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Art_from_Ark

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22. This has got to be one of the most disingenuous cartoons I've ever seen on DU

Reply to treestar (Reply #3)

Thu Apr 11, 2013, 08:37 PM

Apr 2013

Last edited Thu Apr 11, 2013, 10:01 PM - Edit history (1)

It gives the ridiculous impression that Granny will be getting way more in Social Security than she will need, but for the vast majority of Social Security recipients, that is just not the case.

A much more realistic cartoon would show Granny with almost no hair at all, with the barber still trying to cut it, and Granny desperately trying to get out of the chair and shouting, "No more cutting, dammit!"

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Wait a minute...since when was proposing cuts to the safety net a step towards "the center"? [View all] YoungDemCA Apr 2013 OP

Only people with no skin in the game are saying that. ForgoTheConsequence Apr 2013 #1

Exactly right, it's all bullshit that the administration is trying to shove down our throats bowens43 Apr 2013 #2

Is it possible that... xtraxritical Apr 2013 #20

It could mean being equally intransigent treestar Apr 2013 #3

That picture puts nothing in perspective. ForgoTheConsequence Apr 2013 #5

+1 MNBrewer Apr 2013 #25

I saw this in the Tennessean this morning....... socialist_n_TN Apr 2013 #7

It doesn't matter, the capitalist pigs will lie Rex Apr 2013 #10

this is the "centrist" argument noiretextatique Apr 2013 #16

we'll just have to agree to disagree on that cartoon...n/t tokenlib Apr 2013 #8

Ah, it's only a small cut. rug Apr 2013 #11

Hair is a better metaphor treestar Apr 2013 #12

Hair is dead. The elderly and disabled are not. rug Apr 2013 #15

and you think that's just fine? noiretextatique Apr 2013 #18

So it lessens the ability for people on SS to keep up with inflation MNBrewer Apr 2013 #26

"Equally intransigent" would be true if those "small tax hikes" on the rich PA Democrat Apr 2013 #13

The moral underpinnings of this salib Apr 2013 #19

This has got to be one of the most disingenuous cartoons I've ever seen on DU Art_from_Ark Apr 2013 #22

Given the number of Republicans that are also opposed to cutting SS, it's a loser winter is coming Apr 2013 #4

i think it has something to do with electing a dem. xchrom Apr 2013 #6

It is not, our leaders got caught acting really stupid Rex Apr 2013 #9

bs MSM spin noiretextatique Apr 2013 #14

Left - Center - Right. Zorra Apr 2013 #17

Even 54% of REPUBLICANS !!! oppose cutting SS with chained CPI : Faryn Balyncd Apr 2013 #21

Check out this poll, even stronger opposition Babel_17 Apr 2013 #29

Since washington politicians started paying trolls to spout propaganda on DU fascisthunter Apr 2013 #23

K&R MotherPetrie Apr 2013 #24

See? That is the plan...propose radical stuff like Ryan's budget Evergreen Emerald Apr 2013 #27

Agreed. I've earned my credentials here for being a moderate (in the # of people ignoring me)... Honeycombe8 Apr 2013 #28