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In reply to the discussion: Fix the Debt (cut social security) is a true bipartisan operation [View all]Selatius
(20,441 posts)7. If you run for Congress, you generally don't want to piss off the wealthiest/powerful constituents.
It's difficult enough to get citizens to donate enough money to a politician's campaign, much less vote for one. Angering the wealthiest among the 1% just guarantees that the politician in question will also face incessant attack ads and character assassination campaigns launched by those wealthy few. The result is that only a handful of senators are left of center, and only one of them is an avowed democratic socialist. The other Democrats are neoliberals.
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are you talking to me specifically? cause i didn't say 'elect progressive candidates" & i don't
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#4
Oh sorry, no; it's just a general thing people tend to say in threads like these.
HughBeaumont
Feb 2013
#17
If you run for Congress, you generally don't want to piss off the wealthiest/powerful constituents.
Selatius
Feb 2013
#7
The more money that makes it's way to the top, the worse it's going to get.
HughBeaumont
Feb 2013
#21
How does cutting Social Security "Fix the Debt?" It has never contributed one penny to the debt.
tclambert
Feb 2013
#5
"in turn pays interest on it back to Social Security if it needs it" -- no, it pays interest
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#27
it's pretty simple. but that's not how it works. the Trust Fund gets REGULAR interest payments
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#32
you said: "it in turn pays interest on it back to Social Security if it needs it"
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#34
The TF is credited whether it's 'needed' or not, whether they 'pay out' or not.
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#42
Slashing SS is the #1 goal of the 1%... because their taxes will go up big time otherwise.
reformist2
Feb 2013
#12
true, that. it was funny how that just went away as an issue under the reign of bush.
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#28