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In reply to the discussion: Why NOT cut ENTITLEMENTS to the disabled? [View all]allan01
(1,950 posts)113. quit calling them intitlements . we pay into that shit and for every cut for ss the
congeress should suffer too. what did we learn from grece . a friend of mine told me that a # of years ago, the state of n.y got rid of all its social programs . there were more problems than they could handle and it was more expensive to put the social programs back into place . no , i dont have any links . reaserch it urself please.
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I agree payment rates are too low, but sounds like Obama is trading physical exams in 20 more states
Hoyt
Oct 2015
#1
Disability will be cut 20% in 2016 without this additional funds, which it appears accord will
Hoyt
Oct 2015
#7
Hey - that might cause the Nobel committee to withdraw that unearned piece of metal
erronis
Oct 2015
#106
I am so sick of the lie that whatever has happened is the best that could possibly have happened.
merrily
Oct 2015
#10
Me too. The only issue on which he has spent any political capital is TPP. That right there tells
GoneFishin
Oct 2015
#15
Oh, then it would be the Variety Hour all day long. Multiple songs, dances and comedy acts.
merrily
Oct 2015
#66
Not sure what your point is. If it is that getting SSDI is that fast and easy for everyone, you're
merrily
Oct 2015
#64
Nope, it was because the judge who had the first approval had a soft spot for heart problems.
haele
Oct 2015
#96
So few have the profile in courage needed to run on ending life for the needy "as we know it."
merrily
Oct 2015
#2
I have no problem with people having to prove disability in order to receive disability benefits.
merrily
Oct 2015
#6
LOL! you probably want to think about that question a little longer, esp. in light of Reply 5.
merrily
Oct 2015
#13
Yes, I'm getting a little tired of these freeloaders myself. I think they would be useful maybe..
BlueJazz
Oct 2015
#9
Let's not get crazy here! Minimum wage is a little too much for disabled people.
Quackers
Oct 2015
#87
The 99% can stand to lose some weight anyway. We can't destroy the planet by letting
valerief
Oct 2015
#14
The infants, toddlers and parents I work with in my retirement job do feel so entitled.
gordianot
Oct 2015
#16
Who was in control of Congress in January 2009, when Obama gave an interview to WAPO,
merrily
Oct 2015
#29
I did not post anything like what your straw people post claims. Please pity the straw people.
merrily
Oct 2015
#53
In certain parts of the country, cuts to fuel subsidies may reduce both the elderly population and
merrily
Oct 2015
#31
Are you serious? You are defending this as a poverty prevention program?
liberal_at_heart
Oct 2015
#38
You are absolutely right about the poverty level and the guaranteed living income.
liberal_at_heart
Oct 2015
#46
You sound like Rosenberg, who went from the DLC to found the New Democrat Network.
merrily
Oct 2015
#36
FWIW, I like mountain grammy. But a poster's gotta do what a poster's gotta do. nt
merrily
Oct 2015
#68
I hope to God this is the straw that breaks the camel's back. I can't believe how little
liberal_at_heart
Oct 2015
#58
I hope it is that easy, but I don't think it will be. The Labor Movement, The Civil Rights Movement,
liberal_at_heart
Oct 2015
#63
Reduction in the payroll tax cap was already given to Republicans in early Obama Administration
DhhD
Oct 2015
#115
We should be grateful they aren't suggesting using the disabled for target practice.
Vinca
Oct 2015
#79
Yes! It's the neoliberal "Third Way". The lesser of two evils solution. It maintains a more
Zorra
Oct 2015
#94
Yup Manny. I really made an informed choice to get deadly sick with lupus so I could live in poverty
Dont call me Shirley
Oct 2015
#108
quit calling them intitlements . we pay into that shit and for every cut for ss the
allan01
Oct 2015
#113