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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders ‘Nervous’ About Obama’s Talk Of Entitlement Reform [View all]
colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)24. Me Too Bernie
How about "Entitlement" cuts to the Defense budget?
Medicare, Medicaid, these are people' lives. Taxing the rich at about 40% means maybe one less beach house for them. But the rich have more money to bribe...err lobby them.
Where we are now in the revenue/expenditure equation is a result of a 40 year strategy by the right to influence the conversation and the political baseline in the US. The baseline has obviously moved considerably to the right. Republicans made little or no noise about a 91% top rate in the 50s, now they see it as outrageous to raise it to 39.6.
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The middle and poverty HAVE been paying, sacrificing, it's not our turn anymore.
Lionessa
Nov 2012
#8
"Reasonable" means fucking us some more so that the rich and the corporations
TheKentuckian
Nov 2012
#26
does anyone know of any good and informative documentaries about Social Security...?
BlueMan Votes
Nov 2012
#9
Not only is that true, but all they need to do is raise the cap and there is no social security
still_one
Nov 2012
#43
if they remove the cap- they'll have to raise benefits at the top end of the spectrum.
BlueMan Votes
Nov 2012
#44
Not until someone can name at least ONE SINGLE THING the rich have sacrificed.
JaneyVee
Nov 2012
#15
Yet we ship 500 million taxpayer dollars to Uganda every year to help them Genocide their gay folks.
blkmusclmachine
Nov 2012
#23
I anticipate raising the cap and raising retirement for full benefits even more.
SleeplessinSoCal
Nov 2012
#27
With the President's Senior Advisor talking about cuts to Medicare & Medicaid, he should be! (VIDEO)
Poll_Blind
Nov 2012
#32
Entitlement reform could mean a number of modifications, some of which are beneficial.
bluestate10
Nov 2012
#33
This makes me nervous too, only the rich should have to pay at this point as they've
diane in sf
Nov 2012
#41
The only reason Obama would tack right is because the US Senate can't deliver progressive bills.
Selatius
Nov 2012
#42
With Bernie as usual. The next month will tell, but it's looking like I'm going to be right again.
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#45
