| 1. As someone else pointed out earlier - in an election year, this will never happen |
| -How could Obama and our Dem Congresspeople do this to us? |
dajoki |
May-04-09 01:37 PM |
#0 |
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As someone else pointed out earlier - in an election year, this will never happen |
eleny |
May-04-09 01:39 PM |
#1 |
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Riiiight... the same old "Have trust in Obama" schtick. |
bobbolink |
May-04-09 02:01 PM |
#24 |
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Jesus Christ, get a fucking grip. |
liberalmuse |
May-04-09 02:34 PM |
#64 |
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Why must you use that kind of language... |
dajoki |
May-04-09 02:51 PM |
#85 |
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Because that's all they have. No heart. No compassion. Just blasting hurting people. |
bobbolink |
May-04-09 08:20 PM |
#152 |
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Bobbolink, you know how politicians act when their jobs are threatened |
eleny |
May-04-09 03:54 PM |
#134 |
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Well, you can trust that... I don't. Not after all the shit I've seen. Not after all the |
bobbolink |
May-04-09 08:17 PM |
#151 |
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I'm calling and writing and I don't receive Social Security |
eleny |
May-04-09 08:24 PM |
#156 |
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What $500 for people on SSI???? |
bobbolink |
May-04-09 08:51 PM |
#158 |
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And I haven't blamed the Republicans or even mentioned them |
eleny |
May-04-09 09:01 PM |
#163 |
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Thank you very much! I looked all over, and only found one thing.... dated 1-09 |
bobbolink |
May-05-09 09:19 PM |
#184 |
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Are YOU going to be the one who will "threaten" them? |
bobbolink |
May-04-09 08:20 PM |
#153 |
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I've already written to my reps in Congress and to the White House |
eleny |
May-04-09 08:27 PM |
#157 |
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Thank you! you can see from the responses in this thread that hardly anyone will even care. |
bobbolink |
May-04-09 08:55 PM |
#159 |
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with a swish and a flick |
mikelgb |
May-04-09 01:40 PM |
#2 |
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Because they are a bunch of corporate fascists who are more vested in the wealth then the people |
debbierlus |
May-04-09 01:41 PM |
#3 |
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If it happens... |
dajoki |
May-04-09 01:44 PM |
#5 |
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your bitter tears are like nectar to my soul.... |
dionysus |
May-04-09 01:52 PM |
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There IS a 2010 adjustment to SS benefits. |
MercutioATC |
May-04-09 01:43 PM |
#4 |
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They can shove their ZERO!! n/t |
dajoki |
May-04-09 01:45 PM |
#6 |
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If they were to adjust the SS benefits, how would they go about doing that? |
SemiCharmedQuark |
May-04-09 01:47 PM |
#7 |
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Here is another twist to this problem. |
JDPriestly |
May-04-09 02:04 PM |
#28 |
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So basically they're saying that the cost of living has not risen. |
DireStrike |
May-04-09 01:57 PM |
#20 |
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It hasn't. We actually had slight DEFLATION in 2008... |
scheming daemons |
May-04-09 02:10 PM |
#39 |
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Why on earth are home prices included in inflation |
DireStrike |
May-04-09 07:06 PM |
#146 |
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That is the problem... |
dajoki |
May-05-09 07:46 AM |
#170 |
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Don't shop for groceries, huh? n/t |
blindpig |
May-05-09 08:46 AM |
#171 |
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Tell you what, Montegue |
Bluenorthwest |
May-04-09 02:01 PM |
#25 |
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I don't support the bank bailouts, but that's a separate issue. |
MercutioATC |
May-04-09 03:05 PM |
#97 |
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It is not a separate issue. |
blindpig |
May-05-09 08:53 AM |
#172 |
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Good point. The same formula has been used for years to adjust benefits to account for inflation. |
pampango |
May-04-09 02:01 PM |
#27 |
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I don't get this. Seniors helped put Obama in office |
leftstreet |
May-04-09 01:48 PM |
#8 |
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Exactly!! |
dajoki |
May-04-09 01:50 PM |
#12 |
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George Carlin: "They don't care about you ...at all ...at all ...at all." |
Echo In Light |
May-04-09 01:52 PM |
#17 |
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That's why he didn't vote. |
Beacool |
May-04-09 02:53 PM |
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And why I did, but not for a Name Brand |
Echo In Light |
May-04-09 03:39 PM |
#132 |
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I don't understand why so many here are upset about this. |
sinkingfeeling |
