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In reply to the discussion: Krugman: Rumors of a Deal (WTF?) - updated [View all]aquart
(69,014 posts)24. So billionaires can stay rich? NO!
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a majority of both democratic & republican voters support raising taxes on the rich. if this is
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#55
Social Security has nothing to do with the deficit, assuming even the deficit is important enough
byeya
Dec 2012
#2
+1. if he goes for cuts, that's about it for me and the democratic party, i.e. the republican-lite
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#70
It was said by many on this board that entitlement cuts would be made by the lame duck
plethoro
Dec 2012
#36
If this is true, there are several on DU that should seriously consider self exile.
A Simple Game
Dec 2012
#51
And it's been made abundantly clear in that post that this is JUST A RUMOR.
BlueCaliDem
Dec 2012
#60
you think they can make $400 billion in cuts to medicare & it won't affect recipients? i gotta
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#84
Yes, I do. You're forgetting that we now have the PPACA and a public option on its
BlueCaliDem
Dec 2012
#96
I think obama is much more presidential than bush was and michelle has been one of the best
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#105
if the white house didn't want the terms to be public, i assume they wouldn't have released them.
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#107
it'll eventually be a ticket to the cemetery, because the cuts don't end after 10 years.
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#85
Oh good, so despite two years straight of zero SS COLA, the CPI they used is too lavish?
DJ13
Dec 2012
#6
Actually, the official CPI used for older Americans shows *higher* inflation than what's used now
MannyGoldstein
Dec 2012
#12
What do Robert Reich & Senator Sanders say? Sanders has spoken strongly against CPI, right? Is this
patrice
Dec 2012
#23
you can say so, but right now it stands are $100B from military, $130B from SS, $400B from medical.
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#86
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-boehner-meet-as-debt-talks-intensify/2012/12/17/6b43c24
wilsonbooks
Dec 2012
#41
Manny, if it gets bad they will do something in a few years ASSUMING the economy is doing well.
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#73
And he also said chained CPI is a small price to pay for rest of deal, like no Medicare age increase
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#74
What stimulus money do you even begin to think a new mass transit system there is?
TheKentuckian
Dec 2012
#82
In the end it's up to us to put pressure on congress to say no if this is true.
loyalkydem
Dec 2012
#49
I think we should cut Congress. That would be a HUGE savings, in graft alone.
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#78
Much like the deficit reduction act of 2005...the poor and middle class will have less
adirondacker
Dec 2012
#69
seems like we're doing a hell of a lot of sacrificing while the bankster class's profits just keep
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#77
No problem. Obama will veto any bill that cuts SS, Medicare, or other social programs.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Dec 2012
#90