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In reply to the discussion: Mr. President: Take Social Security and Medicare off the damned table in no uncertain terms. [View all]
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Mr. President: Take Social Security and Medicare off the damned table in no uncertain terms. [View all]
hootinholler
Nov 2012
OP
please post your links to obama claims he will veto any damages to SS and medicare. gracias! (that's
msongs
Nov 2012
#11
Not only that but they continually get hundreds of recs for that sort of tripe. n/t
hootinholler
Nov 2012
#55
I think Medicare "reform" is coming. From what I read, it IS in trouble financially.
Honeycombe8
Nov 2012
#16
Medicare's only in trouble because we choose to not meaningfully reform health care costs
MannyGoldstein
Nov 2012
#25
And Medicare is in trouble because it treats only the oldest, sickest people
Lydia Leftcoast
Nov 2012
#28
Don't know where you get your SS info. But that's not what Soc Sec Admin says.
Honeycombe8
Nov 2012
#46
It will start to run a deficit - but it will have $4 trillion in the bank
MannyGoldstein
Nov 2012
#47
If you put enough money in the bank to fully fund your child's college education
MannyGoldstein
Nov 2012
#50
Here's an acceptable reform for Medicare; Eliminate the ban on negotiating costs
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#64
That's right, we voted, now we are done. Except for sitting back and praising Pres Obama.
rhett o rick
Nov 2012
#30
Good grief. Telling the Pres that we dont want cuts to SS and Medicare ISNT TEARING HIM DOWN. nm
rhett o rick
Nov 2012
#41
Long ago he said that Social Security and Medicare will need some adjusting for the future.
Kablooie
Nov 2012
#20
Beep.. This is Barack Obama's presidential voice mail, please leave a message at the tone.. Beep
Fumesucker
Nov 2012
#24
"Tell the US that you will veto any reduction in Social Security or Medicare."
ProSense
Nov 2012
#32
Which pointedly doesn't say there are no plans for Social Security cuts.
MannyGoldstein
Nov 2012
#62
"I suspect that on Social Security, we've got a somewhat similar position", Obama said.
Nye Bevan
Nov 2012
#40
Either he was talking about Moderate Mitt or those are contradictory statements
ProSense
Nov 2012
#42
There is some massive he said she said in that article, but this is the best part:
ProSense
Nov 2012
#69
Three things; First, they did win in 2010 thanks in large part to this administration's
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#68
I'm not pissed at anything, I'm merely concerned that you appear incapable of
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#80
Are you really that far gone? You have been presented with an established fact from over a year ago.
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#86
