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In reply to the discussion: Obama, how DARE you cave on tax cuts for the rich & then raid Social Security to pay for them [View all]iemitsu
(3,888 posts)59. Huh, a conscience and some balls would keep him from following through on with such a bad plan.
This is a losing proposal. Half of America's elderly depend only on SS as a source of income. They will suffer. No Democrat should put them in that position.
Obama should insist that republicans take all the credit for their irresponsible actions and force them to concede. And if they don't they will be seen as the problem.
Obama's plan makes him the problem.
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Tom Rinaldo
Dec 2012
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Huh, a conscience and some balls would keep him from following through on with such a bad plan.
iemitsu
Dec 2012
#59
It really shows how far to the right the Democratic Party has shifted, doesn't it?
CrispyQ
Dec 2012
#91
Shifted my ass! They are bought and paid for, that is the only explanation!
Dustlawyer
Dec 2012
#104
He hasn't fucking done anything yet because the Republicans haven't agreed to it yet
Tom Rinaldo
Dec 2012
#10
I wanted to "contact" Pelosi, who endorses this legislation, to let her know I emphatically disagree
xtraxritical
Dec 2012
#105
It is far far more than the usual subjects and of that I am completely delighted. After all the
plethoro
Dec 2012
#21
All he has to do is nothing, and the tax cuts expire.... Which he failed at doing last time
grahamhgreen
Dec 2012
#68
Let the Bush Tax Cuts expire! Negotiate a tax cut for the middle class in the upcoming year.
RickFromMN
Dec 2012
#24
if the GOP agrees to the cuts (but why would they, they believe he'll give them even more!) the DEM
Divine Discontent
Dec 2012
#27
What we should be doing is making it clear to the Democrats in Congress is that,
dflprincess
Dec 2012
#56
Point is, if Obama isn't going to threaten the GOP with going over the cliff or else
harun
Dec 2012
#88
I'll repeat something I just posted as a reply in the center of this thread
Tom Rinaldo
Dec 2012
#84
Winning what? There is no winning. He put us in check by simply accepting the framing.
TheKentuckian
Dec 2012
#89
He's done no such thing. Until I see a plan, all this whining is senseless. GOBAMA!!
Liberal_Stalwart71
Dec 2012
#101
I remember moderate Republicans. They weren't hostile to Social Security.
kenny blankenship
Dec 2012
#108
That is exactly what it is: an extreme RW ploy in which social security benefits are reduced
indepat
Dec 2012
#115
Stealing from the poor to pay the rich is "austerity". Socialized theft. Disaster capitalism.
Fire Walk With Me
Dec 2012
#118
As we are seeing here, having a 2nd Term POTUS has it's DOWNSIDES as well.
99th_Monkey
Dec 2012
#126