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I owe some DUers an apology. [View all] MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 OP
... SidDithers Feb 2013 #1
Clever. GeorgeGist Feb 2013 #64
Brilliant rebuttal! Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #78
This guy must be on vacation: UnrepentantLiberal Feb 2013 #85
Sid seems skeptical pscot Feb 2013 #88
Ha! nt ZombieHorde Feb 2013 #2
Also, he only offered it to trap the GOP. Marr Feb 2013 #3
All irony, all the time. Richardo Feb 2013 #4
Those earning between $30 and $40K would be hit the hardest according to the linked article. n/t Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #5
Only one glass of wine and see what happens? MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #6
I know that feeling all too well! Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #8
The second glass timdog44 Feb 2013 #75
Thanks for yr apology! This whole fiasco reminds me of how the wonderful ACA really hits truedelphi Feb 2013 #109
Well, those drones don't pay for THEMSELVES MotherPetrie Feb 2013 #7
You pulled out the big gun Autumn Feb 2013 #9
IT IS A CHESS GAME MANNY!!! Skittles Feb 2013 #10
Thanks elleng Feb 2013 #13
Even Bobby Fischer lost occassionally. bvar22 Feb 2013 #26
Indeed, chervilant Feb 2013 #96
Thank you for making so crystal clear. Curmudgeoness Feb 2013 #104
Ah, I see. So Repubs take the deal. caseymoz Feb 2013 #33
Your feeble mind just won't understand... progressoid Feb 2013 #39
K&R.... k&R.... K&R... midnight Feb 2013 #47
STOP IT PROGRESSOID Skittles Feb 2013 #54
He does seem to be playing 3D chess. AnnieK401 Feb 2013 #79
... Whisp Feb 2013 #11
Gee that looks like a big pile of steaming cow dung. wilsonbooks Feb 2013 #74
How did you get that picture of Sids backyard? n/t L0oniX Feb 2013 #100
I knew this was going to be an awesome thread. Kalidurga Feb 2013 #12
Thanks elleng Feb 2013 #14
No, it's bait. Same theme, no change. freshwest Feb 2013 #23
Same theme, "IT'S ALL ABOUT MONEY" ...., "but 'we' hate being bought & sold as slaves!" patrice Feb 2013 #98
I wish the President wasn't offering these give-aways in a naive belief Swede Atlanta Feb 2013 #15
it takes a person of strong character to admit when they're wrong.. frylock Feb 2013 #16
Also sprach Brittainy Spears . . . markpkessinger Feb 2013 #18
Yes, indeed. madfloridian Feb 2013 #30
of course....+1 KoKo Feb 2013 #93
Sad +1. Overseas Feb 2013 #102
You're showing a lot more class Le Taz Hot Feb 2013 #17
Maybe because the responders understand that the apology is satirical? n/t Bolo Boffin Feb 2013 #20
Ah, Third-Way Manny Le Taz Hot Feb 2013 #60
Again, the Obama proposal has "protections for the vulnerable" Bolo Boffin Feb 2013 #19
What % of Social Security recipients AREN'T "vulnerable"? n/t brentspeak Feb 2013 #40
This thread isn't about SS, it's about other ways the chained CPI could impact people. Bolo Boffin Feb 2013 #41
So it is now verbotten to mention items tangential to the truedelphi Feb 2013 #111
Oh, brother. Bolo Boffin Feb 2013 #116
A 150% poverty exception would make that 0%. joshcryer Feb 2013 #162
This poster has a fetish about "cutting" social security treestar Feb 2013 #108
"This poster" - you mean me? Bolo Boffin Feb 2013 #114
No I meant the OP treestar Feb 2013 #119
Oh. Sorry about the friendly fire. Bolo Boffin Feb 2013 #132
The lack of means testing is one of the major safeguards Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #141
But then cutting the benefits of it to the rich treestar Feb 2013 #143
The problem is that the cuts come as offers from the White House Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #145
This is it!!! Here it comes!!! Any second!!! JoePhilly Feb 2013 #21
^^ Coward ^^ MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #24
^^^ Failed Prognosticator ^^^ JoePhilly Feb 2013 #70
^^ Prove It... Or Be Proven A Coward ^^ MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #71
Sorry Chicken Little, I'm staying. JoePhilly Feb 2013 #72
Again, an evidence-free post MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #73
You throw up pure bullshit, then demand that others prove something? bluestate10 Feb 2013 #124
Just a link showing what they claim I said MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #128
You stopped making specific claims shortly after the 2010 State of the Union. JoePhilly Feb 2013 #133
False. MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #134
I'm not going to re-show you that which I've showed you before. JoePhilly Feb 2013 #135
False. MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #136
True .. and ... my prediction is that .. JoePhilly Feb 2013 #137
If Obama keeps proposing cuts to Social Security, then someone MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #138
Nah. You just keep making stuff up. You are either ignorant about how the CPI works bluestate10 Feb 2013 #159
Having a rational argument with Manny is like trying to catch a waterfall with your bear hands. bluestate10 Feb 2013 #160
Nailed it... SidDithers Feb 2013 #34
Just don't hold your breath while you wait. Predictable gambit, but no cigar. freshwest Feb 2013 #99
Probably hardly any of those people voted for him anyways!!!!1!1 forestpath Feb 2013 #22
actually the estate tax is now indexed dsc Feb 2013 #25
I see what you did there. Rex Feb 2013 #27
You're no Stephen Colbert. randome Feb 2013 #28
K & R !!! WillyT Feb 2013 #29
DURec. bvar22 Feb 2013 #31
Just as nefarious.. Why Syzygy Feb 2013 #32
Check your irony meter tavalon Feb 2013 #43
Could be askew... Why Syzygy Feb 2013 #45
The words "Manny Goldstein" come from an ancient dead language tclambert Feb 2013 #121
Well now that it’s all settled..... busterbrown Feb 2013 #35
I have a close friend from the tribe who says grantcart Feb 2013 #38
SCHEDULING YOU TWO FOR A DUO-ASS KICKING Skittles Feb 2013 #55
Ass long as the ass kicking busterbrown Feb 2013 #56
I am strictly Nordic, darling Skittles Feb 2013 #58
Well thats good enough for me.... busterbrown Feb 2013 #62
