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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 01:13 PM Original message |
GOP appears poised to take on entitlements |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. CNN had two former budget directors on today. |
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davidthegnome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 01:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I saw that myself - and had much the same reaction |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 03:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. "Oh, he said it was a "playbook" that Puerto Rico had recently used to turn its economy around." |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 07:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. yeah I googled puerto rico economy... |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Thinking about it, it is good they bring this up (PR economy)... |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Its... sorry... |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 04:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. THIS is what Puerto Rica is doing, and it not only might not work, |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 02:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
30. puerto rico? "turn around"? what a crock. |
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theaocp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. Give me 10 minutes alone |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. I'd like to watch that from a safe distance...like through a peep hole. |
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RickFromMN (275 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. Which Democrats will help cut entitlements so all Democrats get "all" the blame? |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Start with the guy who packed his Catfood Commission |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. Here's the kind of guy West is: |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. Social Security has nothing to do with the national debt |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Social Security has nothing to do with the national debt |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
8. Social Security is not an entitlement. |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. exactly n/t |
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999998th word (555 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 01:36 AM Response to Reply #12 |
28. Social Security is NOT an entitlement.There is no need to cut.Tired of the verbal vomit. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 07:14 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. They are saying it |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 02:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. excellent short arcticle explaining the 'not an entitlement' point on Social Security |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Thanks for the excellent link. |
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999998th word (555 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 01:42 AM Response to Reply #14 |
29. ALEC>>>>AGAIN |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 07:15 AM Response to Reply #14 |
32. Single payer is essentially the only solution. |
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Corruption Winz (581 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. This will be great. Can't wait. n/t |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
11. I agree with them. Let's start with the tax breaks for the rich |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. +1,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
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madamesilverspurs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
15. yeah . . . |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
19. Stop! the wars. The word entitlement can not exist in this context when you are forced to pay into |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
21. Do you think the old people know they want their social security..? |
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indypaul (896 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
23. Since the war of 1812 |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
26. how about the entitlements oil, gas and nuke industries get, for starters |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
27. Union busting on the state level |
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ncrainbowgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
33. kick |
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DreamSmoker (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
34. GOP appears poised to take on entitlements |
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Nostradammit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. The slant in the title is pathetic - how about "Greedy GOP SOBS Eager to Steal Social Safety Net" |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. KnR :o) .....Their Spiral of GREED must be curtailed as OVER THE TOP |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. +1 (as to slanting) |
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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Or, 'Republicans poised to steal everything that is left' |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. This has always been "The Plan"... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. yay freedom. yay democracy. yay new democrats. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. It's long been argued that Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Rep. West saws off the limb from which he is preaching |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Please remind me which Republican proposed cutting over $2 billion from |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #34 |
44. No entitlements for the middle class and poor, but plenty of entitlements for our corporate lords. |
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Faryn Balyncd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #34 |
45. By re-defining CPI to continue & accelerate the LIE that there is "no inflation" SS will be... |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #34 |
46. Hope the RW is including GE re: entitlements---$26 billion in profit, $0 in taxes |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #34 |
47. We're all going to be relying on charities with BS like that. (nt) |
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