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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 03:15 PM Original message |
Fiscal Commission Co-Chairs Recommend Draconian cuts to Social Security and Medicare |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. I hope people won't take this lying down. n/t |
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IDHow (97 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Scream out your window: "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not gonna take it anymore!" |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. I've been screaming for years, so much that I'mn becoming mute |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. +1 |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 03:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. I wrote about this earlier today - |
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Faryn Balyncd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. k and r #3 |
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AldebTX (739 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. Its Just The Beginning |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 04:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. If you think repugs are doing this on their own I got a bridge |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. 70% cut in benefits? wtf? WITH A REDUCTION IN CORPORATE TAX RATES???? |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. why do they hate safe & drug free schools? |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 03:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Means testing is the nail in the coffin for Social Security, thanks for responding |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. and the Commission's actions will be the nail in the coffin of the Democratic Party. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 03:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Not a single penny to come from the war budget. How interesting. n/t |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. "Achieve 100 billion in Illustrative Defense Cuts" -- but yeah, it's a pittance. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 05:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. I missed that. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. kik for visibility |
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Me. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. Call Nancy Pelosi's Office & Ask Her To Fight This |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 03:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Fortunately, Pelosi is a big ally of Social Security. |
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Me. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 05:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. That's Right |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
11. K&R |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
12. Thank you, Obama, you did this. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 04:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Yes he did and it is noted. nt |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
13. I read through the Co Chairs' draft documents and don't see a 70% cut recommendation. |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. That's definitely hyperbole. I am waiting on some legitimate analysis before I throw those numbers |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 04:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Yeah, same here. Some of the draft proposals look good, some don't look good and |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 05:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. This maneuver indicates that their ideas won't be approved by the full commission. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 09:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. They are softening us up for deficit cuts "that won't be as bad". |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
25. Jesus, way yo flip out automatically. I would love to see your solutions! Wait a damn week!! |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
26. That's on top of the 500 billion in Medicare cuts proposed under the health insurance act. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
29. Fuck those rich assholes. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
30. Fuck those people |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
31. Krugman makes apt assessment |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
33. Co-Chairs: A neocon and a DLC tool |
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