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onetexan

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23. Funny you should say that. We have a candidate you seem to endorse whose life expectancy
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 07:24 PM
Feb 2020

worries the rest of us.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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Or one who advocated for socialism. brush Feb 2020 #1
advocates* (present-tense) CalFione Feb 2020 #2
Yes. I stand corrected. brush Feb 2020 #13
Um..."advocates" brooklynite Feb 2020 #3
Yes. brush Feb 2020 #14
You're referring, of course, to Bernie. But you're Eyeball_Kid Feb 2020 #9
All well and good but he called himself a socialist for decades but in more recent years... brush Feb 2020 #18
Sanders has said similar, he phrased it as "adjustments" to Social Security. George II Feb 2020 #4
Adjustment and cuts are two entirely different animals but you know that, Uncle Joe Feb 2020 #5
no Deero Feb 2020 #6
Yes, try the dictionary Uncle Joe Feb 2020 #10
Just as freezes and cuts are two entirely different animals "but you know that... George II Feb 2020 #7
A freeze is De Facto a cut unless someone can freeze inflation. Uncle Joe Feb 2020 #12
Just as an "adjustment" is a cut. It works both ways, you know. George II Feb 2020 #15
A freeze is not both ways nor is a cut. Uncle Joe Feb 2020 #16
Pot calling Kettle black onetexan Feb 2020 #22
Both of those things are moderate proposals supported by actuarial evidence. apcalc Feb 2020 #8
Life expectancy has been dropping in the U.S. because of our profit over health care system. Uncle Joe Feb 2020 #17
Maybe because of that. I have read opioid deaths , maternal and infant mortality are the reason apcalc Feb 2020 #20
Funny you should say that. We have a candidate you seem to endorse whose life expectancy onetexan Feb 2020 #23
Where are you getting that "stat" that Eyeball_Kid Feb 2020 #19
That reflects the gradual acceptance of what Reagan et al apcalc Feb 2020 #21
I disagree. The usual policies won't matter at all. unitedwethrive Feb 2020 #11
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