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In reply to the discussion: $13.00 [View all]SammyWinstonJack
(44,129 posts)65. Because they want too and they are in a position to do so.
Why is it that some people feel the need to hurt those who are most at risk?
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What ticks me off is Obama gave congress a raise for doing nothing. That really
southernyankeebelle
Dec 2012
#32
well I thought the same thing. But that said he approved it. So don't shoot the messenger please.
southernyankeebelle
Dec 2012
#84
They stopped it for a couple of years now because of the economy. I read it somewhere or
southernyankeebelle
Dec 2012
#83
Yes, we all should have know we'd get screwed anyway. All those mother f**kers on
southernyankeebelle
Dec 2012
#93
Unfathomably cruel, but not surprising: Republicans have lost all semblance of acting in
indepat
Dec 2012
#3
Perhaps Congress should have their pay cut if they don't find a way to keep SS intact
rox63
Dec 2012
#9
Congratulations, you're in a small minority well-off enough to do that. (nt)
Posteritatis
Dec 2012
#40
He missed your point. He assumes those countries will welcome us with open arms. Canada wont. nm
rhett o rick
Dec 2012
#89
Do you actually think this is an appropriate solution to the underfunding of social security?
Warren Stupidity
Dec 2012
#72
Because there is a good chuck of the population who have bought into the BS the republicans sell. nt
cstanleytech
Dec 2012
#36
A lot of people are going to be VERY upset if they decrease SS benefits. Altho, SS is a supplement.
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#34
"put that in a bank and collecting interest..." the best rate I see is 1.01%
nashville_brook
Dec 2012
#39
However putting money in mutual funds just feeds the machine that has brought us to this point.
raouldukelives
Dec 2012
#52
The banks and military industrial complex have stolen trillions of taxpayer dollars with impunity.
Fire Walk With Me
Dec 2012
#53
I am in much the same position and agree with you whole heartedly. I usually lose the raise but it
jwirr
Dec 2012
#68