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26. Post hoc ergo propter hoc?

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Fri Jan 10, 2020, 06:44 AM

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Wow! I just had a talk with a older lady about Trump and let me... [View all] imanamerican63 Jan 2020 OP

I am curious but Skittles Jan 2020 #1

My question too. lunatica Jan 2020 #3

As a former nurse, maybe she had a pension cut because she was in a union? LakeArenal Jan 2020 #55

Thanks, Skittles. I thought I must of missed something big. Midnight Writer Jan 2020 #4

I'm in my 70s and my social security and medicare radical noodle Jan 2020 #9

I have not had any cuts, either -- I wonder what the lady was talking about? Sounds like Nay Jan 2020 #35

The state can't cut SS or Medicare radical noodle Jan 2020 #38

Yeah, I know, but I wondered if she was on some state program that got cut and she Nay Jan 2020 #41

Answer: James48 Jan 2020 #12

strange Skittles Jan 2020 #17

Thanks for clarifying radical noodle Jan 2020 #40

Her husband died two years ago ribrepin Jan 2020 #23

and that is Trump's fault....how Skittles Jan 2020 #25

Just a coincidence that it happened the year tRump took office MiniMe Jan 2020 #49

That's my guess too. She for sure lost income because of that. Hortensis Jan 2020 #31

I hate to sound unethical. Blue_true Jan 2020 #57

That thing wasn't too popular today in the little neighborhood grocery store I shop at. catbyte Jan 2020 #2

There's a epidemic of rolling eye strain in our country lunatica Jan 2020 #5

Love your post! It is surely the bright spot in my day. Thank you. n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2020 #7

MAGA hats have become modern day scarlet letters aeromanKC Jan 2020 #11

I just love this post. It deserves to be an OP mahina Jan 2020 #21

Catbyte is in Michigan. mnhtnbb Jan 2020 #29

:) In MI's fine too. Hortensis Jan 2020 #32

That's really good news too. mahina Jan 2020 #42

I'm in Michigan, but it is one of the rust belt swing states that installed that thing in office catbyte Jan 2020 #36

Thank you for the context. mahina Jan 2020 #43

My Son-in-Law is from Michigan itcfish Jan 2020 #45

What part of Michigan is your son-in-law from?!? catbyte Jan 2020 #47

Milan itcfish Jan 2020 #48

Figures. Southeast lower Michigan is the heart of Michissippi. catbyte Jan 2020 #51

Thank you itcfish Jan 2020 #53

Great news! Thanks for the status...it's always good news to see something like this tidbit of... SWBTATTReg Jan 2020 #54

I live in rural Kansas MuseRider Jan 2020 #44

After the how's your 409k comment today my deplorable co worker had to concede he is UniteFightBack Jan 2020 #6

Well, when her husband died, she lost one marybourg Jan 2020 #8

Ummm, Trump did not cut her SS. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2020 #10

I disagree that nurses are paid well. Turin_C3PO Jan 2020 #13

Where were you? PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2020 #15

About the CNA's, I Turin_C3PO Jan 2020 #46

He wrote that she works in a convenience store. n/t Tess49 Jan 2020 #14

That's not clear in the OP. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2020 #16

My impression was that she was working at the "fuel stop" across the street from where he Tess49 Jan 2020 #18

From the OP: yonder Jan 2020 #19

She was a retired nurse. Ilsa Jan 2020 #28

Western Mass... druidity33 Jan 2020 #56

Trump is Terrible But He Hasn't Cut Any One's SS ......Not Yet Anyway Indykatie Jan 2020 #20

Maybe in the tax laws, or she was confused? imanamerican63 Jan 2020 #24

he's proposed cuts to SS and Medicare/Medicaid NewJeffCT Jan 2020 #39

The OP mentions the lady voted for him in 2016. ooky Jan 2020 #59

I'm hesitating because I don't want to be an ass mahina Jan 2020 #22

Post hoc ergo propter hoc? Loki Liesmith Jan 2020 #26

Sorta! Thank you. mahina Jan 2020 #27

Except for a stupid typo in my title Loki Liesmith Jan 2020 #30

Trump hasn't cure SS or Medicare/// brooklynite Jan 2020 #33

Let her think Trump cut her SS/Medicare benefits DeminPennswoods Jan 2020 #34

Had something similar happen, duforsure Jan 2020 #37

I play poker with a group of gun-toting redneck conservatives. Binkie The Clown Jan 2020 #50

one other possibility... getagrip_already Jan 2020 #52

that is what i was thinking, her medicaid or what it pays for might of gotten cut questionseverything Jan 2020 #58