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MineralMan

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23. Yes, it is a lie, and it's a terrible mistake for the Sanders campaign

Reply to George II (Reply #20)

Sat Mar 7, 2020, 12:16 PM

Mar 2020

David Sirota is not an asset for Bernie Sanders. Not at all an asset.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Does Biden want to cut social security? [View all] mysteryowl Mar 2020 OP

I know who is has & wants to..... Boxerfan Mar 2020 #1

This is a quest for understanding. mysteryowl Mar 2020 #2

If it is a "quest for understanding" then I'd suggest google is your friend Merlot Mar 2020 #5

I am not intending to be inflammatory. mysteryowl Mar 2020 #9

The topic has been covered extensively here. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #18

This is all new news to me. It might be repeat for others, but it is new to me. mysteryowl Mar 2020 #28

Intercept has put out some very inflammatory statements regarding anyone except their Thekaspervote Mar 2020 #43

There is a way to determine whether it is fake news JHB Mar 2020 #26

I'd like to know his vote on the 1986 age raise of social security jimfields33 Mar 2020 #51

It was raised to fix a known problem and was widely delisen Mar 2020 #55

It's unreal isn't it. I was in my 40s then so I didn't pay much attention but if they hadn't pushed Doremus Mar 2020 #58

No, he doesn't want to cut SS. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #3

No. He NEVER wanted to cut social security. Many years ago he, along with many in Congress.... George II Mar 2020 #4

+++ still_one Mar 2020 #10

And now Biden wants to raise the ceiling PatSeg Mar 2020 #13

That's laudable hangaleft Mar 2020 #38

Thanks for the explanation. Like the OP, I needed answers not patricia92243 Mar 2020 #47

Thank you. You clarified better than I have seen elsewhere. emmaverybo Mar 2020 #53

Bernie Sanders wants to expand it.. whathehell Mar 2020 #6

I don't think Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #7

Of course it wouldn't whathehell Mar 2020 #25

Ah, of course. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #31

NTSA. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2020 #8

I can see that you are concerned about this. MineralMan Mar 2020 #11

I think what prompted a lot of this is that David Sirota was on MSNBC this morning claiming.... George II Mar 2020 #20

Yes, it is a lie, and it's a terrible mistake for the Sanders campaign MineralMan Mar 2020 #23

I don't watch MSNBC and I don't know who David Sirota is. mysteryowl Mar 2020 #36

David Sirota is Sanders' "National Speech Writer", aka "Communications Director", aka now.... George II Mar 2020 #39

He is one of sanders Hatchet men. When Sanders hired Jill Stein supporter Briahna Joy Gray, and still_one Mar 2020 #45

I don't believe he wants SS cut. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #12

If that were true Butterflylady Mar 2020 #30

Let me explain this to you. Sloumeau Mar 2020 #14

Thanks for the explanation! Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #15

Thanks. That's my recollection pretty much. KPN Mar 2020 #27

How did this happen when the House was controlled by our party the entire Reagan presidency ? nt MichMan Mar 2020 #42

When Reagan won in 1980, he won big. Sloumeau Mar 2020 #46

Check it Faux pas Mar 2020 #16

I will read the article, but I can see that these kinds of articles have indeed been circulating. mysteryowl Mar 2020 #21

The intercept??????????????? NYMinute Mar 2020 #29

I am reading the Intercept article and it is making specific researched points. mysteryowl Mar 2020 #34

Intercept is a worthless rag NYMinute Mar 2020 #35

Biden for 50 YEARS has protected SS and its recipients. Hortensis Mar 2020 #17

Bravo. emmaverybo Mar 2020 #54

Joe Biden's Official positions on Social Security: pazzyanne Mar 2020 #19

Interesting. Same source, same author, two weeks later. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #22

Thanks, I will read it. mysteryowl Mar 2020 #32

I oppose means testing hangaleft Mar 2020 #40

Exactly loyalsister Mar 2020 #48

You've inadvertently hit on one of my favorite points hangaleft Mar 2020 #50

I don't think that is necessarily a wise idea. TexasTowelie Mar 2020 #56

Your points are well taken hangaleft Mar 2020 #57

I did understand the points you were making. TexasTowelie Mar 2020 #60

I stand by my basic premise hangaleft Mar 2020 #61

Disagree on that to some extent. Happy Hoosier Mar 2020 #59

I did not know he was "entertaining" the idea of raising the retirement age. mysteryowl Mar 2020 #41

The author of the article you linked wrote a follow-up two weeks later. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #24

Sanders needs to lose in Michigan and disband his NoMoreRepugs Mar 2020 #33

He is putting out a lot of out right lies showblue22 Mar 2020 #37

Obama and Biden are not necessarily of the same mind hangaleft Mar 2020 #44

he used to RussBLib Mar 2020 #49

Increasing the cap is one of his goals. bluedye33139 Mar 2020 #52