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When Do Low-Income Americans Get Their White House Meeting? [View all] xchrom Jan 2013 OP

It's coming any day now. Obamas second term will free him up to move in the right direction. Autumn Jan 2013 #1

Like the fiscal cliff deal that ProSense Jan 2013 #8

Hi Autumn Jan 2013 #11

She ProSense'd ya. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #53

Nah, I just very, very rarely read anything she posts. Autumn Jan 2013 #57

The President expanded Medicaid to 16 million Americans. ProSense Jan 2013 #65

Some people hate that you actually back up your posts with facts and links. NYC Liberal Jan 2013 #76

I concur. MADem Jan 2013 #126

The president provides for the poor with SNAP (food stamps) obama2016202428 Jan 2013 #109

Oh! Snap! merrily Jan 2013 #131

That remains to be seen, given that the SCOTUS took away the only merrily Jan 2013 #133

They loved you when you expressed disappointment in the president for something he did... Liberal_Stalwart71 Jan 2013 #154

The payroll tax cut needed to expire... awoke_in_2003 Jan 2013 #145

I agree with it, too. It hurts Social Security. It was a "holiday" that was set to expire anyway. Liberal_Stalwart71 Jan 2013 #155

B.S. there are alternatives reply to my post below this n/t humbled_opinion Jan 2013 #163

The SS holiday... awoke_in_2003 Jan 2013 #166

That is just not true and sounds like propaganda... humbled_opinion Jan 2013 #167

I agree that raising the cap is the BEST solution. But you can't deny that a payroll tax holiday Liberal_Stalwart71 Jan 2013 #170

Maybe you missed my point I do deny it.. humbled_opinion Jan 2013 #172

HUH??? The payroll holiday DID hurt SS. There's no getting around it. Throwing tantrums won't help. Liberal_Stalwart71 Jan 2013 #169

Nuts... humbled_opinion Jan 2013 #174

I've always been in favor of raising the cap. I'm not sure if you can look at all 10,000+ posts. Liberal_Stalwart71 Jan 2013 #176

Look I am glad that you are doing well enough humbled_opinion Jan 2013 #162

I would rather he move in the correct direction but that's just me...n/t humbled_opinion Jan 2013 #116

"Correct direction" and "wrong direction" are not the only choices, though. merrily Jan 2013 #134

Low income people disappear after Campaign Season n/t leftstreet Jan 2013 #2

Actually ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #30

Right. Middle Class. If you're below you get no pander. n/t Ed Suspicious Jan 2013 #35

No ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #40

Plus there's the whole "taboo" thing... Scootaloo Jan 2013 #63

Wow....well said.....no one likes the poor working class... lib2DaBone Jan 2013 #111

Johnson did more than talk about the poor. So did RFK--until he got shot. merrily Jan 2013 #136

That was 44 years ago. Scootaloo Jan 2013 #139

LBJ's ideals most certainly did bear fruit merrily Jan 2013 #143

Well said.... +1 KoKo Jan 2013 #158

Oh, well, fuck 'em then. OnyxCollie Jan 2013 #69

Well ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #71

What was I supposed to get out of it? OnyxCollie Jan 2013 #72

Nothing ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #78

That was informative. OnyxCollie Jan 2013 #82

That's only as seen through your filter. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #88

I'll ask again: OnyxCollie Jan 2013 #91

I meant ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #93

LOL! OnyxCollie Jan 2013 #100

Okay ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #114

For certain purposes, yes. merrily Jan 2013 #142

We have not had a President who was President of all the people since..... nt merrily Jan 2013 #135

"Corporations are people, my friend." merrily Jan 2013 #138

It may be circular, though. merrily Jan 2013 #137

And "Middle Class" to our leadership =+$250,000/year bvar22 Jan 2013 #104

More like 450K or so they acted...n/t humbled_opinion Jan 2013 #165

seems like pander stopped at 450K annual income... humbled_opinion Jan 2013 #168

Toward the end, I did hear "middle class and those who aspire to the middle class" a few times. merrily Jan 2013 #132

I am starting to believe that... Shame really... humbled_opinion Jan 2013 #164

They do not need one, as there is a former community organizer in the White House Freddie Stubbs Jan 2013 #3

that former community organizer choie Jan 2013 #14

Your quip is ridiculous. Do you know why they're even there? Or is this just hyperbole? Tarheel_Dem Jan 2013 #17

Oh that's right, I'm sure they were there choie Jan 2013 #19

You spoke the truth! mntleo2 Jan 2013 #70

Sure, like health insurers were at the WH early in 2009 for reasons no reasonable person merrily Jan 2013 #144

