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In reply to the discussion: Does this really need to be explained on a liberal dem discussion site? yep. [View all]davidpdx
(22,000 posts)253. Those people will soil themselves screaming from the rafters
about cool-aid and use any means necessary including repeating false information.
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cali
Feb 2014
OP
Horseshit. No one has said Obama has cut SS. Plenty of people have said he has offered it up
Autumn
Feb 2014
#12
My Husband gets his just like clockwork. Never fails, it just shows up like magic.
Autumn
Feb 2014
#134
I bet Cali_Democrat is confusing SSI disability checks with Social Security retirement checks.
pnwmom
Feb 2014
#142
But those checks could be stopped if the SSI people decided the disability no longer applied,
pnwmom
Feb 2014
#167
I think it was an honest mistake, since both payments are made by the Social Security administration
pnwmom
Feb 2014
#170
Are you confusing SSI disability payments --which can be stopped if someone's disability improves --
pnwmom
Feb 2014
#141
Obama can't unilaterally increase the COLA adjustment, which was set by Congress.
pnwmom
Feb 2014
#238
When they become absurd, I smell desperation. They have no rational arguments so they
rhett o rick
Feb 2014
#85
I'm beginning to observe a certain level of irrational thought processeses in play..
2banon
Feb 2014
#272
I didnt get it to mean that SS was dead, but that having a Democratic president offer it up
rhett o rick
Feb 2014
#291
And a hearty good morning to yourself. I have no delusion that we will defeat the giant, but
rhett o rick
Feb 2014
#303
Do you have a link for that? I'm not aware of any Obama-decreed cuts to Social Security. nt
pnwmom
Feb 2014
#138
There isn't a cut on the list and all the figures are the result of laws passed by Congress.
pnwmom
Feb 2014
#237
You do know he never offered it right? I can't see why the White House says it's off the table now.
Autumn
Feb 2014
#74
no kidding why do u think he did it. it's for that reason, pave the way,make it easier for the
leftyohiolib
Feb 2014
#10
It was annoying when Kucinich would play politics, too. It lends these charlatans
Egalitarian Thug
Feb 2014
#18
+10000 Not only that, the threats were used to implement real austerity.
woo me with science
Feb 2014
#19
thank you so much for that post- though of course it will be ignored by the adoring fans
cali
Feb 2014
#21
You clearly misunderstand. Looks like she likes Democrats just fine. But conservatives, not so much.
rhett o rick
Feb 2014
#83
Conservatives want to privatize Social Security. You call yourself a conservative, does
rhett o rick
Feb 2014
#296
If this were the "President's plan"... he wouldn't have withdrawn it
ConservativeDemocrat
Feb 2014
#309
And once again you use insults to try to hide that you are not committing yourself.
rhett o rick
Feb 2014
#310
Every Democrat, every American, should be sick of the constant Third Way implication
KoKo
Feb 2014
#87
You're kidding yourself if you think this OP and their dwindling fans will stop
Number23
Feb 2014
#293
IMHO, the disconnect comes from President Obama being exactly what he is cali.
fleabiscuit
Feb 2014
#66
Even if he did withdraw the proposal, it should never have been on the table in the first place
eridani
Feb 2014
#219
Social Security is too critical to EVER be used that way by a Democrat, period. n/t
eridani
Feb 2014
#297
You must lack reading comprehension skills. Chained CPI is STILL on the table.
djean111
Feb 2014
#55
No offense, but unless you are actually OBAMA, you are in no position to say definitively
djean111
Feb 2014
#65
it's still on the table. he didn't foreswear future cuts and sign in blood
Pretzel_Warrior
Feb 2014
#149
And your outrage lands on what others have to say. How easy to never commit oneself.
rhett o rick
Feb 2014
#304
You have a lot of fucking nerve calling someone a liar. Get the fuck over yourself. n/t
ProSense
Feb 2014
#254
Yep. Kinda like being grateful that your spouse didn't poison your coffee after all.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2014
#69
Yep. Kinda like being grateful that your spouse didn't poison your coffee after all.
djean111
Feb 2014
#71
I'm glad the President has decided not to put chained CPI in his budget this year.
stage left
Feb 2014
#73
Right! Now it will always be on the table. The pukes will always be shooting for it. It used to
Ed Suspicious
Feb 2014
#80
thanks for an excellent post…one of the ones that help make sense of
BlancheSplanchnik
Feb 2014
#202
Once a dem put it on the table, it will be put on the table again until they take the cleaver to it.
CrispyQ
Feb 2014
#122
they couldn't describe any detail while they were having a case of the vapors
Skittles
Feb 2014
#186
LOL, so when Obama does something right we should praise him, but when he does something wrong....
Logical
Feb 2014
#185
+1,000. BHO legitimized hacking away at Social Security and the Safety Net, DEM & GOP alike.
blkmusclmachine
Feb 2014
#177
Now, now Cali, if you aren't grateful the budget doesn't include the misguided and stupid policy
TheKentuckian
Feb 2014
#195
thank you for explaining this. As preposterous as it may seem - some people here genuinely
Douglas Carpenter
Feb 2014
#206
Repetition is key. It makes the idea mainstream and makes eventual cuts inevitable.
jsr
Feb 2014
#211
"EXACTLY" The mainstream media and the pundits of the "sensible center" have been pushing
Douglas Carpenter
Feb 2014
#213
then he shouldn't have proposed cuts to Social Security benefits in next years budget and
Douglas Carpenter
Feb 2014
#222
I would only qualify that by specifying on economic issues the right-wing has achieved total victory
Douglas Carpenter
Feb 2014
#229
Thank you. It's unbelievable that anyone would even TRY to 'explain' why he has 'taken it off the
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#241
Are you saying Obama was lying?? Are you stating we should not believe him when he
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#243
Great post from Bvar as usual. I remember the last convoluted chess story re CPI
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#288
And don't forget that before we were presented with the latest explanation as to why
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#286