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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 06:27 PM Original message |
Benefits 'pose risk to US growth' |
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Sapere aude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. Dead seniors are better for the economy. I think that is what the repukes |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yes, better to let the old, ill, and poor die. |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yep, all US workers are overpaid |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. Medicare is a "scheme"? |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 06:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. source is BBC |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 06:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. OT but funny: Hubby got a biz card from a UK colleague, his title was |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. ...'schemes' like Medicare...? That just about says it all. n/t |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 06:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. see my above post |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 06:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Thanks. That crossed my mind & tried to figure out if it was |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 06:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. When will those English learn how to speak English? (joke) |
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MysteryToMyself (302 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 06:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. I watched Paulson's speech |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 12:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
46. That's exactly what I thought too. Are they trying to label Medicade |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
11. paulson got his money, so what does he care |
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ShockediSay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 07:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. are we in it together, or is it survival of the prickest? ... n/t |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 07:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. whoever fucks people the most wins |
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ShockediSay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. OK for your adversaries, what about your compatriots? ... n/t |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:07 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. its a zero sum game |
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ShockediSay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:14 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. So why does Israel, who gets the largest amount of US aid, have universal |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:24 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. tradeoffs |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 07:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. Top exacutives at Goldman, Sachs have always been well paid. |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. its more than that |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:22 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Oh I understand the mysteries of the stock options. |
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Monkeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
12. How much more can they cut the veterans some are going homeless right now |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. Closed the Pain Management Clinic at the Central Texas VA Hospital |
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Pierogi_Pincher (323 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 12:08 AM Response to Reply #31 |
45. I'm sorry for your suffering. |
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ShockediSay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
36. If the past is any guide, "some" will turn into most |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
13. "schemes" like social security, medicare? Complete assholes controlled |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
14. and our 'flexibility" is severly strained-without health care/benefits. |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
16. Maybe Paulson ... |
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LordLovesAWorkingMan (272 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
40. Or dip into their own funds |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
17. I suppose those deficit-finances tax-cuts for the wealthy |
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MysteryToMyself (302 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
19. He has to be kidding |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
20. Benefits to employees are a problem |
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HawkerHurricane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 07:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. I read somewhere... |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. The Wall Street Journal of all papers had |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
22. The defense spending is no problem. |
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90-percent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 07:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Let's make a deal |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 07:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Amazing, isn't it? |
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bronxiteforever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
24. THis bull crap is peddled by these rich asses who live |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
25. Two words for Mr. Paulson |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Not the same two words I had in mind for him. |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:26 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Try to make the point |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:58 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Well i suppose you did a fine job in that case. |
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Pierogi_Pincher (323 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 12:03 AM Response to Reply #25 |
44. 'Horse Puckey' is fragrant compared to |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
26. Over Our Dead Bodies |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
43. MEDICARE is ruining the U.S. economy? |
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