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pazzyanne

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15. As a retiree, I have been following the Social Security,Medicare, and Medicaid

Reply to DownriverDem (Reply #10)

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 09:08 AM

Sep 2018

issues closely. The hope that people already on these programs won't be affected is a false hope. At one point, one of the proposals was to cut these programs by 20% immediately. I think that one was run up the flagpole shortly after Paul Ryan said he wasn't running for his house seat again.

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Funny DownriverDem Sep 2018 #10

As a retiree, I have been following the Social Security,Medicare, and Medicaid pazzyanne Sep 2018 #15

Then DownriverDem Sep 2018 #20

Because they are uninformed or willingly misinformed people. RVN VET71 Sep 2018 #21

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