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In reply to the discussion: When some one says SS or MC will go broke [View all]Proud Corporate Dem
(43 posts)29. We got the ACA Health Care reform. We got birth control covered by health insurance.
We successfully waged the war on terror to keep America safe from terror.
So don't act like you didn't get anything.
Anyway the other party is actually worse. Those are your realistic choices.
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Sorry but there is really no comparison. Defense is funded out of general revenues.
Proud Corporate Dem
Aug 2012
#1
Actually, there is a surplus due to illegals who work but never draw SS.
liberal N proud
Aug 2012
#86
The tax cuts for the rich have been funded from those IOUs as have the military
JDPriestly
Aug 2012
#77
Ha ha ha. That's funny. Did you actually miss the point or are you just being obtuse?
geckosfeet
Aug 2012
#4
I must have this wrong, are you implying that we need to hyper-fund the MIC to buy votes?
Dragonfli
Aug 2012
#20
Then it is too late to "win" anything, if they own us so completely, our party is theirs
Dragonfli
Aug 2012
#27
We got the ACA Health Care reform. We got birth control covered by health insurance.
Proud Corporate Dem
Aug 2012
#29
I keep feeling like I'm missing some sarcasm tags with your comments. The
coalition_unwilling
Aug 2012
#69
I actually think privatizing the space program was one of the smartest moves he could have made.
Proud Corporate Dem
Aug 2012
#76
We got Heritage foundation policy that shovels cash to those that only deny health care
Dragonfli
Aug 2012
#90
LOL you may laugh, but remember we can't get anything done if we don't win.
Proud Corporate Dem
Aug 2012
#43
The corporate world and the Progressive movement are anti-thetical to each other
EvolveOrConvolve
Aug 2012
#53
You make the assumption that I'm not working for the things that matter
EvolveOrConvolve
Aug 2012
#64
I'm not even saying it is a good thing. I'm just saying it is a fact of life.
Proud Corporate Dem
Aug 2012
#70
That's the attitude that perpetuates the maintanence of the status-quo
EvolveOrConvolve
Aug 2012
#78
No it is true. Just ask the members of the Congressinal Drone Caucus.
Proud Corporate Dem
Aug 2012
#30
Defense spending is most certainly 'optional' - it's a shitty option, especially
coalition_unwilling
Aug 2012
#52
There are a lot of people on this board that need to learn more about how
A Simple Game
Aug 2012
#22
"Medicare for All" is not realistic. There is no support for it. It is a radical fringe position.
Proud Corporate Dem
Aug 2012
#23
Hardly irrelevant. It is the view of the vast majority of Congress and the President.
Proud Corporate Dem
Aug 2012
#47
And every single one of those politicians could be replaced inside of six years.
Ikonoklast
Aug 2012
#50
Well I don't have to assert it to strongly. I guess we just disagree.
Proud Corporate Dem
Aug 2012
#54
Well it's realistic in many countries that are less prosperous than the US. You must have a very ..
Scuba
Aug 2012
#71
It is a fringe posistion in Congress and among Presidential candidates.
Proud Corporate Dem
Aug 2012
#45
A slim majority of even Republican voters support, at minimum, a "public option".
ronnie624
Aug 2012
#62
I'm talking about "fringe" as in "snowballs chance in hell of ever passing"
Proud Corporate Dem
Aug 2012
#63
alrighty then... fair is fair. Medicare For All or else Medicare For None. Medicare for Some?
Tuesday Afternoon
Aug 2012
#66
No. Eventually these programs, Social Security and Medicare, will have to be funded
JDPriestly
Aug 2012
#75
Ithe programs aren't funded from the TF's, they're funded from FICA taxes. The TFs are a
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#82
And we would still have the biggest military in the world! Our military budget is what
Dustlawyer
Aug 2012
#11
With SS, I'd throw it back at them and ask, does 'fully funded to 2038' sound like a crisis?
reformist2
Aug 2012
#8
In fact, the same arguments were made when Republicans fought the passage of the original
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2012
#17
The government will spend money depending on the priorities of hte people we vote for
gollygee
Aug 2012
#36
Good one! I usually say, only if you allow that. It's up to you. Political will.
freshwest
Aug 2012
#88