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In reply to the discussion: The offer of the Chained CPI is a 'Brilliant Strategy'! Could someone explain this please? [View all]ProfessionalLeftist
(4,982 posts)13. I fail to see the "brilliance" in the President ...
...negotiating away (pretentiously or otherwise) money that is NOT HIS to negotiate with. Money that for many people now or in the future will be their only means of survival.
It's not "brilliant". It's not "funny". It's not "football". It's not "chess". And it's not HIS money. It's OUR MONEY and OUR retirement he's allegedly diddling with. And this diddling is a lot of things. But "brilliant" is (IMO) not one of them.
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The offer of the Chained CPI is a 'Brilliant Strategy'! Could someone explain this please? [View all]
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
OP
It is the football that Lucy currently holds so Charlie Brown can try to kick it.
JoePhilly
Dec 2012
#1
Manny ... Is Obama going to cave and make a deal which cuts SS by the end of the year?" Yes / No.
JoePhilly
Dec 2012
#6
Yes - the Social Security tax cut. Cuts the amount of money going into SS.
grahamhgreen
Dec 2012
#19
Manny ... Is Obama going to cave and make a deal which cuts SS by the end of the year?" Yes / No.
pomkrazy
Dec 2012
#93
Well, I'm trying to see and understand the claims that this is some brilliant
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#23
Lol, this must be true because no matter how hard I try, I cannot figure it out, this
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#32
How does exempting the poorest from the Chained CPI lift them out of poverty?
Sekhmets Daughter
Dec 2012
#50
You tend to trust Nancy impeachment-is-off-the-table Pelosi? Good for you.
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#67
War criminals should be in prison. They should not be walking around free, rich, and happy.
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#85
Nancy Pelosi said this week that the Chained CPI will 'strengthen SS' and that
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#71
Nancy Pelosi said this week that the Chained CPI will 'strengthen SS' and that
pomkrazy
Dec 2012
#94
So then Nancy Pelosi was wrong to say she will support Obama's inclusion of the
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#14
Those programs exist, the GOP hates them, therefore, they are always on the table.
JoePhilly
Dec 2012
#38
They hate the 14th amendment, why not put that on the table? Because it has nothing
grahamhgreen
Dec 2012
#79
Is Obama going to make a deal that cuts SS by the end of the year ... yes or no.
JoePhilly
Dec 2012
#105
And how does a discussion of the problems with the Fed Budget have anything to
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#58
But that is not what was offered when SS was put on the table! it is cutting benefits!
SugarShack
Dec 2012
#27
So do you predict that Obama will agree to a deal that cuts SS by the end of this year? Yes or No.
JoePhilly
Dec 2012
#42
So is your prediction that he will make a deal to cut SS by the end of the year. Yes or No.
JoePhilly
Dec 2012
#109
because many here just can't believe Obama would do such a thing, but he HAS!
SugarShack
Dec 2012
#28
Respect? How do you know how people came to the decisions they have? If you can say that
patrice
Dec 2012
#30
So is your prediction that he will make a deal to cut SS by the end of the year.
JoePhilly
Dec 2012
#43
It speaks to Repubs' 47%. Getting MORE people to stand up to their "representation" is good, that is
patrice
Dec 2012
#29
Well, we're not talking about 'demogogues on the internet' we are talking about
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#31
The only thing from Sanders about the CPI that I have seen was a chart showing the slowing in the
patrice
Dec 2012
#34
Why? in a word, Congress. And what calls itself "the Left" is getting all of the mileage it can out
patrice
Dec 2012
#35
Omg, did Plouffe really say that? I can't believe it! Who are these people who
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#72
I'm waiting for the entire democratic party to say what Representative Brown said:
CrispyQ
Dec 2012
#86
Thanks, that is correct. It is the attempt to deceive that has angered so many
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
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