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How do "we" nix it if that's what Obama proposes it, Dems back him up, and the Repugs jump on it? MotherPetrie Dec 2012 #1
Can't we get 40 Dem senators (+ Bernie) to filibuster this??? reformist2 Dec 2012 #4
Our main hope Mr.Bill Dec 2012 #6
By 2032 the economy will look a lot different and we don't really know how. kelliekat44 Dec 2012 #43
Too late to nix it. Obama put it on the table. It will not be taken back now. RomneyLies Dec 2012 #2
Not really quaker bill Dec 2012 #11
Well, it's not a given. Obama can say, nope, new congress, new negotiation. cui bono Dec 2012 #14
Yes, I believe that is correct! drynberg Dec 2012 #42
There you go nineteen50 Dec 2012 #21
But that ain't no benefit cut, no sir! aquart Dec 2012 #3
That's right. progressoid Dec 2012 #9
For some people that's the difference between Mr.Bill Dec 2012 #5
Yep. This is scary stuff. Imagine a senior trying to live on $800 a month today. reformist2 Dec 2012 #13
My wife is a retired RN who has been at times a Home Health nurse and a Hospice nurse. Mr.Bill Dec 2012 #16
You are exactly right humbled_opinion Dec 2012 #20
I'm already breaking my pills in half pscot Dec 2012 #17
You would soon have no pills to break in half Mr.Bill Dec 2012 #19
Or the difference between chicken and cat food. n/t Stonepounder Dec 2012 #39
eliminate congressional pensions Angry Dragon Dec 2012 #7
Thank you. It was a meme for a while on Facebook - truedelphi Dec 2012 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2012 #8
Question ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #10
first off they are not raises. aandegoons Dec 2012 #12
You got a pay cut the day you your boss said all the dollars YOU earn belong to him or her. jtuck004 Dec 2012 #37
Sorry, but all that's left to say is what a bunch of assholes. cui bono Dec 2012 #15
Kickety kick and kickin' agin'. Melinda Dec 2012 #18
I'm getting that same sick feeling..... lib2DaBone Dec 2012 #22
Politicians always do the same thing nineteen50 Dec 2012 #23
Anyone who says that they support the President for doing this, because the President is a truedelphi Dec 2012 #24
"Democrat" doesn't mean what it used to mean. RC Dec 2012 #26
Progressive Poverty: the longer you live, the poorer you become. Kip Humphrey Dec 2012 #27
That is so wrong... Harmony Blue Dec 2012 #32
And the CPI that they use now Curmudgeoness Dec 2012 #28
Of course for members of Congress...... NorthCarolina Dec 2012 #29
K & R !!! WillyT Dec 2012 #30
Good illustration jsr Dec 2012 #31
What I hate about the chained-CPI thing gollygee Dec 2012 #33
The whole idea is bogus - it's supposed to be a consumer price index, not a survivor price index. reformist2 Dec 2012 #35
And we're talking about people who haven't been having steak gollygee Dec 2012 #36
Where is the Medicare chart? And how about those tsuki Dec 2012 #34
We are already being screwed. The inflation factor they are talking about doesn't include food or jtuck004 Dec 2012 #38
When my parents retired they could manage. They made glinda Dec 2012 #41
This is ridiculous - tens of millions of people working every day, and everyone going forward jtuck004 Dec 2012 #46
This is sadly how it works for the majority of Americans after they retire. glinda Dec 2012 #48
Chain Chain Chain benld74 Dec 2012 #40
One thing about is if the 1% want it it is not good for the other 99% madokie Dec 2012 #44
Everything is so complicated bucolic_frolic Dec 2012 #45
K&R woo me with science Dec 2012 #47
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