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djean111

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1. Yes.

Reply to KoKo (Original post)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 02:54 PM

Dec 2012

I would have thought that starting to undermine Social Security would be a last-ditch money grab - but it looks like Social Security is considered easy to get at low hanging fruit.
Since SS does not even affect the deficit, it almost seems like something that was slipped on purpose, thinking we wouldn't catch it.

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Why isn’t Obama demanding corporate welfare cuts? $2.6 trillion without touching Safety Net! [View all] KoKo Dec 2012 OP

Yes. djean111 Dec 2012 #1

Shell game Jim Warren Dec 2012 #2

While the media babbles on about "Fiscal Cliff" and we here get into arguments over KoKo Dec 2012 #3

Indeed Jim Warren Dec 2012 #5

I want Homeland Security on the chopping block right now! No Compromise Dec 2012 #4

Well...they sure seem to overstep and be mismanaged in many areas...so KoKo Dec 2012 #6

Hear, hear. woo me with science Dec 2012 #7

Yup. woo me with science Dec 2012 #8

I wish the copyright rules allowed me to post this Business Columnists.. KoKo Dec 2012 #9

I see really long stuff posted here sometimes. woo me with science Dec 2012 #21

Because, let's face it, neither major party will do anything to piss off their largest donors. Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #10

I wonder...are we seeing the Two Parties Merge into some Center Coalition? KoKo Dec 2012 #11

AMAZING! KoKo Dec 2012 #12

Stop picking on the rich. Now is not the time to point fingers. Geezz! n/t Hotler Dec 2012 #13

Kicking because I wonder why this particular discussion was never on the table KoKo Dec 2012 #14

du rec. nt xchrom Dec 2012 #15

K&R forestpath Dec 2012 #16

Well...do I really need to reply in detail, or is this a rhetorical question? Zorra Dec 2012 #17

LOL. woo me with science Dec 2012 #20

Even as a Marxist, I wouldn't object......... socialist_n_TN Dec 2012 #18

It's more complicated than you think democrattotheend Dec 2012 #19

The jobs went to cheaper countries...they've been gone for awhile and austerity KoKo Dec 2012 #22

There are a lot more than $2.6 tn of Corporate Welfare cuts available over the next 10 years Ian62 Dec 2012 #23

When stock market journalists start posting articles asking why Obama Ian62 Dec 2012 #24