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In reply to the discussion: Shameful - The Ho Hum Response To Cuts In SSDI. [View all]1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)68. Okay. n/t
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Well it is what America voted for so I guess people are going to get what they wanted
ChosenUnWisely
Jan 2015
#1
I didn't vote this! In a perfect world only those who did vote for this
SammyWinstonJack
Jan 2015
#38
As long as we have a secret ballot there would be no way to implement your suggestion.
totodeinhere
Jan 2015
#106
Our DEM "leaders" aren't interested in fair/accurate elections. If they were, they'd have done
blkmusclmachine
Jan 2015
#74
When it comes to money, R=D=I quite often. IMO the D's are owned by the same. To me, the D party
RKP5637
Jan 2015
#79
After we won a majority I could not understand why their first priority was not correcting this.
Enthusiast
Jan 2015
#93
I think the same, but how will we get out of this. Democracy is being strangled and many voters
RKP5637
Jan 2015
#80
Voter ID laws and voting machines might have had something to do with it but
totodeinhere
Jan 2015
#107
You know what people are sick of? Seeing SOME Dems going along with Republicans in just enough
sabrina 1
Jan 2015
#116
The Congressional record, which is public, reports what anyone in Congress says.
former9thward
Jan 2015
#25
Some will die, many more will suffer terribly, and this is the agenda of the teaparty and the
NoJusticeNoPeace
Jan 2015
#54
Well, Obama and Jamie Dimon whipped the votes for this, so it must be okay, right? Right?
djean111
Jan 2015
#3
Couldn't whip votes for Public Option, but found the energy to do so for Cromnibus.[n/t]
Maedhros
Jan 2015
#7
I do understand this was a Senate rule change. I am just still finding the fact that Jamie Dimon
djean111
Jan 2015
#98
This is not chained CPI this strictly blocks transfers? It doesn't get voted on? n/t
Autumn
Jan 2015
#71
It is shameful, thank you for trying. We have learned a lot about where we stand as a nation
sabrina 1
Jan 2015
#11
Busy, busy bees the mass media are these days avoiding coverage of the GOP.
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#14
I tell my family that they - the younger ones - need to fight for SS instead of just assume that the
jwirr
Jan 2015
#19
Unfortunately they found a way of doing this that does not involve either the Democratic members
jwirr
Jan 2015
#18
We can discuss it in here. We can scream and shout in here. What we can do is realistically minimal.
world wide wally
Jan 2015
#21
About $230/month, or about 20% across the board to every SSDI recipient at the end of 2016
pinboy3niner
Jan 2015
#89
Wow - That will have a devastating impact on the recipients. I just can't imagine.
Glimmer of Hope
Jan 2015
#91
Republican or Democratic, any rep or sen who isn't looking to raise taxes to fund OASDI
Yo_Mama
Jan 2015
#104