The best way to make sure that doesn't happen rucky Feb 2013 #67
You are all about money, NeeDeep Feb 2013 #36
+1 Why aren't we asking, god forbid!!, what could be bought in terms of loophole abatement, or solar patrice Feb 2013 #57
The question is though, who is the "enemy"? Fumesucker Feb 2013 #63
Hypothetical "yes", but the question is what to do. TIME is short. Have you seen those graphs patrice Feb 2013 #89
Some people bitch about everytthing being about money and then they MAKE everything about money. patrice Feb 2013 #87
its good of you to apologize grantcart Feb 2013 #37
thank you. So many actions being taken, so many facets... BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2013 #49
k&r rhett o rick Feb 2013 #42
Hurting disabled Vets and the low income STILL sucks. :( Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #44
I think that's the point. Hissyspit Feb 2013 #48
I agree; I saw it as purely sarcastic and I fully agree with the sentiment! Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #50
I don't think many are tuning in on Manny's points being made. madfloridian Feb 2013 #51
Well you have to admit, hurting veterans and low income workers sabrina 1 Feb 2013 #52
Well... madfloridian Feb 2013 #59
"The Greediest Generation" MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #69
Thanks for the refreshment of Simpson's wisdom... KoKo Feb 2013 #94
The real problem with disabled veterans Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #82
It is shameful,indeed. What a drag on our national economy they are.. KoKo Feb 2013 #95
That's related to the same thing we say about how we are told "There's not enough (whatever) to go patrice Feb 2013 #97
So Sabrina - truedelphi Feb 2013 #112
Always follow your instincts. - K&R DeSwiss Feb 2013 #46
Apology accepted lol Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #53
... xchrom Feb 2013 #61
superlative datasuspect Feb 2013 #65
Apology accepted Doctor_J Feb 2013 #66
The rich are referring to this CPI as a minor tweak. midnight Feb 2013 #68
Cutting benefits to veterans and increasing taxes on $30,000-40,000 income is still unacceptable AndyA Feb 2013 #76
How are you apologizing? you are still putting President Obama down. graham4anything Feb 2013 #77
It's funny. You post Obamas offer from the WH web site, and you are putting Obama down Autumn Feb 2013 #80
Duh Doctor_J Feb 2013 #83
The president's offer to cut benefits for seniors, veterans, and the working poor Autumn Feb 2013 #84
That's okay, I made a mistake here once....... Uben Feb 2013 #81
Apology accepted. Don't let it happen again. ;) shcrane71 Feb 2013 #86
President Obama's policies: big savings and smart spending ProSense Feb 2013 #90
snort. blackspade Feb 2013 #91
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Feb 2013 #92
"2. Increasing taxes, .." is as clever as Reagan's taxation of 50% of SS benefits for the first time AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #101
The cuts that you mentioned are unacceptable. There are other uses of CPI. bluestate10 Feb 2013 #103
Thanks for this information. nt patrice Feb 2013 #105
Any links to back you up? MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #110
Maybe they are busy today? After all, It is Sunday, truedelphi Feb 2013 #113
Any time now... MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #117
Sorry, but President Obama isn't evilly thinking of how to screw SS recipients. bluestate10 Feb 2013 #123
Well, at least we're starting to agree. MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #129
And I would be forever grteful if the Fed Government would release the names of the truedelphi Feb 2013 #142
Manny, I stated in this OP somewhere that in the case of disinflation, the CPI should freeze. bluestate10 Feb 2013 #164
Thank you treestar Feb 2013 #140
When I see the bill for myself, the entire bill, I will judge then.Not before.Obama's for the people judesedit Feb 2013 #106
Well, we agree on something. MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #118
IOKIYAO? dorkulon Feb 2013 #107
BULLSHIT SPEWED BY AN OBAMA BASHER AT DU ?????????????? michigandem58 Feb 2013 #115
Manny you have long been & remain my DU hero! Divernan Feb 2013 #120
You SHOULD apologize! tclambert Feb 2013 #122
I never realized so many people comment on posts without reading them. limpyhobbler Feb 2013 #125
But it IS an apology Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #154
You don't really have any idea of what formula would be used cheapdate Feb 2013 #126
Yes, it's well known MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #127
Did you find it yet? nt MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #130
How about now? nt MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #131
Now? nt MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #139
Looks like you need to ProSense Feb 2013 #144
Why? nt MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #146
It was just as suggestion. ProSense Feb 2013 #147
Did she say something I should disagree with? MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #148
No, you ProSense Feb 2013 #149
Did I say his proposal was worse than the sequester? nt MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #150
The sequester doesn't include chained CPI. ProSense Feb 2013 #152
I'm not sure which is worse MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #153
"I'll have to trust in Warren on this one." ProSense Feb 2013 #156
Let's see what she does Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #151
Um, ProSense Feb 2013 #155
You are urging we call Sen. Warren Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #157
No, I'm not. ProSense Feb 2013 #158
House Dems said is Chained CPI doesn't happen if no poverty exemption. joshcryer Feb 2013 #161
Yes, you do. nt MineralMan Feb 2013 #163
creepy...you really didn't "GET" Manny's post at all.. KoKo Feb 2013 #165
I got it. nt MineralMan Feb 2013 #166
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