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In reply to the discussion: Chained CPI: If my heating bill goes up & I stop heating my house, my bill didn't really go up. [View all]Ed Suspicious
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Chained CPI: If my heating bill goes up & I stop heating my house, my bill didn't really go up. [View all]
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
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if medical bills get too high, i'll just remove my own tumor -- or maybe have the neighbor do it!
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#3
Charter hospitals, staffed not by real doctors and nurses, but by folks who just want to try it.
Scuba
Dec 2012
#22
it's a logical extension of the 'five weeks' training & you can be a teacher!' theme. surgeons will
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#24
We live in Southern California and have a relatively small house, but we only heat the front part
JDPriestly
Dec 2012
#4
Yeah. Their illogic is astounding. Old people buying cat food instead of tuna is a substitution--noy
Pretzel_Warrior
Dec 2012
#5
Wrong analogy. If you drink coffee and don't go to Starbucks, you can still drink coffee.
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#7
bullshit. the average SS benefit is $1200 a month, & 1/3 of recipients rely on SS for 90% or more
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#8
yeah, seniors are fat, therefore we can steal the money they paid into SS during their working
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#11
Could it be you are only thinking of yourself? Me, I am for higher taxes for all but the poor
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#23
you must be a mole working against the democrats, your arguments are so bad.
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#25
You are for higher taxes on the poor too, sales taxes are among the heaviest taxes the poor pay
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#26
no, as I said those making under $50,000 don't pay any tax, across the board
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#33
If Office Max operates in your state, you DO pay sales tax when you order OM stuff online.
spooky3
Dec 2012
#59
NO to anarchy. and Obama's REAL fans love what he is doing in total and not based on one wedge
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#57
But nobody is touching today's seniors money. That is the red herring in these hate Obama threads
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#27
Why do so many poor people struggle with weight problems? Because good nutritional food
1monster
Dec 2012
#16
That's why I do love Mike Bloomberg & what he has done to reframe health care in NYC
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#28
The 55,000 Boomers who died in VietNam thank you. The rest of us in our 60's don't do Starbucks.
WinkyDink
Dec 2012
#30
Total baloney. We've had ultra low interest rates for a long time. Once they take off and inflation
plethoro
Dec 2012
#9
Well, what about my health insurance? Gone up 15% every year for 20 years, except for last 2
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#29
The SS FAQ says there are 38 million beneficiaries 65 or older. Avg check in Oct 2012 is $1132.
jtuck004
Dec 2012
#17
if 1/3 of people were getting a social security check that would be over 100 million people.
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#18
Again, this isn't affecting any one retired now, therefore the whining is misplaced.
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#31
but it *will* affect people who are retired now, & people soon to retire, and basically everyone
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#35
That's right; it will affect everyone receiving Social Security now and in the future. n/t
eShirl
Dec 2012
#39
If human food is too expensive and I decide to live on cat food, the price of food went down
meow2u3
Dec 2012
#45
I get your point- but everyone's bills would drop drastically if we stopped Koch brothers
No Compromise
Dec 2012
#49
I haven't heated mine in three years. Of course I live in CA but it's been down to
Cleita
Dec 2012
#51
my ecological footprint will also go down when i die of hypothermia. what's your point?
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#55