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tokenlib

(4,186 posts)
83. The "protections" ( I read them) are A JOKE.. and you are correct!
Thu Apr 11, 2013, 04:59 PM
Apr 2013

Sorry I don't have a link to the "protections"..but they are posted in a few threads..
Read them and weep...

There is no excuse for this to be offered in the first place..damn Third Way/ Democrats for the Leisure Class

"How dare you Mr. President." SammyWinstonJack Apr 2013 #1
+100000 woo me with science Apr 2013 #50
K&R Scuba Apr 2013 #2
Excellent post Oilwellian Apr 2013 #3
That is woo me with science Apr 2013 #4
"...Chicago gangster-style knife in back..." alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #5
Two words - Revelations/antiChrist xtraxritical Apr 2013 #40
One word loudsue Apr 2013 #109
so true! wendylaroux Apr 2013 #6
They ARE listening. To the rich.... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #61
Nancy Pelosi is not calling this a "cut". Life Long Dem Apr 2013 #7
Horse shit. We all know this is a cut. COLA adjustments downward are cuts. n/t Triana Apr 2013 #8
What about the poorest elderly? Life Long Dem Apr 2013 #12
It's great that such protections might be included. However.... Triana Apr 2013 #15
Population growth in America has been below Zero for many years now. Cuts are not necessary. DhhD Apr 2013 #17
I don't know where your're getting that. OnlinePoker Apr 2013 #44
Yeah great Life Long Dem Apr 2013 #19
Fuck "PROTECTIONS" from the President's policies. woo me with science Apr 2013 #27
Right on!!! lark Apr 2013 #42
The "protections" ( I read them) are A JOKE.. and you are correct! tokenlib Apr 2013 #83
I agree with YOU. We should be raising the payouts, not making cuts AllyCat Apr 2013 #86
Why cut from others who are not much better off to accomplish that? Where are your posts from the Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #18
It's interesting that you would allow the poorest to suffer Life Long Dem Apr 2013 #22
"allowing"? Why are we getting a Sophie's Choice when it is NOT necessary? djean111 Apr 2013 #23
Now *THIS* is hiding behind the poor. Marr Apr 2013 #25
Amen. woo me with science Apr 2013 #28
Thanks. Life Long Dem Apr 2013 #35
Your straw man needs some work little "Republoprog" Dragonfli Apr 2013 #62
The poor now get food stamps, rent subsidies and other programs that JDPriestly Apr 2013 #90
Yep. It's a shell game. unrepentant progress Apr 2013 #101
You're assuming that those protections won't be negotiated out of the bill dflprincess Apr 2013 #30
Somebody else responded to your bull$hit on another thread brentspeak Apr 2013 #46
I agree with you completely. Further, all those calling for Obama's head are forgetting that we got Hoyt Apr 2013 #80
Do you think $1200-say $1700 is middle class? Or does it still qualify JDPriestly Apr 2013 #85
Will you centrist shills PLEASE quit pretending that Census "poverty" has something to do with REAL eridani Apr 2013 #103
Had not EVERY President for the last 40 years not fiddled with COLA calculations. Fuddnik Apr 2013 #29
And not a single one of them was dealing with the worst depression since the Great Depression eridani Apr 2013 #104
Keeping the 'powder' dry I see....n/t haikugal Apr 2013 #33
If it is not a "cut," why is Obama pushing for it? AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #36
Nancy may find herself with a Democratic challenger--a real Democrat! emsimon33 Apr 2013 #64
Don't flatter yourself Life Long Dem Apr 2013 #66
Are you saying you are not a real Democrat and onlty faux Democrats voted in 2010? Dragonfli Apr 2013 #78
What I notice about the corporate "Democrats" dflprincess Apr 2013 #92
LOL emsimon33 Apr 2013 #118
She is rich. What does she care? JDPriestly Apr 2013 #84
"strengthening of Social Security" - will be interesting to see how many fall-in with that? usGovOwesUs3Trillion Apr 2013 #117
K&R. MotherPetrie Apr 2013 #9
K/R Great article. Autumn Apr 2013 #10
K & R Ganja Ninja Apr 2013 #11
K&R !!! n/t RKP5637 Apr 2013 #13
Absolutely! It's our money...not a Poker Chip! Recommend KoKo Apr 2013 #14
Wonderful post! Agree 100% byeya Apr 2013 #16
AMEN. K&R closeupready Apr 2013 #20
Agree: K&R Paper Roses Apr 2013 #21
Look at what he surrounds himself with. Fuddnik Apr 2013 #24
