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In reply to the discussion: Does Anyone Know When My SS Payment Will Be Cut? [View all]woo me with science
(32,139 posts)172. Fuck "PROTECTIONS" from the President's policies.
How about a Democratic President who doesn't propose legislation that people need to be "PROTECTED" from?
How about a Democratic President who refrains from assaulting us in the first place?
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In fact, here's a thought:
Maybe we deserve a Democratic President who actually works ON BEHALF of the people who elected him.
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Reduction of growth vs. status quo is a fucking cut. We already went through this game with Reagan
cthulu2016
Apr 2013
#1
The cuts will take effect as soon as 26 USC § 86 is amended and made applicable. Please see #64.
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#70
So you support SS cuts then?? I always wondered where you stood on these issues.
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#30
Yes, it's one of the best fiscal and social programs ever. I am glad you are benefiting from it.
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#44
The cuts will take effect as soon as 26 USC § 86 is amended and made applicable. Please see #64.
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#71
The cuts will take effect as soon as 26 USC § 86 is amended and made applicable. Please see #64.
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#68
The cuts will take effect as soon as 26 USC § 86 is amended and made applicable. Please see #64.
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#72
For a couple recent years there wasn't even a cost-of-living adjustment.
Life Long Dem
Apr 2013
#111
The cuts will take effect as soon as 26 USC § 86 is amended and made applicable. Please see #64.
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#73
The cuts will take effect as soon as 26 USC § 86 is amended and made applicable. Please see #64.
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#75
You must have missed the 2006 drug coverage, and not only that, but Obama closed much of donut hole.
Hoyt
Apr 2013
#148
So, by your own definition you're actually another, "Mr. Sit On His Ass All Day"?....
OldDem2012
Apr 2013
#149
As I understand it, you've already lost everything, you contracted cancer, were denied treatment...
Buzz Clik
Apr 2013
#10
By supporting the President I have disqualified myself from DU. Anything wrong with that picture?
Buzz Clik
Apr 2013
#177
Looks like we're destined to disagree unitl hell freezes over. But, be forewarned:
Buzz Clik
Apr 2013
#189
"You and your ilk unwaveringly support a political figure, not any discernible set of principles."
Marr
Apr 2013
#210
So, because you have 85,000+ posts on DU, you can insult anyone you want, is that about it? nt.
OldDem2012
Apr 2013
#144
Yes especially if you are still collecting SS. That's fraud and you'll wind up dead in prison. nm
rhett o rick
Apr 2013
#191
He found out he was dead. It's not legal to collect SS benefits after death. nm
rhett o rick
Apr 2013
#209
Would you be as cavalier if he had asked for increased tax breaks for oil companies?
progressoid
Apr 2013
#67
I wouldn't call it "troubled by"...I'd call it pissed off about being lied to.
Katashi_itto
Apr 2013
#18
when your grocery bill, utilities bill and other basic requirements for life
magical thyme
Apr 2013
#31
It's already smaller, it is now half of what it should be. Seniors I know have been very
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#47
The ugly demonstrations of Third Way sincerity and compassion keep coming and coming.
woo me with science
Apr 2013
#46
Yes, it is the mocking aspect of this that is so disturbing. Seniors have already lost since the
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#50
Please educate yourself about what this does. It has already adversely affected the poorest of the
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#174
I have a more serious question: How are the estimates of the impact being figured
onenote
Apr 2013
#51
The cuts will take effect as soon as 26 USC § 86 is amended and made applicable. Please see #64.
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#80
The cuts will take effect as soon as 26 USC § 86 is amended and made applicable. Please see #64.
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#83
As soon as 26 USC § 86 is amended to increase the amount of SS payments subject to taxation
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#64
this sort of thread must come easy for you to post after all those years posting on
boilerbabe
Apr 2013
#69
That story keeps changing, and YOU posted many times about your 'former' Freeper past that's the
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2013
#109
People are responding to the actual content of your post, not the affected pose you wrap that
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2013
#99
I suppose that you are thanking me for kicking your thread. I didn't post such comments for that
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#143
This affectation is beneath even you. Passive aggression is the tactic of choice for folks who fear
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2013
#96
Funny how the same people who once assured us all that Obama would never ever propose this, are now
Marr
Apr 2013
#97
I doubt that it will happen, too-- but I don't see how this can be viewed as any sort of
Marr
Apr 2013
#168
If a photo of a smiling elderly man in sunglasses says all of that to you, then you need ...
11 Bravo
Apr 2013
#158
Hey, I took a shot. I'm pretty sure we're about the same age (I'm 62), and I sure as shit ...
11 Bravo
Apr 2013
#183
So in other words, a chunky old man with one foot in the grave and another on a banana peel...
Hassin Bin Sober
Apr 2013
#171
I don't recall anyone mocking folks currently taking SS or any other earned benefit.....
OldDem2012
Apr 2013
#131
Progressives and like minded individuals are fighting for your social security.
NCTraveler
Apr 2013
#122
Well, if you should happen to pass away this year your payment will probably not be cut
tularetom
Apr 2013
#195
Treat it like we were told to treat the sequester which was never gonna happen.
Pholus
Apr 2013
#201
You do realize that there have been numerous changes to the social security program over the years.
DCBob
Apr 2013
#216
7-12 years before it is privatized, we seem to have had your permission to discuss and react to that
TheKentuckian
Apr 2013
#205