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HiPointDem

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15. Blankfein was just quoted in the press saying he likes obama's deficit plan. And however

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 09:21 AM

Nov 2012

humble his origins, he's currently a billionaire lobbying to raise the age for medicare and SS and having super-duper private meetings with the president.

Last night, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein came out of the CEO meeting with President Obama and said that the President's plan to avert the fiscal cliff was "very credible."

It's still not clear what mix of spending cuts and tax hikes Obama is focusing on, but we do know that Blankfein, like many other CEOs, thinks that an increase in the retirement age is something that we should be shooting for as a way to alleviate the perceived entitlement crisis.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/interview-with-james-galbraith-on-lowering-the-retirement-age-and-the-fiscal-cliff-2012-11#ixzz2DhgvJmNf

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Change is happening because President Obama & friends are the community organizer that he is [View all] graham4anything Nov 2012 OP

I take it you've renounced your support of Mayor Bloomberg Union Scribe Nov 2012 #1

No, he loves Bloomy. LAGC Nov 2012 #2

Bloomberg was is and always will be a liberal dem from Mass- further left than Kerry/Warren combined graham4anything Nov 2012 #5

Obama's been great on guns. LAGC Nov 2012 #7

A redwood doesn't grow in a minute & Rev. Al Sharpton is the singular in media who tells the truth graham4anything Nov 2012 #9

Thomas Jefferson was a great man, and regretted owning slaves clear up to his last dying breath. LAGC Nov 2012 #13

Regrets after the fact are meaningless. Lee Atwater also apolozied at the end. graham4anything Nov 2012 #16

That was the least coherent thing I've ever read on DU. Union Scribe Dec 2012 #23

I am tired of the smears against Mike Bloomberg the person.You know not what you speak. graham4anything Nov 2012 #20

Get this through your fucking skull: Union Scribe Dec 2012 #22

actually, he is the single #1 biggest environmentalist of all time. #1 that is. Not #2 #1 graham4anything Dec 2012 #28

You support Republican union busting and offshoring. Union Scribe Dec 2012 #34

Did I miss something? vi5 Nov 2012 #3

You missed waking up in the morning and opening your eyes to the beautiful sunshine awaiting the new graham4anything Nov 2012 #4

Arne Duncan bio on wiki-sounds like someone to be a good role model for future generations graham4anything Nov 2012 #17

duncan? union busting private school duncan? madrchsod Dec 2012 #38

Lloyd Blankfein likes Obama's deficit reduction plan = bad news for the masses. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #6

There is a line in the sand. You got Jeb Bush in 2016 or Obama's pick Hillary. graham4anything Nov 2012 #8

what does any of that have to do with what i said? HiPointDem Nov 2012 #10

Post removed Post removed Nov 2012 #11

your post is about the changes obama is bringing. the most immediate change on the horizon HiPointDem Nov 2012 #14

You say, "63% of anti-Wall Street yappers" are anti-semites Union Scribe Dec 2012 #35

hillary is not going to run for president madrchsod Dec 2012 #39

oh wait, I see now, I googled Lloyd Blankfein's name and aha, I get it. graham4anything Nov 2012 #12

Blankfein was just quoted in the press saying he likes obama's deficit plan. And however HiPointDem Nov 2012 #15

When a person retires, they normally die soon after (actuary #s). People live longer are now working graham4anything Nov 2012 #18

BTW- the plan has been adopted? I thought there was no plan at this point graham4anything Nov 2012 #19

actually, forecasted life expectancy at age 65 is just 5 years longer than when SS was HiPointDem Nov 2012 #21

Again, if you can get a health system like France has (#1 in the world), what you gain outweighs the graham4anything Dec 2012 #27

we don't have a system like france's & we're not going to. more likely that france will have HiPointDem Dec 2012 #31

Your latest piece of performance art is derivative and cartoonish Fumesucker Dec 2012 #25

So the GOP is doing oldsters a favor by not wanting them to retire. Union Scribe Dec 2012 #36

You're my favorite new performance artist. I look forward to all your posts! Bonobo Dec 2012 #24

I thought the Three Stooges were awesome Fumesucker Dec 2012 #26

Benny Hill is anti-women now. Obama slew the Knight who said Ni in 2012. graham4anything Dec 2012 #30

Yeah, but the Stooges were a one note samba while Benny Hill was a smorgasbord Fumesucker Dec 2012 #32

Study: American Households Hit 43-Year Low In Net Worth MannyGoldstein Dec 2012 #29

please consider an OP. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #33

Oh sure. And again get called a vomit-slurping paid Republican agent of Karl Rove? MannyGoldstein Dec 2012 #37