After this shit I am wondering what unpleasant surprises might come up with ACA. n/t L0oniX Apr 2013 #26
What is the problem? earthside Apr 2013 #31
Perhaps the only point of it is to peel off a couple of Republicans to vote for revenue increases. randome Apr 2013 #68
We are all speculating ... earthside Apr 2013 #71
I think that his father abandoning him dgibby Apr 2013 #81
That makes as much sense as anything else. earthside Apr 2013 #87
K&R!!!! haikugal Apr 2013 #32
Actually, we own EVERYTHING, ... as long as we fight for it, Festivito Apr 2013 #34
The whole reason I wrote this .... Triana Apr 2013 #37
We're fighting, fighting hard for this ONE CRUMB! Festivito Apr 2013 #45
We aren't the people that matter lark Apr 2013 #47
K&R - with !!!!! + 1000snds (n/t) bread_and_roses Apr 2013 #38
Wow think_critically Apr 2013 #39
"they need to blame themselves"... ljm2002 Apr 2013 #52
"There is no getting around it" AgingAmerican Apr 2013 #53
You obviously didn't read my post upthread about fixing official rates of inflation. Fuddnik Apr 2013 #54
The Chained CPI calculation *assumes* an ever lowering standard of living. Marr Apr 2013 #60
+1 treestar Apr 2013 #77
It belongs to us, it is not yours to bargain with The Blue Flower Apr 2013 #41
higher taxes think_critically Apr 2013 #43
False flag lark Apr 2013 #51
We already do, Have been since 1983, the tax increase was specifically implemented Dragonfli Apr 2013 #65
The ignorant young need to understand that FICA was DOUBLED in 1983 eridani Apr 2013 #105
Very Well Said supercats Apr 2013 #48
K and R Liberalynn Apr 2013 #49
Oh Hell yes! n/t 99Forever Apr 2013 #55
Well said, Triana. colorado_ufo Apr 2013 #56
Politicians both right and left for decades used to be mindful of not scaring old folks avaistheone1 Apr 2013 #57
'How dare he' is correct. This sense of entitlement these politicians have is truly upsetting. sabrina 1 Apr 2013 #58
Agree w/ all you said. And yes speaking of "entitlement"... Triana Apr 2013 #59
+100000 I complained a while back woo me with science Apr 2013 #73
"too many of these clowns seem to have forgotten that they work for us." Triana Apr 2013 #79
K&R emsimon33 Apr 2013 #63
It's a good thing that Obama was elected from Illinois and not Blagojevich. AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #67
BINGO! kentuck Apr 2013 #69
Why? zentrum Apr 2013 #70
So do torture camps, for-profit health scams and criminal banks just1voice Apr 2013 #72
Why is it tha there is usually only one person who gives a damn? truedelphi Apr 2013 #74
Double Amen! What hutzpah! Its not "HIS" to compromise! Peregrine Took Apr 2013 #75
Correct. I sent him an email weeks ago that said "It's not yours to 'bargain' with" whathehell Apr 2013 #89
Yet another thread on this treestar Apr 2013 #76
I can't believe what I am reading here. Is there some contest going on to see who can be asjr Apr 2013 #82
Nice post. I'm starting to think that everyone with the capacity to reason Number23 Apr 2013 #88
Complacency.... Triana Apr 2013 #91
I rest my case. asjr Apr 2013 #94
Post removed Post removed Apr 2013 #95
Oh, aren't you the vicious rage insulter. Cha Apr 2013 #100
A lot of the same people were trashing him before this.. Cha Apr 2013 #99
Recommend jsr Apr 2013 #93
Amazing post. Thank you! smirkymonkey Apr 2013 #96
If the consequences weren't so bad, I would actually be enjoying the moment. Beacool Apr 2013 #97
The other candidate was a corporatist as well eridani Apr 2013 #106
Wrong Clinton. Beacool Apr 2013 #112
Goddamn right! Blue Owl Apr 2013 #98
K & R AzDar Apr 2013 #102
i think your expectations of democrats is unwarranted. tomp Apr 2013 #107
Wow! What a GREAT paragraph! This says it all... loudsue Apr 2013 #108
Yep. I cannot believe this is now on the table and being commingled with the deficit. myrna minx Apr 2013 #110
"It's now in the bloodstream with pundits gleefully calling for it's eventual inevitability." Triana Apr 2013 #111
The new spin on this very site is that even if it does pass, its not too bad. myrna minx Apr 2013 #114
Well written and backed up with data. fasttense Apr 2013 #113
k&r for the truth, however depressing it may be. n/t Laelth Apr 2013 #115
kick woo me with science Apr 2013 #116
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