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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-11 09:40 AM
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To Be Clear: Spending Cuts Will Hurt, REGARDLESS of Any Tax Hikes.
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There is no QUID PRO QUO.

Raising the Medicare Age to 67, e.g., while, say, raising the upper tax bracket to an awesome 97%, STILL RAISES THE MEDICARE AGE TO 67.

Re-imagining the CPI to halt future SS COLAs, while, say, raising the upper tax bracket to an awesome 97%, STILL HALTS FUTURE COLA's.

Reducing SS, Medicare, or Medicaid benefits, while, say, raising the upper tax bracket to an awesome 97%, STILL REDUCES SS, MEDICARE, AND MEDICAID BENEFITS.

It is the height of cynicism and the nadir of contempt for the elderly, the poor, the disabled, and the minor-age orphaned to pretend that there is some kind of "even Steven" bargaining here.

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