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xtraxritical

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39. Exactly, but don't raise the cap, eliminate it. SS does not contribute a penny to the deficit.

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BHO will never ever sign a cut to SS [View all] stupidicus Feb 2013 OP

He's a fool if he throws old people under the bus. n/t Cleita Feb 2013 #1

I still find it as unbelievable now stupidicus Feb 2013 #4

Obama doesn't give a shit. jerseyjack Feb 2013 #41

Lol cliffordu Feb 2013 #43

I guess the Dems want to lose in 2014. theaocp Feb 2013 #2

exactly stupidicus Feb 2013 #5

Worse, they want to lose in 2016 n/t Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #10

Please define "cut" HereSince1628 Feb 2013 #3

read the material linked stupidicus Feb 2013 #7

"To cut....." daleanime Feb 2013 #60

Seniors will have even less to live on with the Social Security cuts that forestpath Feb 2013 #6

there may be some merit to that stupidicus Feb 2013 #8

Since it's the Obama administration itself that keeps saying SS cuts are on the table... forestpath Feb 2013 #9

no doubt stupidicus Feb 2013 #14

From what I have seen, the denial is ongoing. forestpath Feb 2013 #15

Rec. progressoid Feb 2013 #11

Gotta help pay for the largess bestowed upon Amgen and the tax cuts for those earning $250,000 indepat Feb 2013 #12

indeed, we must protect the job creators stupidicus Feb 2013 #17

It's especially quaint how income above that $250,000 threshold is free of social security indepat Feb 2013 #22

That's one of the things that makes America great stupidicus Feb 2013 #23

the reason bigapple1963 Feb 2013 #52

if I recall correctly bigapple1963 Feb 2013 #51

The President had wanted $250,000, but settled for $450,000. Now social security beneficiaries indepat Feb 2013 #62

And he's going to announce it in the SOTU... SidDithers Feb 2013 #13

nonsense stupidicus Feb 2013 #18

Can POTUS unilaterally cut SS? nt MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #27

By 22%, right Manny?...nt SidDithers Feb 2013 #28

vaht? dionysus Feb 2013 #42

Obama's "deficit" committee voted to recommend a 22% cut to the average recipient's benefits MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #50

Obama would NEVER do that warrprayer Feb 2013 #16

lol stupidicus Feb 2013 #19

The President is STILL sticking to the shitty Gang of Six plan from at least 2011. Poll_Blind Feb 2013 #20

well, that's likely the most widely understood cause stupidicus Feb 2013 #21

Thanks for this clip, Poll_Blind. What's the date on it? whathehell Feb 2013 #24

Jul 20, 2011. nt Poll_Blind Feb 2013 #25

Obama has a fetish for cutting SS MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #26

It's been the most telling thing, IMO, to see how he's chosen to spend the... Poll_Blind Feb 2013 #29

that has long appeared to be the case stupidicus Feb 2013 #48

What happens in 2041? iandhr Feb 2013 #30

Raise the cap. theaocp Feb 2013 #31

Won't last for my generation iandhr Feb 2013 #32

Why not? n/t theaocp Feb 2013 #33

I haven't seen numbers that say raising the cap will make the program solvent until 2057 iandhr Feb 2013 #35

Say what? theaocp Feb 2013 #36

Exactly, but don't raise the cap, eliminate it. SS does not contribute a penny to the deficit. xtraxritical Feb 2013 #39

This is what the AARP says on raising the cap. iandhr Feb 2013 #37

The way I read that, theaocp Feb 2013 #38

+1 n/t whathehell Feb 2013 #47

You've heard of the war budget? WinkyDink Feb 2013 #34

I miss Al Gore's lockbox proposal Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #40

me too stupidicus Feb 2013 #49

l received an answer from a letter I wrote to Sen. Vitter of LA about ss problems. juajen Feb 2013 #56

Wow, I am impressed Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #57

We thought he would do it a number of times. iandhr Feb 2013 #44

I've never bought the bluffing angle stupidicus Feb 2013 #53

My, what an interesting OP and thread. S-squared, d-squared. nt. OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #45

Elderly Republicans have been warning that Obama wants to cut Medicare and Social JDPriestly Feb 2013 #46

indeed dude stupidicus Feb 2013 #54

I do not believe he will do this. So, sue me. juajen Feb 2013 #55

send your personal details to my mailbox stupidicus Feb 2013 #59

He keeps putting it "on the table" jazzimov Feb 2013 #58

I know stupidicus Feb 2013 #61

Time to put the pressure on your Congresspersons and the White House LongTomH Feb 2013 #63