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In reply to the discussion: Social Security Disability Seen Insolvent Unless Congress Votes [View all]dkf
(37,305 posts)13. Then again nothing to fix for social security disability. The article is a bunch of hooey.
Gee thanks for all the informed input. I was worried about those disability recipients for nothing!
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Well, pretty much the whole damn country will be insolvent as long as the HOUSE
annabanana
May 2012
#1
Well then no big deal right? I guess the insolvency of the disability fund is of no consequence?
dkf
May 2012
#10
If there is a thief robbing the bank the problem isn't with the bank, it's with the thief.
Zalatix
May 2012
#18
"keeps fighting"??? Her own interests? Do you have any specific examples of her ever doing this?
Romulox
May 2012
#38
Let's see..... I could waste all day citing examples or I could do cite this...
Zalatix
May 2012
#39
You said *against* her own interests, and yet her wealth has grown substantially while in office...
Romulox
May 2012
#40
You need to define your terms. A person of great wealth in power, who grows that wealth while in
Romulox
May 2012
#47
Those are definitions that YOU have crafted from whole cloth. Nancy is worth $35 million, 14 or so
Romulox
May 2012
#49
I've provided CITES to back up my opinion, and my definitions are 100% NOT made up.
Zalatix
May 2012
#50
The list is only WORTHLESS because it contradicts your delusions about Nancy Pelosi.
Zalatix
May 2012
#71
I'm done talking to you. Take it to meta, where we can complain to third parties!!!
Romulox
May 2012
#72
What nonsense. The "99%" frame was constructed by OWS last Summer--it is not part of any classical
Romulox
May 2012
#66
So? The 99% have always been here, throughout history. And Nancy Pelosi fights for them.
Zalatix
May 2012
#73
It's not up to me to show what she's "taken off the table". Why don't you show us?
Zalatix
May 2012
#51
You'll get absolutely nowhere with me with your Pelosi-bashing. Nowhere. Period. Dot. Stop.
Zalatix
May 2012
#63
And we are now in the "But she is OUR plutocrat!" zone. Zalatix, I hardly knew ye... nt
Romulox
May 2012
#67
And now you are lying about what I said. Nancy Pelosi is NOT a Plutocrat by any credible definition.
Zalatix
May 2012
#68
What? No cites to back up your accusations against Pelosi? I'm shocked, I tells ya!
Zalatix
May 2012
#79
And this argument will end with you showing that you have no facts to support your case.
Zalatix
May 2012
#81
I'm not sure what to make of this poster's new direction. I honestly don't believe it's sincere. nt
Romulox
May 2012
#64
I know what your direction is. It's in the direction of bashing Democrats who fight for the 99%.
Zalatix
May 2012
#69
You intentionally mis-represent what a Plutocrat is AND you also intentionally mis-represent posts.
Zalatix
May 2012
#83
It's silly because you are accusing me of doing what you yourself just did. "Projection"
Romulox
May 2012
#84
It was heartening to find some support in meta. I'm done with the strange, combative behavior. nt
Romulox
May 2012
#86
Then again nothing to fix for social security disability. The article is a bunch of hooey.
dkf
May 2012
#13
the trust fund is not the program, and the program isn't financed from the TF, i believe is what
HiPointDem
May 2012
#54
Uh, no, they're not. SS was set up as a pay-go program. Money to pay retirees doesn't come from
HiPointDem
May 2012
#58
I agree. They were set up as a cushion for the unexpected, same as a cushion in one's
HiPointDem
May 2012
#87
I live in a blue area and talk to my representatives and they do all they can.
freshwest
May 2012
#16
One of two legal definitions of "insolvency" is "not able to pay ones bills as they become due."
Romulox
May 2012
#41
What a bullshit article. What they don't tell you is that the fix is very easy and has been done
HiPointDem
May 2012
#55