Fuck "PROTECTIONS" from the President's policies. (Reply #172)

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Thu Apr 11, 2013, 05:09 PM

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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Does Anyone Know When My SS Payment Will Be Cut? [View all]	MineralMan	Apr 2013	OP
Reduction of growth vs. status quo is a fucking cut. We already went through this game with Reagan	cthulu2016	Apr 2013	#1
But I just read in another thread that I'll be getting	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#3
Perhaps you should have asked in that thread (?)	cthulu2016	Apr 2013	#4
You really shouldn't believe everything you read on the Internets.	Rex	Apr 2013	#12
+1	Go Vols	Apr 2013	#19
Oh, OK. That's sort of a relief, then.	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#26
Yes it is the latest budget proposal	Rex	Apr 2013	#34
The cuts will take effect as soon as 26 USC § 86 is amended and made applicable. Please see #64.	AnotherMcIntosh	Apr 2013	#70
+1. They can't put it on the internet if it isn't true!	FSogol	Apr 2013	#40
So you support SS cuts then?? I always wondered where you stood on these issues.	sabrina 1	Apr 2013	#30
No. I depend on my Social Security payments.	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#32
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
Yes. I missed those two COLA increases, too.	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#60
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
That's not how CPI works	Cal Carpenter	Apr 2013	#2
So, are you saying that I'll keep getting my regular	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#5
Here's some info	Cal Carpenter	Apr 2013	#16
The cuts will take effect as soon as 26 USC § 86 is amended and made applicable. Please see #64.	AnotherMcIntosh	Apr 2013	#72
Ah thanks	Cal Carpenter	Apr 2013	#76
For a couple recent years there wasn't even a cost-of-living adjustment.	Life Long Dem	Apr 2013	#111
Only the innumerate..	sendero	Apr 2013	#28
I'll take it further	Skittles	Apr 2013	#38
The cuts will take effect as soon as 26 USC § 86 is amended and made applicable. Please see #64.	AnotherMcIntosh	Apr 2013	#73
YOU WILL LOSE	Skittles	Apr 2013	#37
The cuts will take effect as soon as 26 USC § 86 is amended and made applicable. Please see #64.	AnotherMcIntosh	Apr 2013	#75
He probably does, but it would take away from his headline...	russspeakeasy	Apr 2013	#9
Yeah	Cal Carpenter	Apr 2013	#27
+1	russspeakeasy	Apr 2013	#48
Especially the poorest elderly	Life Long Dem	Apr 2013	#124
You must have missed the 2006 drug coverage, and not only that, but Obama closed much of donut hole.	Hoyt	Apr 2013	#148
+1	leftstreet	Apr 2013	#153
Really, you're going there?	Cleita	Apr 2013	#6
Hey, I already can't buy the stuff I was once able to.	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#8
Well, then get used to not eating at the cheap fast food joints in the future	Cleita	Apr 2013	#15
Hmm...I work with what I have, you know.	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#29
So what will you do when you can't work?	Cleita	Apr 2013	#41
I have been self-employed since 1974. I'm still self-employed.	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#63
Well isn't that nice for you	gaspee	Apr 2013	#94
Hello, there. So, you don't think that writing stuff for people to read	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#102
I still find you insuffereable	gaspee	Apr 2013	#120
OK.	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#127
So, by your own definition you're actually another, "Mr. Sit On His Ass All Day"?....	OldDem2012	Apr 2013	#149
Wait, You Aren't A Thoracic Surgeon As Well?	HangOnKids	Apr 2013	#170
You don't get my post. What if you can't work?	Cleita	Apr 2013	#106
That's possible, of course.	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#116
whoosh	SammyWinstonJack	Apr 2013	#152
I don't know why I bother	gaspee	Apr 2013	#123
LOL. You just keep piling up the insulting comments, don't you?....	OldDem2012	Apr 2013	#150
It attracts readers	HangOnKids	Apr 2013	#156
Also...	marew	Apr 2013	#184
They can't.	Cleita	Apr 2013	#185
Doesn't that 1%er water get heavy?	99Forever	Apr 2013	#7
As I understand it, you've already lost everything, you contracted cancer, were denied treatment...	Buzz Clik	Apr 2013	#10
Oh. Nobody told me. I'm sad now...	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#14
My remorse has consumed me. I am inconsolable.	Buzz Clik	Apr 2013	#20
You think you have it bad? Now, I find out I'm already dead.	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#22
you need critical thinking skills	Skittles	Apr 2013	#39
This thread was desperately needed.	Buzz Clik	Apr 2013	#56
If only we'd let you and the Serious People do our thinking for us	Maven	Apr 2013	#98
More ridiculous DU hyperbole.	Buzz Clik	Apr 2013	#101
"More ridiculous DU hyperbole"	Maven	Apr 2013	#133
By supporting the President I have disqualified myself from DU. Anything wrong with that picture?	Buzz Clik	Apr 2013	#177
Very well stated!	randome	Apr 2013	#178
No, you've disqualified yourself by acting like a condescending know-it-all	Maven	Apr 2013	#186
