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In reply to the discussion: President Obama Offered More Cuts To Social Security Benefits Than To The Pentagon [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)21. Let's get Progressives to run for Congress in 2014.
Where you live. I take it you are in Indiana. Join your local Democratic Club. Bring your friends and persuade a progressive to run. Even if they don't have a chance to win, get someone to stand up and explain the progressive view -- and work to try to get that person as many votes as possible. That is how Californians do it. Indiana was always conservative, but it used to be more progressive than it is.
We need to fill Congress with as many Progressives as we can in 2014. Cuts to Social Security will change the minds of a lot of Republican and DINO voters. We need to turn this set-back into and opportunity for Progressives.
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President Obama Offered More Cuts To Social Security Benefits Than To The Pentagon [View all]
Report1212
Dec 2012
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My members of Congress are ethical, honest people. The problem is the President.
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2012
#9
Yes. It does. And the money has already been given to the rich in the form of the Bush
JDPriestly
Dec 2012
#19
Almost all of our politicians are bought! The fix is in either way. Lets hope the Senate will
Dustlawyer
Dec 2012
#14
Obama just LOWERED, yes, lowered the FICA taxes -- also known as payroll taxes.
JDPriestly
Dec 2012
#20
And, the tradition among Democratic presidents has been to not get involved in primaries.
byeya
Dec 2012
#35
Clinton was something of a fraud as well....It really has little to do with Chicago. n/t
whathehell
Dec 2012
#42
He said that "in the 1980's" he would have been a moderate republican. I think he's one now.
whathehell
Dec 2012
#25