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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]plethoro
(594 posts)9. Total baloney. We've had ultra low interest rates for a long time. Once they take off and inflation
rears its head, that chained CPI will kill thousands. Switch from Starbucks to coffee? This is what you've gotten out of the chained CPI methodology? Jesus...Get a calculator that does present value quotes and start using comparisons between real CPI and chained CPI rates for 20 years.
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HiPointDem
Dec 2012
OP
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