Looks like we're destined to disagree unitl hell freezes over. But, be forewarned:	Buzz Clik	Apr 2013	#189
Way to go Mavin	GiveMeFreedom	Apr 2013	#196
"You and your ilk unwaveringly support a political figure, not any discernible set of principles."	Marr	Apr 2013	#210
WTF???	Skittles	Apr 2013	#103
Uh, yeah, you are.	Buzz Clik	Apr 2013	#105
um....no I do not	Skittles	Apr 2013	#108
So, because you have 85,000+ posts on DU, you can insult anyone you want, is that about it? nt.	OldDem2012	Apr 2013	#144
Don't like her post alert on it	HangOnKids	Apr 2013	#159
Having an opinion is not a license to insult.	Buzz Clik	Apr 2013	#180
if a fact is an insult, so be it	Skittles	Apr 2013	#190
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
Shhh...tell nobody.	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#193
Explain pls	brush	Apr 2013	#203
He found out he was dead. It's not legal to collect SS benefits after death. nm	rhett o rick	Apr 2013	#209
Ahhh! A minor but important matter. nt	brush	Apr 2013	#213
I understand he was made to eat cat food, as well	bigtree	Apr 2013	#23
I tried a piece of dry cat food once. Not to my taste, really.	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#66
Gosh this clever little exchange would fit right in at Rush Limbaugh's forum	Armstead	Apr 2013	#52
Aw. Surely you can stand a little light on the subject.	Buzz Clik	Apr 2013	#54
I can certainly appreciate lighthearted piling on....	Armstead	Apr 2013	#62
Out of pure self defense from the overwhelming outpouring of angst, ...	Buzz Clik	Apr 2013	#87
Aren't they so clever? And so Serious?	Maven	Apr 2013	#100
you don't seem to grasp that proposed doesn't equate to passed into law.	cali	Apr 2013	#11
I know it hasn't been passed yet. But, surely if the President	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#17
Would you be as cavalier if he had asked for increased tax breaks for oil companies?	progressoid	Apr 2013	#67
He hasn't done that, has he?	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#74
I always GOTV.	progressoid	Apr 2013	#126
Straw Man.	Hissyspit	Apr 2013	#137
I wouldn't call it "troubled by"...I'd call it pissed off about being lied to.	Katashi_itto	Apr 2013	#18
Bingo	Armstead	Apr 2013	#53
Well said.	AnotherMcIntosh	Apr 2013	#77
Where have you been lately?	Coyotl	Apr 2013	#13
Well, I'm trying to figure out when my SS will be cut.	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#21
Good luck with that.	Coyotl	Apr 2013	#25
As we speak!	HappyMe	Apr 2013	#33
Man! I've gotta start watching Congress more closely.	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#35
There, there.	HappyMe	Apr 2013	#45
Hey! Wait! I'm still typing in this thread.	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#78
Oh, I see. You just took the bad acid. Sorry.	HappyMe	Apr 2013	#86
I hate when that happens, you know.	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#90
Lots of emoprogs on DU think it has passed. I keep asking for a link...	tridim	Apr 2013	#192
I am on SS also, but as I understand,	RebelOne	Apr 2013	#81
in other words, you have critical thinking skills	Skittles	Apr 2013	#110
Well, I guess you could call my knowledge of what is going on	RebelOne	Apr 2013	#151
well besides knowing what is going on	Skittles	Apr 2013	#212
Shit!	GiveMeFreedom	Apr 2013	#197
tip of the hat, MineralMan	Buzz Clik	Apr 2013	#24
Your standards are pretty low, apparently.	Hissyspit	Apr 2013	#134
Being a condescending a** is brilliant?	SammyWinstonJack	Apr 2013	#157
Poor baby. Did mean old MineralMan hurt your little feelings?	Buzz Clik	Apr 2013	#179
when your grocery bill, utilities bill and other basic requirements for life	magical thyme	Apr 2013	#31
The proposal means you have ALREADY been cut!	randome	Apr 2013	#36
Yeah, and so's your old man!	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#79
Between 2014 and 2015 fiscal year would seem to be the answer here	alcibiades_mystery	Apr 2013	#42
It's already smaller, it is now half of what it should be. Seniors I know have been very	sabrina 1	Apr 2013	#47
Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Information for 2013 (SSA info) -	pinto	Apr 2013	#59
That's true. My monthly payment was increased a bit in January.	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#84
I'm sure it's far less than half of what it should be	alcibiades_mystery	Apr 2013	#65
Dunno.	PETRUS	Apr 2013	#43
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
Social conservatives are threatening to leave the GOP.	dgibby	Apr 2013	#58
We shall see if MM is this snarky	Rex	Apr 2013	#61
Chained CPI also has protections in place for the poorest elderly	Life Long Dem	Apr 2013	#145
Fuck "PROTECTIONS" from the President's policies.	woo me with science	Apr 2013	#172
How about still protecting the elderly?	Life Long Dem	Apr 2013	#175
War is Peace.	woo me with science	Apr 2013	#187
Please educate yourself about what this does. It has already adversely affected the poorest of the	sabrina 1	Apr 2013	#174
So lifting the poorest elderly above the poverety line	Life Long Dem	Apr 2013	#181
And "...already adversely affected..."	randome	Apr 2013	#182
Nobody buys that.	bvar22	Apr 2013	#207
