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AnotherMcIntosh

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4. The words he used shows that he was referring to "commitments that America makes to its seniors."

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Thu Dec 13, 2012, 01:49 PM

Dec 2012

Seniors who have reached the eligibility age are safe.

He didn't say more than that.

He didn't say "commitments that America makes to its citizens."

You are welcome to extrapolate and believe that is what he said.

But he didn't.

If it is good enough for President Obama to say, ""There’s been a lot of talk about Medicare and Social Security ..., as there should be," shouldn't that be good enough for all others on this board?

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So President Obama is going to fight Pelosi and Reid on Medicare cuts? Not remotely likely [View all] bigtree Dec 2012 OP

It's a game the ProSense Dec 2012 #1

yeah , and more than a few persuaded by the nonsense bigtree Dec 2012 #2

Kind'a ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #3

Left overs from last year zipplewrath Dec 2012 #9

You are right John2 Dec 2012 #12

The words he used shows that he was referring to "commitments that America makes to its seniors." AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #4

he didn't say a lot of things bigtree Dec 2012 #6

"his actual record of support for these programs"? AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #8

No, ProSense Dec 2012 #11

Medicare is funded by worker contributions. When jobs are shipped to foreign countries with the AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #13

What? ProSense Dec 2012 #14

That statement was made in response to post #6: AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #17

well, that's certainly a diverting argument of yours bigtree Dec 2012 #15

Uh... Liberal_Dog Dec 2012 #5

i guess that reasoning works if you block out everything else that was occuring at the time bigtree Dec 2012 #7

Here's how ProSense Dec 2012 #10

This is very John2 Dec 2012 #16