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In reply to the discussion: After a dramatic week, Social Security is again off the table [View all]rateyes
(17,438 posts)53. There is nothing in that statement that takes SS off the table...
Obama is saying to pass the middle class tax cut now, and that he will promise to negotiate on spending later, and thats all it says. For you to use that link to declare he took it off the table is disingenuous at best.
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The GOP is playing poke the bear. And they just got a chunk of ass chewed off. nt
Xipe Totec
Dec 2012
#2
Then Mr. Cool gets on tv and says 'United we stand; Divided we fall.' It was a thing of beauty.
Gregorian
Dec 2012
#4
Yes! An admission by the author of CPI that it hurts the poorer and older ones the most.
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#5
It's not gone....wait and see the NEW YEAR! President made it a bargaining chip...
KoKo
Dec 2012
#10
The President's statements in the video are clear, but there is nothing in your link
woo me with science
Dec 2012
#16
republicans are so stupid. Obama could promise to step down and take his entire cabinet with him...
spanone
Dec 2012
#7
Obama Drops the Hammer on Republicans and Pulls Back His Last Fiscal Cliff Proposal
ProSense
Dec 2012
#17
Sorry ProSense, I do not share your absolute conviction that it is off the table...
TheProgressive
Dec 2012
#27
Yes. By repeatedly validating Republican lies and talking points on SS and austerity,
woo me with science
Dec 2012
#39