Yup. +zillion graham4anything Jan 2013 #33

3 years as a community organizer, 1 year in a Wall St. firm and at least 17 years as a politician merrily Jan 2013 #140

+1 greatauntoftriplets Jan 2013 #152

Who? 99Forever Jan 2013 #4

As soon as they start making the same kind of campaign contributions. Equality for all. AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2013 #5

Time=Money antiquie Jan 2013 #23

Yes, but big bucks buy a lot of time. merrily Jan 2013 #141

The Poor DO pay a whole lot of taxes that the rich and middle class refuse to pay ... mntleo2 Jan 2013 #81

I have wondered the exact same thing... marew Jan 2013 #6

No one even pretends to represent us any more.. daleanime Jan 2013 #7

If true, who could Obama invite? JoePhilly Jan 2013 #60

Nuns on the Bus, Arundhi Roy, Howard Zinn, Francis Fox Pivon, Amy Goodman, mntleo2 Jan 2013 #90

well..... other than that there's no one I tells ya! Dragonfli Jan 2013 #107

Good, at least you are trying. JoePhilly Jan 2013 #149

The comment was "No even pretends to represent us anymore." merrily Jan 2013 #146

Jamie Diamond and Lloyd Bankfiend. HughBeaumont Jan 2013 #9

These criminal scumbags should be doing time. Initech Jan 2013 #73

+1,000,000,000 Kurovski Jan 2013 #103

I think a few years of hard labor JEB Jan 2013 #127

Meeting? We can meet by the kitchen door for scraps from the bankster's luncheon. infidel dog Jan 2013 #10

It's All about Power AZ Progressive Jan 2013 #12

When they start voting in all elections and letting politicians know they matter. bluestate10 Jan 2013 #13

You can give a politician 100 thousand dollars. You still only have one fucking vote. Autumn Jan 2013 #34

Your diatribe shows why liberals are easy to ignore. Facts are facts. bluestate10 Jan 2013 #123

Politicians go the way they do because they are Autumn Jan 2013 #150

when they start stroking big ass campaign checks datasuspect Jan 2013 #15

The o.p. is dishonest at best. There are all kinds of Americans in & out of the WH daily. Check... Tarheel_Dem Jan 2013 #16

We don't need their fucking money leftstreet Jan 2013 #20

Ugh. Sounds like you might be happier in Venezuela. Tarheel_Dem Jan 2013 #24

In the US wealth is seized from the workers leftstreet Jan 2013 #26

+1 forestpath Jan 2013 #27

Please proceed leftstreet. Tarheel_Dem Jan 2013 #39

Okay leftstreet Jan 2013 #46

I agree with him/her. For 30 years that wealth has been stolen ....... socialist_n_TN Jan 2013 #108

Well ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #41

We have seen their "jobs" plan for a generation TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #95

I just googled "jobs coming back to america", and got a gazillion results. Rhetoric is no..... Tarheel_Dem Jan 2013 #98

I just googled "unicorns in teacups" and literally got 12.2 million hits TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #120

And 12.3 million for "when pigs fly" n/t durablend Jan 2013 #173

There were several meetings BumRushDaShow Jan 2013 #18

Thank You. I'm sorry, but I am probably the only acknowledgement you'll receive. The o.p. had.... Tarheel_Dem Jan 2013 #25

Yes I agree. BumRushDaShow Jan 2013 #28

Yep ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #45

You wouldn't think we just had an election, would you? Where these "low income" folks came out in.. Tarheel_Dem Jan 2013 #47

But, as I said, ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #55

I think the point was kurtzapril4 Jan 2013 #124

That's fine ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #160

Good catch, thought you are right that it likely won't count. greatauntoftriplets Jan 2013 #153

Thank you!! The ODSers are in rare form today. Liberal_Stalwart71 Jan 2013 #156

What day is it that hell will freeze over? That one I think. mmonk Jan 2013 #21

Well see, if they were intelligent enough to add anything to the discussion, they'd have money. Marr Jan 2013 #22

Another smear the president media article. Guess they want Jeb in 2016. imho graham4anything Jan 2013 #29

That's an awfully convenient way to shield the president from criticism ... markpkessinger Jan 2013 #86

so what. United we stand divided is Ralph Nader's game plan graham4anything Jan 2013 #87

The question is . . . markpkessinger Jan 2013 #96

to overturn the US Supreme Court on their 2nd Amend. and corporate personhood rulings. graham4anything Jan 2013 #97

