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9. He can take care of that real easy. All he has to do is say is SS is not

Reply to snooper2 (Original post)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 10:29 AM

Dec 2012

on the table for the talks. Instead he continues to allow it to be on the table. So if people get pissed about that, well that's his fault. That's a cruel game he is playing. A lot of people live on SS and nothing else.

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How many times has our President been on the teetering verge of "gutting" Social Security now? [View all] snooper2 Dec 2012 OP

I thought it was 6... n/t a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #1

Is damage done by worrying about it? No. Is damage done by NOT? Yes. nt Bonobo Dec 2012 #2

Worrying about it, and turning off voters to 2014 are two different things jberryhill Dec 2012 #4

OMG, you are ALREADY using the "an election is coming" ploy!? Bonobo Dec 2012 #6

Oh, I see, it's not okay to be concerned about something jberryhill Dec 2012 #10

Ploy, excuse, strategem, rationale, defense, justification, pretext, alibi. Bonobo Dec 2012 #16

I am sorry you were so disappointed with the outcome of the election jberryhill Dec 2012 #17

That was below even you. nt Bonobo Dec 2012 #19

But can't that be seen as prepping us for the big event? HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #3

The tribal phenomenon. ananda Dec 2012 #7

Can't say. I do think he yearns to have a legacy as a non-partisan HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #11

So now the Democratic base is to blame for what he does ? kenny blankenship Dec 2012 #21

Get BUSY people. WCLinolVir Dec 2012 #5

Never, I don't think he has ever advocated 'gutting' social security. WI_DEM Dec 2012 #8

He can take care of that real easy. All he has to do is say is SS is not Autumn Dec 2012 #9

I wish he would bring that up to be honest..education in personal finance.. snooper2 Dec 2012 #12

I wonder if people who live on SS only are people who Autumn Dec 2012 #14

Not on a par with how many times he was supposed to confiscate the guns. n/t TexasProgresive Dec 2012 #13

I thought guns were a weekend thing and him destroying the social safety net was for weekdays? snooper2 Dec 2012 #15

+1 TexasProgresive Dec 2012 #18

And people are sick and tired of being jerked around. woo me with science Dec 2012 #20

+1 times a zillion! forestpath Dec 2012 #22

Really? He has teetered, or rabid false pseudo-reporting says he's been teetering? Sheepshank Dec 2012 #23

I heard he's an Orc. Or was it a Balrog? byronius Dec 2012 #24