Oh this just gets better and better, - Democratic Underground

MadHound

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Thu Jul-07-11 07:59 AM
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Oh this just gets better and better,

"While discussions on trimming the costs of entitlement programs had centered on Medicare, the health care program for older Americans, the White House is revisiting a proposal raised earlier in the negotiations to change the inflation measurement used to calculate Social Security cost-of-living adjustments, thus reducing annual increases."
<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=137157495>

Kiss any meaningful COLA's goodbye.

This is beyond an outrage, this is bordering on traitorous. A so called Democrat cutting Social Security benefits:grr:

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Sherman A1

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Thu Jul-07-11 08:01 AM
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1. Precisely

:banghead:

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myrna minx

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Thu Jul-07-11 08:02 AM
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2. I am horrified that I voted for this by voting for him.

:cry: I am just horrified.

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Capitalocracy

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Thu Jul-07-11 08:19 AM
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10. It's like they're testing the limits of the lesser of two evils vote

How far can they stretch it until it overreaches their base's level of tolerance and the whole thing snaps?

Medicare is a likely breaking point for a lot of people. They're playing with fire.

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WinkyDink

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Thu Jul-07-11 08:03 AM
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3. He signaled this with the initial No-COLA action. THAT was Obama's "chess gambit," people.

Edited on Thu Jul-07-11 08:03 AM by WinkyDink

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Pharaoh

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Thu Jul-07-11 08:03 AM
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4. They stopped my COLA

2 years ago. Civil service retirement.

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tishaLA

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Thu Jul-07-11 08:04 AM
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5. news like this makes me think

Watching Nancy Grace isn't so bad after all

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tekisui

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Thu Jul-07-11 08:05 AM
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6. Apologist unreccers notwithstanding, reccomend.

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nc4bo

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Thu Jul-07-11 08:07 AM
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7. No COLA for my mom. Her medco payments went up as did her BC/BS and for the first time

she had to shell out cash to her eye doctor after cataract surgery.

It's all starting to add up and she's feeling it.

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reformist2

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Thu Jul-07-11 08:11 AM
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8. Campaign finance reform, people. It's the sine qua non of reforms.

I don't care what your issue is - everything else needs to take a back seat to this one. Because until we free our campaigns of fundraising, candidates will always be beholden to big money.

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Fuddnik

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Thu Jul-07-11 08:12 AM
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9. Kick and Rec!

But, it's not really a cut unless he spells it three times C-U-T and clicks his heels together at the same time. Otherwise it's just hatred and misunderstanding.

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