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In reply to the discussion: NYT columnist David Brooks hits a new low [View all]arthritisR_US
(7,286 posts)31. I wonder if the law makers are aware of how
much they give way in oil subsidies?
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Congressman Blumenthal posted this as "recommended reading" on Facebook this morning
Kolesar
Jan 2013
#1
Remind Blumenthal that Brooks said the Bush tax cuts wouldn't add to the deficit...
JHB
Jan 2013
#33
So cutting Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, etc. is the ONLY way to fix our government spending?
Proud Liberal Dem
Jan 2013
#2
Paying into Medicare and receiving its benefits is not unlike health insurance
no_hypocrisy
Jan 2013
#3
I suspect Brooks overheard this whilst standing around the Applebee's salad bar.
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#6
Why they continue to employ this smarmy, intentionally misleading git is beyond me.
Chorophyll
Jan 2013
#8
omg what an huge loser. And intellectually dishonest. he is now politically irrelevant.
limpyhobbler
Jan 2013
#12
No David, it's not $234,000 in "free money". Those people aren't installing car elevators with it.
bluesbassman
Jan 2013
#27
Actually, the fault does not lie with seniors. It lies with their parents, the "Greatest
JDPriestly
Jan 2013
#30
Though ponder that for a second: Medicare has no wage cap, and unearned income is now levied...
Recursion
Jan 2013
#39
Cut the damn military and let the MIC make their money investing in infrastructrure in the US!! nt
kelliekat44
Jan 2013
#37