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In reply to the discussion: Could Obama be a wolf in sheeps clothing? Evidently he is backing cuts to Social Security! [View all]HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)36. Recipients of medicare, medicaid, social security, the working poor and the middle class will not
be better off.
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Could Obama be a wolf in sheeps clothing? Evidently he is backing cuts to Social Security! [View all]
In Truth We Trust
Dec 2012
OP
"President Barack Obama has agreed to curtail future cost-of-living increases for social security"
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#1
then he better also curtail increases in the cost of medicare for SS recipients.
Mel Content
Dec 2012
#6
He's politically talented enough to pin that on Republicans. When they're voted out, problem solved
Loudly
Dec 2012
#3
No. Problem still exists. Blame is the only thing that changes. WTF is wrong with you?
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#30
I'm counting on those real people to vote. People who may have been voting Republican until now.
Loudly
Dec 2012
#33
Listen, I AM one of those real people. I do vote and have never voted for a repug!
SammyWinstonJack
Dec 2012
#58
I'm not really concerned about your opinion of my original post so much as I am
In Truth We Trust
Dec 2012
#10
You are very insincere. Please refrain from consuming my time with bullshit and false accusations.
In Truth We Trust
Dec 2012
#24
Thank You. People on the outside, looking in through tiny windows and coming to conclusions about
patrice
Dec 2012
#46
Are you saying that Barack Obama is a liar? Wouldn't that mean that we should oppose him &
patrice
Dec 2012
#34
If health care costs go down & services covered increase, CPI is of lower priority, right?
patrice
Dec 2012
#32
I don't need a sarcasm thingy. Throwing seniors over the cliff speaks for itself.
forestpath
Dec 2012
#60
Obama is doing fine on this one, and everyone will be better off - but I could be wrong.
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#21
You could be wrong & there are plenty of dishonest types around working their butts off to see to it
patrice
Dec 2012
#35
Recipients of medicare, medicaid, social security, the working poor and the middle class will not
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#36
how's that? by definition, all those groups will get less as their spending power a/o benefits are
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#39
we could be living in nazi germany, or in the us in 1929. but we're not. $400 billion in medical
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#42
"Cuts to overpaid providers" who would have a lot of interest in creating mistrust of PO. nt
patrice
Dec 2012
#48
So it's $33 billion in potential cuts if it happens, versus $400 billion in headlines above.
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#59
no, it's $400 billion in cuts, those are just the ones that seniors pay for directly.
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#68
Right and other $367 B go to providers like pharmaecuticals, Medicare HMOs, etc., that are overpaid.
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#70
Let's see -- If economy gets better, SS fund gets richer. ACA gives us new Medicare services.
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#89
if the economy improves, those things will happen whether or not seniors take cuts to medicare.
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#93
Who is callous in their judgement? I think all seniors will be better off, considering situation.
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#91
2/3 of seniors rely on SS for half or more of their income. 1/3 rely on it for 90% or more. The
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#97
Regardless what he does he cannot do without Congress, so if social security, medicare, and the
still_one
Dec 2012
#51
True, but that means if Congress holds firm social security or medicare would not be cut
still_one
Dec 2012
#85
Agreed, and as far as I am concerned if they are cut, from my perspective I am finished with them.
still_one
Dec 2012
#88
"Wolf in sheep's clothing"? Here we go again with Obama-bashing from The Left's TeaParty. Sheesh.
RBInMaine
Dec 2012
#57
I've never believed he was anything but a very conservative Democrat OR a moderate Republican.
whathehell
Dec 2012
#104
Unfortunately, he's a sheep in sheep's clothing, easily stampeded by the right.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Dec 2012
#73
I never believed that he would'nt be open to cuts, I always thought he was clear on that.
Puzzledtraveller
Dec 2012
#80