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In reply to the discussion: Pic Of The Moment: Chained CPI: Are You Sure You Want To Do That? [View all]lark
(26,081 posts)19. My guess is EarlG cares about working people
more than he does the president who would cut the ability of retired seniors to have a semi-decent standard of living.
In other words, he's not one of the cult of personality folks that frequent this board who care little for policy measures and just want to "support their man" regardless of what he does.
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What's the retirement system for a President who represents the interest of ordinary Americans?
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#4
The way things are going, it sounds like our political offices are traded like stocks on Wall Street
midnight
Apr 2013
#14
It sure is beginning to look that way.... I don't know if you recall news coverage of Goldman Sachs
midnight
Apr 2013
#41
they claim it is us "leftwing social security concern trolls" who are hysterical and frothing.
boilerbabe
Apr 2013
#50
The last two senators before Obama: LBJ and JFK. Governors? Carter, Reagan, Clinton and Bush II.
ieoeja
Apr 2013
#29
he should stand up for seniors & stop throwing bones he doesn't believe in, then
wordpix
Apr 2013
#46