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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 04:07 PM Original message |
President Obama Seeks $250 For Seniors To Make Up For Social Security Freeze |
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petersjo02 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. Good news at our house. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. yeah! |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. We are on Social Security and we would happily take it |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 05:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. What a productive and thoughtful response. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 07:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. why thank you |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 12:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
30. it doesn't hurt. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. But I thought Obama hated old people? |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. You'd think reading some of the posts around |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 10:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
27. No, he loves them, and to prove it, he will hand them some of your money. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
4. Cashing the check is how they get you on the list for the death panels. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
6. We'll have to ask the chinese for an advance on our allowance |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
8. more cans of dog food for those who have lost their entire life's savings to the big boys on wall st |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. frankly, I find it insulting |
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maglatinavi (614 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:01 AM Response to Reply #14 |
34. an insult |
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timo (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. cut foreign aid |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. Good move --it's far better than nothing. n/t |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
10. PROMISE BROKEN. Mr Obama said he would end income tax for the elderly making less than $50,000 per y |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. Nothing to see here... move along citizen. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'll make it a point to spend mine on something that is produced here in the USA |
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boomerbust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Hey madokie |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
17. Cool! I'll have a late Christmas. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'd like a small percentage of the bonuses that Goldman Sachs is awarding |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
19. Translation: "Here, have some crumbs from the corporate cake." |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. +1000000 |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. My point exactly. |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 12:01 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Well said. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
21. If inflation is negative so seniors get no cost of living increase |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Negative means they should go DOWN. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. On the other hand, my mother - who won't be getting an increase - |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 03:55 AM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Not even a little. |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. The insults keep piling up, but rest assured the people who understand this shit big time |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 12:22 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. what shit will really piss them off? getting $250? |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 12:38 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. how pissed would you be if you lost thousands upon thousands in your retirement |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 12:45 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. i thought you said that they weren't stupid...? |
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zogofzorkon (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 05:03 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. you don't even have to be getting SS to be pissed. We are not |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 08:19 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Has anyone calculated whether the 250 equals what the COLA would have been |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. 8 years? I guess they'd better undo the law from 1975 that indexes the increases to inflation |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 01:58 AM Response to Reply #38 |
49. he sure did for wall street and the banks!! and pissants for the little people! eom |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 08:21 AM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Votes have consequences. The vote for Bush&Co |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 08:41 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Lots of people who didnt vote for Bush lost money |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 08:50 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. It is sickening that so much is spent on wars and it's |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 01:59 AM Response to Reply #39 |
50. but it was done for the big boys on wall street and the banks..wasn't it? eom |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 08:38 AM Response to Reply #24 |
42. amen! This is going to piss off a LOT of people |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 02:04 AM Response to Reply #42 |
52. Wall Street Set to Pay a Record $140 Billion In Bonuses Topping 2007 |
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maglatinavi (614 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
33. inflation |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 08:27 AM Response to Reply #33 |
40. So they should make up some inflation numbers so that people get a COLA increase? |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 06:12 AM Response to Original message |
37. I will take it. I am on SS, but still working, because I cannot afford to retire. |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
45. Better than nothing, I suppose (nt) |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
46. MSM is going to cream him on this-regardless of the facts |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. I hope so! |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 02:03 AM Response to Reply #46 |
51. have you done the grocery shopping in the past 6 months?? no inflation my ass! eom |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
47. and yet, just today it has been reported that there will be a 5% increase in goods |
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