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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 10:00 AM Original message |
Medicare rise could mean no Social Security COLA |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. "Who the %&$# else ya gonna vote for, chumps?" |
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SomeGuyInEagan (872 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
22. I wish the ghost of FDR would stop spinning in his grave and start smacking some Dems around ... |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. You can blame Democrats, but remember that most of the ones who... |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 03:08 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. They may be dead but the COLA adjustment can be changed at any time. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Democrats did their best last summer to make up for the lack of a COLA. |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. My suggestion would be to use a real COLA |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Social Security COLA is pegged to CPI-W which includes... |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. SS recipients were to receive a $250 lump sum this year, but |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
2. It's appeasement time again! |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. His commission recommended more than $50k in benefit cuts per recipient |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 10:32 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. who the hell is getting $50K in SS benefits? |
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strategery blunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 10:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Think he was referring to avg benefit paid out over a lifetime |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 10:49 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. how do they figure that one out? |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. From the Chief Actuary of Social Security |
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Monique1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. I ask the same question |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Based on lifetime benefits |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. 22% cut in the basic pension amount? |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Total lifetime benefits |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Thanks. No more COLAs, higher age so they'll die and never collect, not unexpected. |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. OMFG |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #2 |
20. Pre-emptive apeasement...Again. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. Sigh. Nt |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
4. No taxes for BOA, GE and many other mega corporations as the poor, working class |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 10:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. +1 |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
5. No COLA adjustment is a cut, dear writer. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. There is a COLA adjustment. The writer even says so. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. yeah like .09% is a COLA |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. Actually says Medicare alone will more than eat it up, leaving less, not |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
8. this sucks ...3 years and counting...rent goes up, gas ,go up, food goes up senors go down the drain |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I don't like the taste of cat food |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 03:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
40. Even cat food is expensive now! |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
10. Who's worried about death panels? |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
14. Ask: why is the tea party running government agendas? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
17. And of course, we will see huge protests about this on the streets of Madison and other cities,. |
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Akoto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
19. Gee, great. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
21. They harm us but we never harm them. |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
25. oh well, aside from rises in food prices and the cost of energy |
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Metta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
26. Billionaires, yes. The rest of us, no. Go, corporate state. |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 01:04 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. We are many and they are few. Is this our karma, too? |
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Metta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
44. Karma is based on wilfull action. |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Some people play willfully ignorant, then blame others. Not all, though. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
27. No, tax cuts for the wealthy during a time of war means no social security COLA. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
35. The answer is not to bitch on a forum but to press for changes to the law. |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
37. We shouldn't just sit here and whine |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
43. "...most don't get pay cuts, either, .." |
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Sonicwall (191 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
46. Congress has to remove the CPI-W from the formula, and calculate using CPI-E |
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pinqy (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 07:22 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. That would actually make things worse under current conditions |
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