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In reply to the discussion: Here's a soft lie that must be debunked before it gets off the ground! [View all]jtuck004
(15,882 posts)7. Rick's Burgers, in Spokane, hasa Whammy, a Double Whammy, and a Triple Whammy.
There are so many people from Montana through Spokane that I thought the Senator-Who-Sometimes-Reminds-Me-Of-John-Wayne-Gacy might have been talking about those...
Because then a "Double Whammy" would simply mean getting what you were promised and already paid for.
Such as SS.
Otherwise he's just talking as a common thief.
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Here's a soft lie that must be debunked before it gets off the ground! [View all]
TrollBuster9090
Dec 2012
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Simpson is a master of rhetoric appealing to the young and the poor, while simultaneously screwing
TrollBuster9090
Dec 2012
#9
I like many things about Simpson, but he has this thing about Social Security,
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#4
Thank you! There's an equally clear solution. Remove the payroll tax cap.
TrollBuster9090
Dec 2012
#19
All very true! It's even MORE clever than Norquist's 'starve the beast' strategy.
TrollBuster9090
Dec 2012
#30
Exactly. UNLESS somebody is trying to float the idea that money owed by STATE governments to
TrollBuster9090
Dec 2012
#15
Better yet...why did they elect THE SHRUB when Gore was promising to use Clinton's budget surplus
TrollBuster9090
Dec 2012
#17
We are at a point, where the choice is Social Security or defense, and he refuses to cut defense.
happyslug
Dec 2012
#24
The big Republican Lie, told by a Republican liar and sadly, repeated even here
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#25
Yes, that would certainly be true if the SS Trust fund asked for the money when the Bonds mature,
TrollBuster9090
Dec 2012
#28