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Miles Archer

(22,414 posts) Thu Oct 18, 2018, 09:00 AM Oct 2018

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Reagan, 1984: Social Security has nothing to do with balancing the budget or erasing deficits [View all]

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Reagan, 1984: Social Security has nothing to do with balancing the budget or erasing deficits [View all] Miles Archer Oct 2018 OP

McConnell is lying to The People. CrispyQ Oct 2018 #1

That's right boys and girls, SS is NOT an entitlement. It's a fund that you've paid into. ffr Oct 2018 #2

You don't understand the word entitlement. It IS an entitlement. Entitlement means that you still_one Oct 2018 #3

"the belief that one is inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment" ffr Oct 2018 #7

I am telling you what the word means with regards to annuities, pensions, and social security still_one Oct 2018 #9

Why are you attacking me then? ffr Oct 2018 #13

I am not attacking you, and apologize if it came across that way, but a lot of people misunderstand still_one Oct 2018 #14

So you are saying people aren't entitled to it? n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2018 #6

Open mouth and insert. See above. ffr Oct 2018 #8

Two most important take aways are Congress has been stealinng from the Social Security fund for still_one Oct 2018 #4

Sorry, but that's a myth debunked on the Social Security website... PoliticAverse Oct 2018 #5

the problem is BigGermanGuy Oct 2018 #10

Absolutely, but it also needs to be seperated from general fund use as Gore wanted to do still_one Oct 2018 #12

There was nothing I said that was false. I said Congress has been taking money that was paid from still_one Oct 2018 #11

But that's a silly way to put it and only further aids the republican smears of SS. Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2018 #16

I have no disagreement with anything you have posted, Social Security funds are required to purchase still_one Oct 2018 #17

still_one, I agree with you completely RVN VET71 Oct 2018 #18

We are all on the same page there RVN. McConnell and the republicans are lying their butts off, and still_one Oct 2018 #20

Ahh. I see what you are saying. Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2018 #21

Yes, but I didn't word it right, and no doubt I here was hyperbole on my part still_one Oct 2018 #22

That was then. What would Reagan say now. MarcA Oct 2018 #15

Yep. They need to run it without comment. Non-stop. Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2018 #19

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