No, MM, no one knows IF or WHEN or HOW MUCH.	elleng	Apr 2013	#49
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
It's simple-- ignore everything you hear...	TreasonousBastard	Apr 2013	#92
It'll be gradual, and you'll need to do some math	tkmorris	Apr 2013	#55
The cuts will take effect as soon as 26 USC § 86 is amended and made applicable. Please see #64.	AnotherMcIntosh	Apr 2013	#83
Yeah, I know that. Thanks though.	tkmorris	Apr 2013	#155
There is no proposed cut to SS, only a change of how a COLA would be	sinkingfeeling	Apr 2013	#57
Thanks. That's true. There were no COLA increases for two years.	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#89
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
Hit the nail right on the head.	Hassin Bin Sober	Apr 2013	#85
"after all those years posting on Free Republic"	OhioChick	Apr 2013	#88
I did post on Free Republic, until I was banned in 2006	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#93
That story keeps changing, and YOU posted many times about your 'former' Freeper past that's the	Bluenorthwest	Apr 2013	#109
"You wrote lots of horrible anti gay things there"	The Link	Apr 2013	#147
He self-deleted all of those back when we had Meta.	Occulus	Apr 2013	#176
I think your worrying a little to much	GiveMeFreedom	Apr 2013	#198
+1	Marr	Apr 2013	#211
Anti-Freeping?	Wind Dancer	Apr 2013	#130
Zactly	Maven	Apr 2013	#139
Find some new material -- META is dead, get over it!!	CokeMachine	Apr 2013	#146
Ziiiiinnnnnggggg!!! Nice one! nt.	OldDem2012	Apr 2013	#82
You do harm to the Party by even suggesting cutting Social Security.	kentuck	Apr 2013	#91
Hell, I'm not suggesting that Social Security be cut.	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#95
People are responding to the actual content of your post, not the affected pose you wrap that	Bluenorthwest	Apr 2013	#99
I was asking an important question, though. The answer, of course, was	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#107
Passive aggressive posturing.	Bluenorthwest	Apr 2013	#113
Whatever you say...	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#118
Your question was answered in post #64.	AnotherMcIntosh	Apr 2013	#115
And several other times in this thread, as well.	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#117
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
Actually, it would be a big deal, if it were actually implemented.	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#125
do you not get it?	Skittles	Apr 2013	#135
Have you not noticed?	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#138
"President Obama's proposal has ensured that it will not be enacted"	Skittles	Apr 2013	#140
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
Lets put faces on your callousness and indifference.	bvar22	Apr 2013	#104
Rec	AnotherMcIntosh	Apr 2013	#112
There is no way that this stupid and cruel proposal can be justified	Jersey Devil	Apr 2013	#121
OK. Here's mine:	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#128
PERFECT!!!	bvar22	Apr 2013	#141
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! Who you calling elderly?	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#161
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
This message was self-deleted by its author	bvar22	Apr 2013	#166
You get 2 Zantis for taking this thread in a bizarre direction!	randome	Apr 2013	#167
SNAP!!!!!!	Number23	Apr 2013	#194
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
...	SammyWinstonJack	Apr 2013	#165
This thread is smartass crapola	Jersey Devil	Apr 2013	#114
Of course it is.	Hissyspit	Apr 2013	#129
Hyperbole	Life Long Dem	Apr 2013	#154
Grover Norquist calls it a tax increase.	randome	Apr 2013	#163
I caught that	Life Long Dem	Apr 2013	#164
Best summary in the thread. nt	woo me with science	Apr 2013	#188
Stupider and crueler than interning Japanese Americans	WonderGrunion	Apr 2013	#199
So you admit it is pretty far down there on the list then...	Pholus	Apr 2013	#204
You might want to add the execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg	Jersey Devil	Apr 2013	#206
Same as it ever was. nt	raouldukelives	Apr 2013	#200
Are you trying to talk us all into voting Republican?	aandegoons	Apr 2013	#119
Progressives and like minded individuals are fighting for your social security.	NCTraveler	Apr 2013	#122
I've been opposing Chained CPI in my communications with	MineralMan	Apr 2013	#132
The backlash against Obama was swift.	NCTraveler	Apr 2013	#136
But the Democratically controlled Senate is not in agreement, I'll wager.	randome	Apr 2013	#162
Dead? Not a chance.	bvar22	Apr 2013	#169
Ha!	greytdemocrat	Apr 2013	#142
Did you vote twice again?	randome	Apr 2013	#160
it won't be, it will be raised for inflation on a different formula	treestar	Apr 2013	#173
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
really stuck a nerve with this one..	DCBob	Apr 2013	#202
Yes. MM rally struck a nerve!	bvar22	Apr 2013	#208
He wasnt attacking those things..	DCBob	Apr 2013	#214
He was marginalizing and discounting the Righteous FURY of DEMOCRATS...	bvar22	Apr 2013	#215
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

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