MilesColtrane
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Thu Jul-07-11 03:58 PM
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| -DailyKos: "A Non-Hysterical Progressive Analysis of so called Social Security Cuts on the Table" |
TheWraith |
Jul-07-11 03:47 PM |
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Naturally, anything NOT hysterical and based on bullshit is being ignored today. nt |
TheWraith |
Jul-07-11 03:51 PM |
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Sorry, I was away reading the article so I could understand your position. |
LiberalAndProud |
Jul-07-11 04:05 PM |
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Well we are at DU.... |
dennis4868 |
Jul-07-11 04:07 PM |
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I don't give a fuck about the size of the cut -- it's the fact of a cut. |
damntexdem |
Jul-07-11 03:51 PM |
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14 cents is time to get hysterical? Maybe if you're a Rethug, |
pnwmom |
Jul-07-11 04:26 PM |
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Not exactly rational n/t |
Inuca |
Jul-08-11 07:29 AM |
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K&R despite the 0. |
Bluerthanblue |
Jul-07-11 03:51 PM |
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Theres a problem with that analysis |
DJ13 |
Jul-07-11 03:51 PM |
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Bingo! |
Aerows |
Jul-07-11 04:00 PM |
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It's like a breath of fresh non-hysterical air |
Richardo |
Jul-07-11 03:52 PM |
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More condescension towards the people by |
sabrina 1 |
Jul-07-11 03:53 PM |
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Hysterical is, traditionally, the word used to describe baseless lunacy. |
TheWraith |
Jul-07-11 03:55 PM |
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Train has left the DU station... |
dennis4868 |
Jul-07-11 04:09 PM |
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+1...nt |
SidDithers |
Jul-08-11 07:27 AM |
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When the wealthy got a monstrous tax cut, I and a lot of other poor people got a tax increase.. |
Fumesucker |
Jul-07-11 04:12 PM |
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So because something expired and wasn't replaced, you think Obama is Scrooge? |
TheWraith |
Jul-07-11 04:23 PM |
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The tax cut for the wealthy was set to expire... |
Fumesucker |
Jul-07-11 04:33 PM |
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What poor people got was $600 billion dollars. |
TheWraith |
Jul-07-11 04:43 PM |
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Eh, the payroll tax holiday is all about eventually destroying SS.. |
Fumesucker |
Jul-07-11 04:55 PM |
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So, if Obama does something to benefit working people, it's for evil reasons |
TheWraith |
Jul-07-11 05:30 PM |
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I don't know the reasons, I just know the effects.. |
Fumesucker |
Jul-07-11 05:43 PM |
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"Hysterical" is pretending that a sovereign currency government can go broke... |
girl gone mad |
Jul-07-11 04:55 PM |
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We have a winner... |
orwell |
Jul-07-11 07:15 PM |
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I remember similar comments about DUers |
sabrina 1 |
Jul-08-11 04:54 AM |
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I'll take a 14 cents cut if we can get the republicans to give up the Bush tax cuts for the Wealthy |
LynneSin |
Jul-07-11 04:01 PM |
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K&R |
MilesColtrane |
Jul-07-11 03:58 PM |
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We're seeing a s*itload of over-the-top hysteria here on DU ... |
Ineeda |
Jul-07-11 04:00 PM |
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When the President, HIMSELF, said the numbers aren't finalized, how can you say it? |
Poll_Blind |
Jul-07-11 04:03 PM |
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It's a shame you didn't bother to read/comment on the OP & the linked diary. |
KittyWampus |
Jul-07-11 04:09 PM |
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That was really interesting. |
KittyWampus |
Jul-07-11 04:03 PM |
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$.14 x 12 x 32 million recipients is only about $57 million per year. |
denverbill |
Jul-07-11 04:04 PM |
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Not even a rounding error in SS expenditures.. |
Fumesucker |
Jul-07-11 04:06 PM |
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Basically, a "chained" CPI is thought to more accurately reflect people's behavior. |
TheWraith |
Jul-07-11 04:17 PM |
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TPM has a good analysis of this. Specifically, the cut will be compounded so that |
Luminous Animal |
Jul-07-11 04:07 PM |
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It's a shame you didn't bother posting the rebuttals to this. It's not a cut. It's a tiny |
KittyWampus |
Jul-07-11 04:12 PM |
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That's a shell game. You can call it something else, but it's still |
gkhouston |
Jul-07-11 06:33 PM |
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So let's talk. |
LiberalAndProud |
Jul-07-11 04:13 PM |
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You seem to have mistaken me for the author of the piece, which I am not. |
TheWraith |
Jul-07-11 04:20 PM |
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You are correct. I made that mistake. |
LiberalAndProud |
Jul-07-11 04:26 PM |
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Sorry spectral dude |
tkmorris |
Jul-07-11 04:20 PM |
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Good catch... |
Fumesucker |
Jul-07-11 04:22 PM |
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Yup...CPI doesn't even take into consideration food and energy costs |
Cali_Democrat |
Jul-07-11 04:24 PM |
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Social Security COLAs are tied to CPI-W which has always included... |
MilesColtrane |
Jul-07-11 05:02 PM |
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Author could be a Will Marshall "progressive" - |
Hell Hath No Fury |
Jul-07-11 04:28 PM |
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So the neoliberals are calling themselves progressive now, huh? |
LiberalAndProud |
Jul-07-11 04:30 PM |
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"So the neoliberals are calling themselves progressive now, huh?" |
Hell Hath No Fury |
Jul-07-11 06:12 PM |
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But I was promised hysteria, dammit, and I WANT HYSTERIA! |
Buns_of_Fire |
Jul-07-11 04:51 PM |
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The message is not trivial. |
lumberjack_jeff |
Jul-07-11 05:00 PM |
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The message is also that Social Security is the debt generator. |
gkhouston |
Jul-07-11 06:36 PM |
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14 cents of what increase? |
mmonk |
Jul-07-11 05:48 PM |
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From a person who likes to write about economics - their |
xchrom |
Jul-07-11 06:30 PM |
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Ummm... |
Shandris |
Jul-08-11 07:24 AM |
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Stop with the non-hysterical analysis. We need more CAPS and EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
pampango |
Jul-08-11 08:44 AM |
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Debunked - it's $4/month, not 14 cents - see the update, and here |
muriel_volestrangler |
Jul-08-11 08:49 AM |
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Thanks for correction. |
ozone_man |
Jul-08-11 08:58 AM |
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