Yeah, right. Hatchling Jan 2013 #102

The trick is to have a Lower Middle Class/Working Poor Class SuperPAC southernyankeebelle Jan 2013 #31

the link is and anti Obama site. How do you like what third parties do to America? Gave us 9-11 graham4anything Jan 2013 #32

Common Dreams is Ron Paul's site?? Autumn Jan 2013 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author graham4anything Jan 2013 #42

Common Dreams is not Ron Pauls web site. Autumn Jan 2013 #48

it is sympathetic to his viewpoints, so if it quacks like a duck graham4anything Jan 2013 #50

I've read a lot of progressive stuff coming from there, Autumn Jan 2013 #51

It's bullshit. A quick Google search produces no such results: Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2013 #75

Of course it's a lie, and Common Dreams is not Ron Pauls web site. Autumn Jan 2013 #77

I used to find the usual incoherent word salads funny. Now it's just annoying. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2013 #80

This message was self-deleted by its author graham4anything Jan 2013 #84

Common Dreams is not Ron fucking Pauls site. That is a lie. Autumn Jan 2013 #89

That's all over the place JReed Jan 2013 #125

Here is the Staff of Common Dreams. Just hit the link. KoKo Jan 2013 #159

Lots of things quack like a duck, progressoid Jan 2013 #92

Like disruptors? Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2013 #94

An outright lie. JoeyT Jan 2013 #115

I just did and Google told me you're full of shit as usual (I'm paraphrasing of course): Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2013 #74

You should send an email to the WH with this query in the subject line. gateley Jan 2013 #37

Make sure you name the members of "the poor" who must be invited. JoePhilly Jan 2013 #44

As soon as they get rich WhoIsNumberNone Jan 2013 #38

Who are their delegates? JoePhilly Jan 2013 #43

K&R woo me with science Jan 2013 #49

you aren't being "sensible" warrprayer Jan 2013 #52

Is this really representative of the Democratic Party and those left of center today? eilen Jan 2013 #54

no it isn't representative of the President. Can't speak for those who agree with this graham4anything Jan 2013 #58

Amen xchrom... A - Fucking - Men... K & R !!! WillyT Jan 2013 #56

It's on the schedule OnyxCollie Jan 2013 #59

Never..the election is over.. Upton Jan 2013 #61

After they get rich Motown_Johnny Jan 2013 #62

More wailing at the moon, eh? Xchrom, they are already there. jtuck004 Jan 2013 #64

To serve man appears to be a cookbook Dragonfli Jan 2013 #110

So when politicans say they are there to "serve" us... yikes. jtuck004 Jan 2013 #112

Excellent post Dragonfli Jan 2013 #113

When they each donate $1 million to his campaign begin_within Jan 2013 #66

Your kidding right we the poor don't matter if they admit we exist they admit the American dream is Arcanetrance Jan 2013 #67

This thread is misleading. CheapShotArtist Jan 2013 #68

You must understand that the ODSers will never stop bashing. It's what they do. Liberal_Stalwart71 Jan 2013 #157

This is the reason some people say both parties are the same. davidn3600 Jan 2013 #79

Maybe once one of them gets elected president, hughee99 Jan 2013 #83

Why does the White House need more bricks again? aandegoons Jan 2013 #85

Tells us all we need to know doesn't it? One of the myths JReed Jan 2013 #99

+1 nt OnyxCollie Jan 2013 #101

What a bunch of bullshit ProSense Jan 2013 #105

Facts don't seem to have any effect on you JReed Jan 2013 #119

The last time "The Poor" were mentioned in Campaign 2008... bvar22 Jan 2013 #106

Don't worry, the uber wealthy truly care about the rest of us. RedCappedBandit Jan 2013 #117

oh please....they don't. It doesn't matter who the president is. crazyjoe Jan 2013 #118

Oh no, really, it DOES matter who the president is. mountain grammy Jan 2013 #122

Greg Kaufmann's article on CommonDreams.org... ReRe Jan 2013 #121

When MannyGoldstein gets a post placed in the Left Column MannyGoldstein Jan 2013 #128

OMG! DO We even exist? How funny! We voted and got punked....again. SammyWinstonJack Jan 2013 #129

When they pool their money and hire a lobbyist. merrily Jan 2013 #130

That's what Heaven is for. blkmusclmachine Jan 2013 #147

K&R DeSwiss Jan 2013 #148

Not ann--- Jan 2013 #151

ever.............. 840high Jan 2013 #171

K&R closeupready Jan 2013 #161

Kick woo me with science Jan 2013 #175