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

Reply to RVN VET71 (Reply #18)

Thu Oct 18, 2018, 08:35 PM

Oct 2018

the Democrats better get out in front of this

Just before the financial implosion that is exactly what bush was trying to do "privatize part of social social security".

You are darn right, Wall Street wants to get their hand on that money, and with the short memories Americans seem to have, it is vital that Democrats have to be very aggressive and vocal just what they are trying to do

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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