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grahamhgreen

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9. And what, they think that they should stiff the US retirees before they stiff the Chinese Communists

Reply to exboyfil (Reply #6)

Tue Nov 13, 2012, 07:25 PM

Nov 2012

and the rich Muslims of Saudi Arabia and the rest of the 1%...... I don't think so.....

Another thing is not to forget that one of the big reasons for Obama's apparent drastic increase in the deficit is that he put the wars on the budget and Bush left them off.

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SS does not add one nickel to the deficit. Any talk of cutting SS to reduce the deficit is a CON. nt [View all] grahamhgreen Nov 2012 OP

We are fucked n/t leftstreet Nov 2012 #1

No, we are going to stand up and fight for future generations RepublicansRZombies Nov 2012 #4

LOL n/t leftstreet Nov 2012 #7

I will be right there with you! grahamhgreen Nov 2012 #8

+1 Gidney N Cloyd Nov 2012 #2

They never should have touched our money and they damn well better pay it back RepublicansRZombies Nov 2012 #3

They? L0oniX Nov 2012 #10

n/t sheshe2 Nov 2012 #14

K&R woo me with science Nov 2012 #5

The Social Security Trust Fund is just like any exboyfil Nov 2012 #6

And what, they think that they should stiff the US retirees before they stiff the Chinese Communists grahamhgreen Nov 2012 #9

Stand up, fight back! Fire Walk With Me Nov 2012 #11

true until the FICA cuts, no? now Soc Sec slightly adds to the deficit, right amborin Nov 2012 #12

Technically, I don't think that's SS contributing to the deficit, that is grahamhgreen Nov 2012 #13