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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts) Mon Sep 24, 2012, 01:35 PM Sep 2012

Dinner with Barack and Michelle

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Dinner with Barack and Michelle (Original Post) Playinghardball Sep 2012 OP

I've donated quite a bit trying to get that dinner with Barack and Michelle whathehell Sep 2012 #1

whathehell - me too! I'd have some really good questions for him too. AAO Sep 2012 #2

I'm not sure I do get your point, actually. whathehell Sep 2012 #6

Eliminate the caps on SS and Medicare - both problems solved indefinately! n/t AAO Sep 2012 #10

I agree! whathehell Sep 2012 #11

Well, we only pay 1.45 % of our pay to Medicare - so bump it up to 2% - problem solved! n/t AAO Sep 2012 #12

Sounds good!...n/t whathehell Sep 2012 #13

kick for later. eom ellenfl Sep 2012 #3

Thanks for posting this siligut Sep 2012 #4

I was moved. SmittynMo Sep 2012 #5

I sure wish you'd spell his name correctly. n/t Ineeda Sep 2012 #7

OK...small typo...sorry Playinghardball Sep 2012 #8

I know it will never be Cha Sep 2012 #9

whathehell

(29,067 posts)

1. I've donated quite a bit trying to get that dinner with Barack and Michelle

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Mon Sep 24, 2012, 01:50 PM

Sep 2012

Will let you all know if it happens for me and my spouse.

AAO

(3,300 posts)

2. whathehell - me too! I'd have some really good questions for him too.

Reply to whathehell (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 24, 2012, 02:07 PM

Sep 2012

It's too bad most of the people I've seen eating with him, are fairly low information voters. They ask lame questions with no followup. I'd be very polite, yet I would let the President know that I know, that he knows, that I know, that he knows... well, you get the point.

whathehell

(29,067 posts)

6. I'm not sure I do get your point, actually.

Reply to AAO (Reply #2)

Mon Sep 24, 2012, 04:12 PM

Sep 2012

But you're right, I think it would be good to ask him some policy questions.

I'd ask him what, if anything, he planned on doing with Social Security, and if he DID

plan to do anything with it, and if he DID, I'd tell him to raise the cap before even Thinking

about any cuts.

AAO

(3,300 posts)

10. Eliminate the caps on SS and Medicare - both problems solved indefinately! n/t

Reply to whathehell (Reply #6)

Tue Sep 25, 2012, 09:44 AM

Sep 2012

whathehell

(29,067 posts)

11. I agree!

Reply to AAO (Reply #10)

Tue Sep 25, 2012, 10:28 AM

Sep 2012

I know there is a cap on SS, but I'm not sure there is one on Medicare.

AAO

(3,300 posts)

12. Well, we only pay 1.45 % of our pay to Medicare - so bump it up to 2% - problem solved! n/t

Reply to whathehell (Reply #11)

Tue Sep 25, 2012, 03:34 PM

Sep 2012

whathehell

(29,067 posts)

13. Sounds good!...n/t

Reply to AAO (Reply #12)

Tue Sep 25, 2012, 03:37 PM

Sep 2012

ellenfl

(8,660 posts)

3. kick for later. eom

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Mon Sep 24, 2012, 02:11 PM

Sep 2012

siligut

(12,272 posts)

4. Thanks for posting this

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Mon Sep 24, 2012, 02:28 PM

Sep 2012

I had been contributing a couple times a week, but sort of started to think the dinner thing was just a hook. I am going to contribute to this last dinner effort now. Not that I will win and I knew it wasn't a lie, but wondered if it was slick marketing.

SmittynMo

(3,544 posts)

5. I was moved.

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Mon Sep 24, 2012, 02:29 PM

Sep 2012

Has any other past president ever done anything like this? They are such down to earth people, standing for the people and their issues.
I love them both.