The ***OFFICIAL*** Stick your Catfood Commission Up Your Wazoo Thread.

[Dr.Phool]

Let 'em know what you really think!

[jberryhill]

1. I like the part which recommends a public health insurance option /nt

[yurbud]

6. where was that?

:sarcasm:

[jberryhill]

9. Are you being sarcastic?

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/11/10/debt-panel-floats-public-option-for-health-care/

Creating a public health insurance option — perhaps the most contentious idea of last year’s health overhaul debate — is among the possible solutions for reducing federal spending outlined in today’s debt commission report.

Read the thing yourself - page 36

http://www.fiscalcommission.gov/sites/fiscalcommission.gov/files/documents/CoChair_Draft.pdf

"Add a robust public option and/or all-payer system in the exchange"

[Citizen Worker]

53. Public option? Was that the trade off? Is this why Obama did not demand a public option? Could he...

known in advance that HIS catfood commission would recommend a public option so he announces, "I never campaigned on universal single payer?" Me thinks so.

[Fearless]

80. So that would be like 43rd demensional chess?

:eyes:

[Citizen Worker]

54. Public option? Was that the trade off? Is this why Obama did not demand a public option? Could he...

known in advance that HIS catfood commission would recommend a public option so he announces, "I never campaigned on universal single payer?" Me thinks so.

[jberryhill]

7. delete

[eridani]

44. The most expensive balsamic vinegar in the world--

--will MEVER convince me to eat a poison ivy salad.

[Hoyt]

73. POption -- One of the good ideas in the Draft. Obama deserves credit for tackling this issue.

We need to do something about our financial condition. No other Prez has tackled this, and for good reason -- people go ballistic without even reading/considering options.

I think it is time to begin the discussion. No the Draft report is not the final answer, but it is a start that indicates where changes could be made and their impact.

We can call it the "catfood commission" -- and I think that is funny. But, as someone going on SS in a very few years, I think if we put ourselves on a solid financial foot, we'll all be better off -- even if I have to take a small cut (which is what is in the Draft while giving those on the lower end of the benefits scale an increase). I'd like to look at the options and begin a serious debate.

Otherwise, we'll all be eating catfood (or Soylent Green) at some point.

[KansDem]

2. Hey, Catfood Commission!!!

[chill_wind]

4. LOL :-)

And a K & R for Dr. Phool.

[EFerrari]

22. Yeah!

[Lugnut]

45. Hear, hear for the kittehs!

And that's no BS. :)

[rocktivity]

3. Eliminate the SocSec salary cap, lower the eligibility age for Medicare,

stop giving defense money to privatized mercenaries, pull out of the Gulf wars, roll back the tax cuts.

Surplus accomplished.

:headbang:
rocktivity

[daleanime]

47. Make it Medicare for all....

and you've got a deal.:fistbump:

[jgraz]

5. All the way up

Thanks for this thread. :thumbsup:

[chill_wind]

8. K & R. And sign the Letter!

http://act.boldprogressives.org/survey/ssletter_main

"Protect Social Security".

[jberryhill]

10. 47. Cancel the Marine Corps version of the F-35.

[Enthusiast]

58. Among other things...nt

[grahamhgreen]

62. How 'bout end the wars-for-profit in Iraqistan.

[blindpig]

85. Cancel the Marine Corps. n/t

[Gormy Cuss]

11. Let THEM eat cat food.

Unless the majority of the Catfood Commission are facing retirement with little other the Social Security benefits they have no business making any recommendations to reduce benefits.

[defendandprotect]

50. K&R

[SammyWinstonJack]

66. +1

:applause: Hear that, Obama?

[peace frog]

81. Can you hear us now?

Silly me. Of course, you're not listening.

[jberryhill]

12. 44. End procurement of the V-22 Osprey.

[grahamhgreen]

63. How 'bout end the wars-for-profit in Iraqistan.

[jberryhill]

13. 45. Cancel the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle.

[grahamhgreen]

64. How 'bout end the wars-for-profit in Iraqistan.

[Laelth]

14. k&r for right action. n/t

-Laelth

[jberryhill]

15. 51. Reduce military personnel stationed at overseas bases in Europe and Asia by one-third.

[treestar]

25. That's a good one.

Hmm, where are the 7000 threads about how wonderful that is?

[Citizen Worker]

55. How about closing some of the 738 overseas military bases? We have 50,000 troops in Japan and

another 50,000 in Germany. WW II ended in 1945. Isn't well past the time to bring those troops home and close the bases?

[grahamhgreen]

65. How 'bout end the wars-for-profit in Iraqistan.

[Hoyt]

74. Another idea addressed in the Draft report.

"Reduce overseas bases by one-third." That's a start, although I think they should go for more.

[jberryhill]

16. 33. Require food processing facilities to finance food safety and inspection services.

[Overseas]

34. I don't want privatization of safety inspections. Privatization has brought a lot of corruption

into our system.

Best example-- war profiteering via the Cheney Plan rolled out since he was Secretary of Defense and then went on to be CEO of Halliburton and then back again to be VP and start a giant war.

[laughingliberal]

17. Buncha asshats who get paid to do shit like this think we should do real work til we're 69. nt

[jberryhill]

18. 25. Drop wealthier communities from the Community Development Block Grant program.

[jberryhill]

19. 23. Cut research funding for fossil fuels.

[Overseas]

35. Yes indeed. They sure didn't use it on preventing blowouts.

They sure didn't use it on clean up technologies !

[jberryhill]

20. 16. Eliminate the Office of Safe & Drug Free Schools.

[jberryhill]

21. 42. Double Secretary Gates’ cuts to defense contracting.

[jgraz]

23. Fuck that. End defense contracting.

Nationalize Lockheed/Martin, draft Blackwater mercenaries into the regular army.