May-04-09 01:48 PM |
#9 |
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That's kind of my question. To change this, does the president just...change it? Or does congress? |
SemiCharmedQuark |
May-04-09 01:49 PM |
#10 |
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Why change a formula that works well? n/t |
quiller4 |
May-04-09 01:50 PM |
#13 |
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Well...aside from the *why* of change, I want to know *how* to change. The outrage seems to be that |
SemiCharmedQuark |
May-04-09 01:51 PM |
#15 |
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It doesn't work well. The consumer price index is totally bogus. |
ContinentalOp |
May-04-09 02:16 PM |
#46 |
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Because it doesn't work well. |
Dr.Phool |
May-04-09 02:26 PM |
#59 |
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It works so well we have millions in poverty, and look at all the homeless people. |
bobbolink |
May-04-09 08:58 PM |
#160 |
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Since the formula is set by law, it would take congress to change it. Why should it be changed? |
sinkingfeeling |
May-04-09 02:09 PM |
#37 |
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Obama has to use his top-secret super-duper time machine and |
scheming daemons |
May-04-09 03:29 PM |
#127 |
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You don't understand? TRY WALKING IN OUR SHOES! |
bobbolink |
May-04-09 02:04 PM |
#29 |
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Are you on SS? |
sinkingfeeling |
May-04-09 02:10 PM |
#40 |
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Why are you asking a personal question? |
bobbolink |
May-04-09 02:20 PM |
#53 |
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To walk in your shoes must know your situation. n/t |
quiller4 |
May-04-09 03:13 PM |
#108 |
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Actually, all you have to do is have a heart. |
bobbolink |
May-04-09 08:15 PM |
#149 |
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Why didn't I see "you" complaining when you got a 5.8% increase in 2008? |
MercutioATC |
May-04-09 03:11 PM |
#103 |
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YOu're all heart, aren't you? Do you even have any idea what you're talking about? |
bobbolink |
May-04-09 09:00 PM |
#161 |
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Housing costs have gone way down in the past year |
scheming daemons |
May-05-09 01:03 PM |
#177 |
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Libraries have the internet. |
Forkboy |
May-05-09 01:22 PM |
#179 |
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It's much more fun to judge and ridicule than to be logical. |
bobbolink |
May-05-09 09:32 PM |
#187 |
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Cut the damned judgementalism!! |
bobbolink |
May-05-09 09:31 PM |
#186 |
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What about the previous year? |
Lugnut |
May-05-09 11:39 AM |
#175 |
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Thank you, Lugnut, for having the courage to speak up in the midst of this amount of |
bobbolink |
May-06-09 02:07 PM |
#188 |
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Problem is the COLA does not reflect the rises in the expenses of |
JDPriestly |
May-04-09 02:06 PM |
#33 |
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The real problem is that the CPI numbers are totally bogus. -nt- |
ContinentalOp |
May-04-09 02:16 PM |
#47 |
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Speak for yourself. I can't think of an item priced in the CPI |
quiller4 |
May-04-09 02:46 PM |
#80 |
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You obviously are not solely dependent on Social Security for your |
JDPriestly |
May-05-09 03:00 PM |
#181 |
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I have a TIAA/CREF pension my older sister has a pension |
quiller4 |
May-06-09 04:25 PM |
#189 |
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Are medical expense part of COLA? |
question everything |
May-04-09 02:33 PM |
#63 |
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There are essentially zero physicians in Anchorage |
Blue_In_AK |
May-04-09 03:01 PM |
#94 |
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Because people just want to bitch about Obama. |
BlooInBloo |
May-04-09 09:00 PM |
#162 |
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Why should my husband's social security income rise when |
quiller4 |
May-04-09 01:49 PM |
#11 |
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Your cost of living has gone down?! What country do you live in? |
leftstreet |
May-04-09 01:51 PM |
#16 |
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that was my question, as well. |
inna |
May-04-09 01:58 PM |
#21 |
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The cost of almost everything went down in '08... we had DEFLATION |
scheming daemons |
May-04-09 02:13 PM |
#42 |
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LOL Most seniors own their homes, can qualify for energy assistance, etc |
leftstreet |
May-04-09 02:18 PM |
#51 |
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The CPI is what it is. Nobody complained about the CPI when it was showing inflation |
scheming daemons |
May-04-09 02:23 PM |
#56 |
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Well...they didn't means test the Wall Street Banksters. n/t |
leftstreet |
May-04-09 02:34 PM |
#65 |
