Reply #5: When the other cruel freezes come up we discuss them too. Fed workers are the newest

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in the series of Gotta-Be-Republican cruelties. That's why they're hot on the board now.

Those freezes on SS were also cruel and stupid. Both freezes cut into economic stimulus. That money paid out is spent right away, keeping local economies going, keeping desperate citizens alive.

But cruel Republicans want us to do that because we just couldn't bear raising taxes on the Top 5%. They told us those tax cuts created jobs and we're supposed to believe them, ignoring all evidence to the contrary.

The cruel Republicans want those of us in the Bottom 90 to fight about which of us deserves the cuts and not look at cutting the funds for the Top 5.

When actually, the most stimulative to the economy are those things that fools trying to act Republican have done-- freezing SS and payments to those benchmarked to it, letting unemployment benefits expire, freezing pay of government workers.

We spend our raises and COLAs right away. That stimulates demand and helps our economy.