset of the SS fund. It's simple accounting unless Cleita Apr 2013 #57

Bernie Madoff style accounting G_j Apr 2013 #66

^^^^^^ Exactly!!!! ^^^^^ n/t slipslidingaway Apr 2013 #59

k&r n/t RainDog Apr 2013 #51

K&R forestpath Apr 2013 #52

Bullshit. Zoeisright Apr 2013 #58

My friend, it did happen. WilliamPitt Apr 2013 #67

^^^ This^^^ truebrit71 Apr 2013 #77

Just wait till they couple it with this video in 2014 and again in 2016. L0oniX Apr 2013 #95

Recommend jsr Apr 2013 #61

Hopefully they are correct, I think. we can do it Apr 2013 #64

They still owe the debt, regardless of whether the creditor "needs" it or not. nt Honeycombe8 Apr 2013 #69

It's a cash flow problem. hay rick Apr 2013 #70

Thanks Will... I owe you a beer fascisthunter Apr 2013 #71

Got me a new baby daughter WilliamPitt Apr 2013 #72

That's Right! fascisthunter Apr 2013 #74

I just watched that video of Bernie Sanders...... lib2DaBone Apr 2013 #78

! Bozita Apr 2013 #79

"...$2.5 Trillion Surplus... and can pay benefits for the next 30 years." OnlinePoker Apr 2013 #94

Great article because it exposes the agenda. Sent it to everyone I know Quixote1818 Apr 2013 #80

maybe your anger, your organizing, your calling daybranch Apr 2013 #82

Er, I think you may be celebrating a wee bit early. djean111 Apr 2013 #84

Beautifully said! Fantastic Anarchist Apr 2013 #89

DC: by and for The One blkmusclmachine Apr 2013 #90

I've posted the article to my FB page--thanks for posting it on DU h2ebits Apr 2013 #91

Put it to the people to vote libdude Apr 2013 #96