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Actually, lots of people complain about the CPI and point out that the numbers are all wrong. |
ContinentalOp |
May-04-09 02:45 PM |
#78 |
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Fine... then tell me what exactly does Obama have to do with this? |
scheming daemons |
May-04-09 02:48 PM |
#82 |
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Nothing! I never said he had anything to do with it. |
ContinentalOp |
May-04-09 03:03 PM |
#95 |
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The OP did. That's what I was talking about... not you in particular n/t |
scheming daemons |
May-04-09 03:05 PM |
#98 |
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Blind faith?? |
dajoki |
May-04-09 03:12 PM |
#106 |
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In what? |
scheming daemons |
May-04-09 03:14 PM |
#109 |
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No... |
dajoki |
May-04-09 05:41 PM |
#139 |
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BINGO!!! |
bobbolink |
May-04-09 08:22 PM |
#155 |
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Riiigght! It's the fault of the Republicans. Wait, they are out of power. |
bobbolink |
May-04-09 08:22 PM |
#154 |
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And you can bet... |
dajoki |
May-05-09 06:05 AM |
#168 |
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Sean Hannity said something similar to that just yesterday |
scheming daemons |
May-05-09 01:05 PM |
#178 |
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We do own our mobile home but our income is too high |
quiller4 |
May-04-09 02:37 PM |
#70 |
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I live in Washington state. Average rents in my county |
quiller4 |
May-04-09 02:35 PM |
#68 |
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Cost of living declines are pretty standard in a recession. |
Xithras |
May-04-09 04:01 PM |
#137 |
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I wonder if you're representative of the country at large. |
DireStrike |
May-04-09 01:55 PM |
#19 |
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They do. |
Dr.Phool |
May-04-09 02:40 PM |
#73 |
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Not only have our expenses increased, but our supplemental |
JDPriestly |
May-04-09 02:08 PM |
#35 |
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did they create a period of no inflation under the existing formula? |
onenote |
May-04-09 01:50 PM |
#14 |
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Like the above poster said: |
dajoki |
May-04-09 01:53 PM |
#18 |
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I live in Lakewood, WA about 2 miles from McChord AFB n/t |
quiller4 |
May-04-09 03:24 PM |
#121 |
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I live in the real world. The one in which gas prices peaked in summer 08 |
onenote |
May-04-09 03:53 PM |
#133 |
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Thank you for your clear and cogent analysis. n/t |
quiller4 |
May-06-09 04:27 PM |
#190 |
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And we were supposed to TRUST Obama! |
bobbolink |
May-04-09 01:59 PM |
#22 |
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You're mad at Obama because 2008 was a deflationary year? |
scheming daemons |
May-04-09 02:15 PM |
#45 |
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What country are you in where prices are "stable"???? |
bobbolink |
May-04-09 02:22 PM |
#55 |
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Some responses |
scheming daemons |
May-04-09 02:26 PM |
#60 |
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Prices did not go down... |
dajoki |
May-04-09 02:31 PM |
#62 |
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I'm just trying to figure out what you think Obama should have done differently |
scheming daemons |
May-04-09 02:38 PM |
#71 |
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4) change the law n/t |
dajoki |
May-04-09 02:55 PM |
#89 |
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He's not a king. It doesn't work that way. |
scheming daemons |
May-04-09 02:57 PM |
#91 |
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Oh, you're so smart, I didn't know that. LOL!! n/t |
dajoki |
May-04-09 03:05 PM |
#96 |
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Based on your OP blaming Obama, it's hard to tell what you know... |
scheming daemons |
May-04-09 03:07 PM |
#100 |
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You are so... |
dajoki |
May-04-09 03:14 PM |
#110 |
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"Whoever is in office gets the blame" |
scheming daemons |
May-04-09 03:18 PM |
#113 |
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No, he gets the blame for... |
dajoki |
May-05-09 06:08 AM |
#169 |
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Prices on many items have dropped greatly. |
quiller4 |
May-04-09 03:00 PM |
#92 |
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Same here in SE GA -- food, fuel, and rent is cheaper now than last year |
aikoaiko |
May-04-09 11:38 PM |
#167 |
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Thanks for the snark. That always gets votes. |
bobbolink |
May-04-09 02:57 PM |
#90 |
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What don't you take your nose down a notch and remember that the people you are demeaning are POOR? |
bobbolink |
May-04-09 09:03 PM |
#164 |
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Don't worry about the lack of stimulus |
question everything |
May-04-09 03:24 PM |
#120 |
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What the hell????? YOu get more money and I don't, but that's OK??? |
bobbolink |
May-04-09 08:15 PM |
#148 |
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DLC "compassion" it would seem |
Dragonfli |
May-04-09 11:21 PM |
#166 |
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No, I am just saying that whatever "stimulus" we got |
question everything |
May-05-09 03:59 PM |
#182 |
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Let's see. Prices went down last year. |
Dr.Phool |
May-04-09 02:53 PM |
#86 |
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Sure... pick a handful of items that went up |
scheming daemons |
May-04-09 03:00 PM |
#93 |
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He shows you the facts, but you won't listen... |
dajoki |
May-04-09 03:08 PM |
#101 |
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You still haven't said what exactly Obama has done... |
scheming daemons |
May-04-09 03:11 PM |
#104 |
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I hate to tell you this but... |
dajoki |
May-04-09 03:16 PM |
#111 |
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Why? To beg you to finally answer the question? |
scheming daemons |
May-04-09 03:19 PM |
#115 |
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Will you follow Obama off the cliff? |
dajoki |
May-04-09 03:22 PM |
#118 |
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I'm not even sure what the hell you're talking about any more |
scheming daemons |
May-04-09 03:26 PM |
#123 |
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You're right... he should be able to go back in time and fix the wrongs of the past |
scheming daemons |
May-04-09 03:27 PM |
#125 |
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Nobody can tell me... |
dajoki |
May-04-09 05:49 PM |
#141 |
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He is the President... |
dajoki |
May-04-09 03:21 PM |
#117 |
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If he doesn't fix it before his term is up, you are correct... |
scheming daemons |
May-04-09 03:23 PM |
#119 |
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I didn't insinuate Obama did it. |
Dr.Phool |
May-04-09 03:35 PM |
#131 |
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I shop weekly and I do data entry for 2 nonprofits |
quiller4 |
May-04-09 03:29 PM |
#129 |
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how much have those prices changed since last October? |
onenote |
May-04-09 03:57 PM |
#135 |
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President Obama is following the law. He was not a US Senator when the law was last revised |
Freddie Stubbs |
May-04-09 01:59 PM |
#23 |
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I'm sorry, but... |
dajoki |
May-04-09 02:05 PM |
#32 |
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So, you want him to 'cook the books?' |
Freddie Stubbs |
May-05-09 10:16 AM |
#174 |
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Government of, by and (especially) FOR the corporations |
Individualist |
May-04-09 02:01 PM |
#26 |
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EXACTLY!! Some of us have wised up, and dropped the blind support! |
bobbolink |
May-04-09 02:05 PM |
#30 |
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Welcome to the 'Corporate Government Store' |
Kansas Wyatt |
May-04-09 02:35 PM |
#67 |
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What are we going to do about it? |
damntexdem |
May-04-09 02:05 PM |
#31 |
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Call your Congress people... |
dajoki |
May-04-09 02:07 PM |
#34 |
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Calling them does no good. We need to camp outside their offices |
leftstreet |
May-04-09 02:11 PM |
#41 |
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I'm with you!! n/t |
dajoki |
May-04-09 02:18 PM |
#50 |
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Keep watching American Idol and yammering on endlessly over fucking sports stats |
Echo In Light |
May-04-09 02:09 PM |
#36 |
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There was no inflation this year, therefore no COLA... seriously.. OUTRAGE over this? |
scheming daemons |
May-04-09 02:09 PM |
#38 |
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What country are you living in? |
Individualist |
May-04-09 02:14 PM |
#44 |
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But that's not inflation, which is what the formula is tied to. |
SemiCharmedQuark |
May-04-09 02:17 PM |
#48 |
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The COLA is pegged to grocery prices. Has been since it was instituted in the 60s |
bobbolink |
May-04-09 09:05 PM |
#165 |
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You're simply wrong |
scheming daemons |
May-04-09 02:18 PM |
#49 |
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Groceries have NOT gone down |
Individualist |
May-04-09 02:20 PM |
#52 |
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Grocery prices here have gone up-up-up over many months |
Echo In Light |
May-04-09 02:34 PM |
#66 |
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Neither I (nor Obama) invented the CPI..... |
scheming daemons |
May-04-09 02:40 PM |
#72 |
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Oh YES They Did! |
NutmegYankee |
May-04-09 05:56 PM |
#142 |