[jberryhill]

24. So you prefer no cuts to DoD procurement?

I don't know if there would be broad support for nationalizing Lockheed/Martin, but you don't want to cut anything unless that happens?

[Name removed]

26. Deleted sub-thread

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[apocalypsehow]

39. Alas, all's well that ends well.

:thumbsup:

[rhett o rick]

41. Fuck yes. I think you are on to something. Thanks for the post. nm

[apocalypsehow]

46. Alas, poor Yorick!....

:cry:

[Overseas]

36. Even eliminating those convicted of fraud would save money.

Going after ACORN may be like shooting fish in a barrel lately -- but jumpy lawmakers used a bazooka to do it last week and may have blown up some of their longtime allies in the process.

The congressional legislation intended to defund ACORN, passed with broad bipartisan support, is written so broadly that it applies to "any organization" that has been charged with breaking federal or state election laws, lobbying disclosure laws, campaign finance laws or filing fraudulent paperwork with any federal or state agency. It also applies to any of the employees, contractors or other folks affiliated with a group charged with any of those things.

In other words, the bill could plausibly defund the entire military-industrial complex. Whoops.

Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) picked up on the legislative overreach and asked the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) to sift through its database to find which contractors might be caught in the ACORN net.

Lockheed Martin and Northrop Gumman both popped up quickly, with 20 fraud cases between them, and the longer list is a Who's Who of weapons manufacturers and defense contractors.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/22/whoops-anti-acorn-bill-ro_n_294949.html

[Enthusiast]

59. Sounds like a plan.

I vote for it.

[Ignis]

27. ...And spin on it!

Heartily K&R. :patriot:

Sorry your OP has been the subject of disruptive spamming by Ignored(s). It's all part of the New Civility, I guess.

[Greyhound]

28. K&R for another "nobody could've predicted" excuse.

[closeupready]

29. Amen. K&R.

n/t

[Jack Rabbit]

30. Cram it where the Sun won't shine

Hey, Commissioners. A grateful public wants you to attend a tar and feather party in your honor.

[laughingliberal]

31. kick nt

[MisterP]

32. there is no such thing as the Commission; President- and America-hating HuffPo Leftbaggers

made it all up

(at least that's the song and dance from one DU Loyalty Brigade tag team)

[The Uncola]

33. Bite me...

.. a$$holes.

[Individualist]

37. Damn the neocons and their DLC pals!

[nashville_brook]

38. phasing out the Earned Income Tax Credit -- balance the budget on the backs of the working poor.

[Hoyt]

76. Don't think that is in the Draft proposal -- wouldn't fly anyway.

[LWolf]

40. I think the rats shouldn't scurry out from their nasty dens any time soon.

[sabrina 1]

51. Alan Simpson said he's going into the Witness Protection Program

Coward!

[tavalon]

42. I wan't the term Catfood Commission to stick like glue

And it seems to be which is good.

[scarletwoman]

43. *kick*

[defendandprotect]

48. Think it's going to take a helluva lot more than this thread ... !!!

[SaveOurDemocracy]

49. Mickey and I are with ya ... KnR

[avaistheone1]

52. Hell! rollback the REAGAN era tax cuts!!

[laughingliberal]

56. +1000 nt

[Agony]

68. I pick this one!

[Hissyspit]

57. Hard choices our country has to make? Try this one. Tax the rich.

Tax the obscenely wealthy.

Or we can always eat them.

[grahamhgreen]

61. It's a no brainer!

[SammyWinstonJack]

67. Ah but taxes are only for the little people, and apparently this rotten bunch believe

that wholeheartedly.

Pure scum and THANKS Obama for creating this bs.

Whose side are you on, anyway? :shrug:

[tclambert]

60. The trick to cat food casserole is proper seasoning.

Hopefully, the commission will provide some good Nine Lives recipes.

[RoccoR5955]

69. K & R n/t

[The Wizard]

70. Cut military spending

The military has been handed a blank check since December 7, 1941.
A lot of good all those resources did against 19 guys armed with box cutters.

[Bluenorthwest]

71. I say stick it as well

nt

[Hoyt]

72. Self Delete -- posted in wrong place. Sorry

[prodigals0n]

75. Eliminate the FICA tax cap and means test Social Security

Allow the Bush tax cuts for the rich to expire.

Extend only the tax cuts for the middle class.

Cut the ridiculous Pentagon budget and end their ridiculous wars and other U.S. military expeditions around the globe.

INCLUDE A PUBLIC OPTION OR A MEDICARE FOR ALL PLAN IN HEALTH CARE "REFORM".


Just a few simple ideas that will work and don't require input from rank partisans like Simpson or Bowles.

[raouldukelives]

77. Kick

:kick:

[Historic NY]

78. Solution eat the rich.

[madmax]

79. K&R from someone old enough to be scared and isn't nt

[amborin]

82. K&R

[femrap]

83. I'm glad this is the

'official' one.

Tax the Rich....that's what I think. Tax the fucking rich....and start at $100,000 not $250,000 annual salaries.

And those people who are pulling in this kind of cash PLUS Social Security don't get their damn SS. It's a damn Insurance Fund....you don't demand your insurance premiums back after you sell the car/house you've had insured, do ya?

Be fucking glad you don't NEED the damn SS.

That's what I really think. I'm tired a greedy people who make over $100,000/year. And if you got yourself into debt and outspent your income....go look in the fucking mirror. Cuz that is who is to blame.

LIVE WITHIN ONE'S MEANS. What is so fucking hard about that??? Doesn't fit 'the GROWTH/Madison Ave. Paradigm?'

Fuck the Joneses.

[JJW]

84. $ 700 billion for the rich?

[earth mom]

86. Fuck the cat food commission!

:grr: