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truedelphi

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12. Unfortunately my Congress Person is a guy
Wed Dec 5, 2012, 05:18 PM
Dec 2012

Who "proudly" states that he is a Blue Dog. He is to the far right of someone like Dwight Eisenhower, and even Richard Nixon.

Back in 2011, he ran around his district, where I live, with this silly "pie chart" that shows the federal government is making huge payments to Social Security recipients.

A friend of a friend of mine, attempted to let him know that this pie chart was erroneous - that Social Security is its own damn fund, and that the monies paid to SS recipients are not adding to the budget - Social Security has a 2.1 trillion dollar surplus.

He was always very careful not to call on her, and made sure to not let her present him and the audience with the facts.

Sen Feinstein could care less, unless it is a matter that her husband Richard Blum, can make millions off of. And Senator Barbara Boxer's staff has been infiltrated with people who don't let her know what the public is calling her about.

I will call Maxine Waters, and give her my support, and Pete DeFazio, and Garmendi. As they are not bought and paid for or pushed out of the loop.

Oh and one more thing - I really hope that after the dust settles, companies like truedelphi Dec 2012 #1
K&R nt abelenkpe Dec 2012 #2
PARTISAN sacrifice. pansypoo53219 Dec 2012 #3
Have you sent this as a letter to the president? democrattotheend Dec 2012 #4
Real estate is a lot riskier than stocks because it is LEVERAGED. dkf Dec 2012 #5
UH, NO ONE SAID THAT REAL ESTATE IS NOT LEVERAGED. truedelphi Dec 2012 #6
It is EASY to lose money when you use leverage. dkf Dec 2012 #9
It is not at all the reason we bailed out the banks. truedelphi Dec 2012 #10
Kick.. butterfly77 Dec 2012 #7
Congressional and rich and corporate sacrifice! ananda Dec 2012 #8
The president has asked us to contact Congress. He cannot do anything to the Budget. Liberal_Stalwart71 Dec 2012 #11
Unfortunately my Congress Person is a guy truedelphi Dec 2012 #12
WOW! Your Rep is a jerk! The Blue Dogs will destroy this entire process. I wish we didn't have to Liberal_Stalwart71 Dec 2012 #14
Oh and one more thought - truedelphi Dec 2012 #13
That is true, but that gets us nowhere, now does it? We STILL need legislation that protects Liberal_Stalwart71 Dec 2012 #15
Sorry to reveal my age, but in my day, truedelphi Dec 2012 #17
Sorry. Big Three: SS, Medicare, Medicaid :) Liberal_Stalwart71 Dec 2012 #19
Thanks! n/t truedelphi Dec 2012 #20
Excellent read! I hope people take the time to pass this around. I know I will. DaniDubois Dec 2012 #16
Thank you DaniDubois. truedelphi Dec 2012 #18
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