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Oh NO, they didn't! |
Individualist |
May-04-09 06:08 PM |
#144 |
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And yet mine went down, and others here report the same... |
NutmegYankee |
May-04-09 07:37 PM |
#147 |
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Utility rate down 3%, car insurance down 8%, grocery bill down |
quiller4 |
May-04-09 03:11 PM |
#105 |
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I'm sure that you do not live on a fixed income n/t |
dajoki |
May-04-09 02:26 PM |
#61 |
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How sure are you? |
scheming daemons |
May-04-09 02:41 PM |
#74 |
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Then I feel bad for you... |
dajoki |
May-04-09 02:48 PM |
#81 |
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I'm not unsympathetic... I'm asking... WHAT DOES OBAMA HAVE TO DO WITH IT? |
scheming daemons |
May-04-09 02:51 PM |
#84 |
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He's the President, and... |
dajoki |
May-04-09 03:25 PM |
#122 |
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Obama has not perfect control nor knowledge |
PufPuf23 |
May-04-09 03:30 PM |
#130 |
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Then I feel bad for you... |
dajoki |
May-04-09 02:49 PM |
#83 |
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I live on a fixed income. My husband's Teamster pension |
quiller4 |
May-04-09 03:16 PM |
#112 |
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That is why SS should never be privatized. n/t |
dajoki |
May-04-09 03:26 PM |
#124 |
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Maybe Obama's memory will snap back |
Bluenorthwest |
May-04-09 02:14 PM |
#43 |
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Stop blaming Obama and look at the real issue here which is that we need to fix our CPI. |
ContinentalOp |
May-04-09 02:21 PM |
#54 |
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I voted and I can blame whoever I damn well please!! n/t |
dajoki |
May-04-09 02:24 PM |
#57 |
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Sure... you can choose to base your opinion on emotion instead of fact if you want... |
scheming daemons |
May-04-09 02:36 PM |
#69 |
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Yes, that's right, and it doesn't make you correct either n/t |
dajoki |
May-04-09 02:44 PM |
#77 |
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All I'm saying is if you're going to write your representatives, |
ContinentalOp |
May-04-09 02:43 PM |
#76 |
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Yes, I agree with that n/t |
dajoki |
May-04-09 02:45 PM |
#79 |
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Let Obama fix it. He's the Unitary Executive |
leftstreet |
May-04-09 02:24 PM |
#58 |
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Its kinda special, ain't it? |
Stinky The Clown |
May-04-09 02:43 PM |
#75 |
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K&R nt |
gulfcoastliberal |
May-04-09 02:54 PM |
#87 |
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How in the hell would we bail out wall street, save the CEO's |
Hubert Flottz |
May-04-09 02:55 PM |
#88 |
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It's as easy as brushing away mosquitoes. |
billyoc |
May-04-09 03:06 PM |
#99 |
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Only an idiot would blame Obama for this |
SpartanDem |
May-04-09 03:10 PM |
#102 |
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+1 |
scheming daemons |
May-04-09 03:12 PM |
#107 |
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self delete |
dajoki |
May-04-09 03:28 PM |
#126 |
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Trying to blame Obama or Congress for an age old formula that says no increase in 2010.... |
Political Heretic |
May-04-09 03:19 PM |
#114 |
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Don't you get it? Obama time-travelled back in time and passed the legislation |
scheming daemons |
May-04-09 03:21 PM |
#116 |
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You don't get it. Blaming him FOR it and blaming him for |
Fire1 |
May-04-09 03:59 PM |
#136 |
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Exactly, but some people... |
dajoki |
May-04-09 05:39 PM |
#138 |
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Got it. |
Fire1 |
May-04-09 05:48 PM |
#140 |
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This has been in the news for day or two? |
SpartanDem |
May-04-09 06:00 PM |
#143 |
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Got a link by any chance? I was out of town for Derby |
Fire1 |
May-04-09 06:29 PM |
#145 |
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And its also... |
dajoki |
May-05-09 10:15 AM |
#173 |
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We are in a period of deflation .... that why |
TWiley |
May-04-09 03:29 PM |
#128 |
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I agree with that. n/t |
Thickasabrick |
May-04-09 08:17 PM |
#150 |
| -
do you want a president or dictator? |
ecstatic |
May-05-09 11:47 AM |
#176 |
| -
wow |
blindpig |
May-05-09 01:58 PM |
#180 |
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The New Democrats are just old Republicans - bootstraps for all!!! |
Dragonfli |
May-05-09 05:34 PM |
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Indeed. Then they wonder why some poor people are turned off to voting! |
bobbolink |
May-05-09 09:21 PM |
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