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73. AARP is against Chained-CPI:

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Sun Dec 30, 2012, 04:34 PM

Dec 2012

http://www.aarp.org/politics-society/advocacy/info-11-2012/social-security-budget-deficit-chained-CPI.html

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This is politics: No permanent friends | No permanent enemies. [View all] nashville_brook Dec 2012 OP

Well said. CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2012 #1

It's a bridge too far... nashville_brook Dec 2012 #2

Exactly! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2012 #4

I remember taping those old Clinton speeches, nashville_brook Dec 2012 #5

but do you slam Bill DonCoquixote Dec 2012 #9

Yes that sounded mean DonCoquixote Dec 2012 #10

I completely agree with what you said in both posts... nashville_brook Dec 2012 #16

you got it backwards graham4anything Dec 2012 #21

I appreciate that DonCoquixote Dec 2012 #24

i loved Gore, and thought he would have been a way better POTUS nashville_brook Dec 2012 #36

That's a bit off in the weeds. Clinton was wrong on things. Obama is too. DirkGently Dec 2012 #13

that is true, but he was on point with Clinton as that was watershed for me. nashville_brook Dec 2012 #51

Our leaders work for us. Our role is to tell them how, under pain of their DirkGently Dec 2012 #3

never snuggle your electeds -- first off, if you're not a millionaire, they get angry nashville_brook Dec 2012 #67

I do find it to be curious hfojvt Dec 2012 #6

AARP was an early, official supporter of the PPACA. cheapdate Dec 2012 #23

AARP is the largest private health insurer in America. Let's just say they have a dog in this fight. Romulox Dec 2012 #43

AARP is against Chained-CPI: nashville_brook Dec 2012 #73

This is such an important post, woo me with science Dec 2012 #7

This would be a worthy OP in its own right. DirkGently Dec 2012 #11

+1 nashville_brook Dec 2012 #19

"Permanent loyalty must be to our values and principles," nashville_brook Dec 2012 #12

It is a simple concept. But it is getting lost. Needs more saying. DirkGently Dec 2012 #20

and there could also be less talk about party fealty. nashville_brook Dec 2012 #71

Excellent post and I agree completely with this: sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #15

saw that thread this morning -- a stinky pile to wake up to nashville_brook Dec 2012 #66

Saw that. It isn't hypocrisy when *we* do it! DirkGently Dec 2012 #75

I know, and it actually got recs! sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #76

A tour-de-force post, WMWS!!! nt Bonobo Dec 2012 #26

+1 PETRUS Dec 2012 #40

this is something else to know... nashville_brook Dec 2012 #49

we must not give anymore to the 1%! liberal_at_heart Dec 2012 #59

it's time to hold the line. how come no one is talking about revenue? nashville_brook Dec 2012 #65

Another Excellent Post bahrbearian Dec 2012 #8

Correction, Bernie Sanders is speaking for those who are frightened by the sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #14

:) I stand corrected. nashville_brook Dec 2012 #17

Thanks. There is no reason for picking on Social Security and the elderly people, present and futur JDPriestly Dec 2012 #18

we need to tell these stories -- people have to be made to understand nashville_brook Dec 2012 #33

It is utterly insane that we would even CONSIDER hacking at SS DirkGently Dec 2012 #44

it's b/c Wall Street is demanding a new pot of gold nashville_brook Dec 2012 #46

They want middle-class mortgage interest deductions, too. DirkGently Dec 2012 #48

yep -- and it's not going to stop at tonight's "cliff-hanger" nashville_brook Dec 2012 #55

now they're talking about raising the age limit, again. nashville_brook Dec 2012 #62

Kick and rec! Fuddnik Dec 2012 #22

thanks -- anxiously awaiting today's news nashville_brook Dec 2012 #72

Lord Palmerston's famous quote-- Use it often when teaching history...it's timeless Malikshah Dec 2012 #25

Well that pretty well nails that . DirkGently Dec 2012 #32

beautiful -- i had no idea this activist saying had a classic precedent. nashville_brook Dec 2012 #41

K&R. If President Obama doesn't care about seniors - and he obviously doesn't - then forestpath Dec 2012 #27

This is how DC sees seniors: nashville_brook Dec 2012 #45

So Obama is your Frenemy. OK. So what I'd like to know is... reACTIONary Dec 2012 #28

there's no reason not to kick this to the curb. nashville_brook Dec 2012 #34

Thanks for the answer... reACTIONary Dec 2012 #38

the very serious granny starvers need to look elsewhere for plunder. nashville_brook Dec 2012 #50

Any deal that includes SS cuts should be DOA to a Democrat. sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #68

the deal our dems wanted was chained-CPI in exchange for raising the debt ceiling. nashville_brook Dec 2012 #70

Exactly wrong. Not friends. Not enemies. Leader & constituent. DirkGently Dec 2012 #35

Synthetic or not... reACTIONary Dec 2012 #39

the payroll tax cut starved Social Security -- I can afford $30 a month nashville_brook Dec 2012 #42

The "deal" is that cuts to SS are intolerable. The rest is up to DirkGently Dec 2012 #53

you better believe that when Wall St says "figure this out" they hop to it. nashville_brook Dec 2012 #54

That's the whole point of the "fiscal cliff." DirkGently Dec 2012 #56

eggsactly. if the sequester happens, the world won't end. nashville_brook Dec 2012 #58

I can't say I'm not worried about education cuts liberal_at_heart Dec 2012 #61

our current leadership seems to think that privatization of education will "solve" the funding nashville_brook Dec 2012 #64

It's the Overton window -- corporatists are framing DirkGently Dec 2012 #74

Thanks for the answer (nt) reACTIONary Dec 2012 #60

On point!!! nt Raine Dec 2012 #29

Let's get real... hay rick Dec 2012 #30

... nashville_brook Dec 2012 #31

I have nothing to add - either to the OP or the most excellent posts that follow riderinthestorm Dec 2012 #37

well said! liberal_at_heart Dec 2012 #47

K&r... spanone Dec 2012 #52

Hear. Hear. In_The_Wind Dec 2012 #57

and, this morning he using that terror as evidence of his "seriousness" nashville_brook Dec 2012 #63

sam stein via Twitter -- dems traded away seniors for a higher debt ceiling. nashville_brook Dec 2012 #69

Kick for any who missed this OP. nt woo me with science Dec 2012 #77

Kick. woo me with science Dec 2012 #78

kick woo me with science Jan 2013 #79