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1. I forgot to add that this is the viral meme that is enraging the GOP base right now

Mon Mar 24, 2014, 01:33 PM

Mar 2014

with no context whatsoever. It was Rand Pauls budget last Dec. which passed (to avoid another shut-down) and the cuts were restored almost unanimously in February anyway. This is a good example of how the Reichwing propaganda machine works.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/12/20/Veterans-Conservatives-Destroy-Paul-Ryan-on-Social-Media-Over-Pension-Cuts

http://www.minnpost.com/dc-dispatches/2014/02/reversing-course-congress-restores-military-pension-increases

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Senators who voted to cut the pensions of US military veterans. [View all] ErikJ Mar 2014 OP

I saw this on Facebook a couple of weeks ago Mojorabbit Mar 2014 #2

There must have been some other Politicalboi Mar 2014 #3

another reason Karma13612 Feb 2016 #4