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Dont call me Shirley

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Cutting Medicare by $700 Million to fund failed Trade Adjustment Assistance and fuck us [View all] cali Jun 2015 OP

K&R! marym625 Jun 2015 #1

I think the Medicare thing was just theater - so the Dems who want to vote yes ANYWAY can djean111 Jun 2015 #2

I wouldn't be a bit surprised. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #51

Do we know specifically aspirant Jun 2015 #3

Seems nobody knows,,,,, but it must be true,,,, its on the Internet! Cryptoad Jun 2015 #36

Where else they gonna go? BKH70041 Jun 2015 #4

They won't put boots on the ground. That's what many have said cali Jun 2015 #5

Your right on that Robbins Jun 2015 #8

no Robbins Jun 2015 #6

The question is aspirant Jun 2015 #7

Hangin' at St. Barth's, Martha's Vinyard, Gstaad w/ her homies. Divernan Jun 2015 #10

Well, lucky for her, she won't need TAA assistance, to land a new job. Fuddnik Jun 2015 #13

Testify! MannyGoldstein Jun 2015 #9

+1 daleanime Jun 2015 #11

Manny that quote is pure gold, Autumn Jun 2015 #12

We held off President Sarah Palin once MannyGoldstein Jun 2015 #41

couldn't have said it better myself. nt tomp Jun 2015 #21

Yup, lol. Can't add to that, really. closeupready Jun 2015 #28

Yep old guy Jun 2015 #40

Lol! neverforget Jun 2015 #46

That's what was asked about the LGBT community in 2009. Betty Karlson Jun 2015 #26

Load of horse shit. LGBT voters are not idiots. We vote. We do hard core politics. Bluenorthwest Jun 2015 #38

Well, I'm happy to stand corrected on this one. Betty Karlson Jun 2015 #39

What a rude post. CrispyQ Jun 2015 #37

I am stunned by what a prick you are. Seriously. stillwaiting Jun 2015 #47

You forgot to tell us,,, Cryptoad Jun 2015 #14

You forgot to look it up. Fuddnik Jun 2015 #15

No I ,,,, i never ask question I dont already know the answer Cryptoad Jun 2015 #16

If you know the answer, aspirant Jun 2015 #17

No . the point was not seeking the answer Cryptoad Jun 2015 #35

No, the point was for you to claim it is false without providing any evidence. jeff47 Jun 2015 #42

My post was in response to the origal OP before it was edited Cryptoad Jun 2015 #43

Your math is off by a factor of 1000x. geek tragedy Jun 2015 #18

thanks. I know it's millions not billions. dope moment for me. cali Jun 2015 #32

I believe the proposed Medicare cut is $700 MILLION (0.1% of Medicare costs), not $700 BILLION. pampango Jun 2015 #19

"We know this trade deal is so bad it's gonna cost $700M to retrain workers who lose their jobs, so Scuba Jun 2015 #20

+1,000,000,000 Dont call me Shirley Jun 2015 #24

When my spouse was laid off in 2008 he tried to apply for TAA fasttense Jun 2015 #22

+1 mountain grammy Jun 2015 #27

Thanks for the explanation. Helped my understanding of this issue. dmosh42 Jun 2015 #29

Some companies have openly stated they were closing plants and moving to Mexico Art_from_Ark Jun 2015 #33

Yes, but was it your job that moved? fasttense Jun 2015 #48

It wasn't my job that moved Art_from_Ark Jun 2015 #50

K & R Dont call me Shirley Jun 2015 #23

Weird allinthegame Jun 2015 #25

How does TAA help long term unemployed who were hoping to get another job as the painfully slow Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #30

TAA "training": Repeat slowly: You want fries with that? Divernan Jun 2015 #45

If this TPP was good there should be no need for any doc03 Jun 2015 #31

But we aren't going to lose any jobs because of this agreement, according Guy Whitey Corngood Jun 2015 #34

You have to spin it the right way Babel_17 Jun 2015 #44

K&R octoberlib Jun 2015 #49