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t0dd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 01:34 PM Original message |
How House Progressives Can Stop the Catfood Commission From Slashing Social Security |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm gonna vote against Obama if he reneges on campaign speeches... |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. Maybe if this Commission was referred to by its actual name, |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 01:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. We don't need a commision on this just Presidential leadership. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 01:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. presidential leadership created the commission -- by executive order. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 01:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Check out the Alan Simpson interview on this topic. |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 01:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I agree, since I am newer here, I am still trying to figure out what |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 01:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Google Alan Simpson and Firedog Lake. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 02:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. It's actually called the Deficit Commission, and you can |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 02:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Thanks...mystery solved. I know, all I had to do is ask. |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Once the cat is out of the bag you could very well be screwed and you have no choice in the matter. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Really? Seems to me that Congress has to act on that report |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 02:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. The very fact that it is a deficit commission and not an unemployment commission means |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 03:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. *unbiased* information? |
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t0dd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 01:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Okay, you heard it everyone: Make sure to tailor anything you post to how MineralMan likes it. |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 02:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. rofl |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 02:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Yes, that's exactly what I said. Whether anyone does that is up |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. yeah, some people love the smell of press releases in the morning. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 09:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. Oh, that's it, you're definitely on the Bad List now. |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 02:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Translation: Cutting Social Security and starving the elderly is OK, bad manners is terrible. |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 02:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. You can't follow what's going on and the name cat food commission labels it just as most here see it... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 05:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
25. If they aren't going to fuck over retirees, why not meet in public? n/t |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. i seem to recall pelosi was the one who inserted a clause into some war spending bill |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
15. It's instructive to look at what the conservatives are saying about |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
20. Long shot...I guess we can say goodbye to the safety net for the elderly. |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
23. knr nt |
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