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DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#40226: Nov 13th 2012 at 5:46:49 PM

Huckabee on ‘Daily Show’: GOP has done ‘pathetic job’ of communicating.

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Serocco Serocco from Miami, Florida Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Serocco
#40227: Nov 13th 2012 at 5:47:37 PM

The following organizations are adamant about leaving Social Security and Medicare off the table for budget cuts: AFL-CIO, SEIU, AFSCME, MoveOn, Center for American Progress, Common Purpose Project, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare.

You know who he's meeting tomorrow? CEOs from General Electric, Ford, Chevron, American Express, Walmart, Aetna, Honeywall International, Xerox, Dow Chemical, Proctor and Gamble, PepsiCo, and International Business Machines. All of whom want to cut the social programs.

The Gipper would disapprove.

edited 13th Nov '12 5:48:32 PM by Serocco

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TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#40228: Nov 13th 2012 at 5:57:13 PM

Well, the Social Security trust fund is eventually going to run out, at which point Social Security DOES have to do with the deficit.

Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#40229: Nov 13th 2012 at 5:57:53 PM

[up][up]You know it's weird when Reagan starts to look leftist in comparison to most in the GOP. tongue

[up]Hence taxation and spending... some of that in investment opportunities to plough back into it. <shrugs>

edited 13th Nov '12 6:00:19 PM by Euodiachloris

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#40230: Nov 13th 2012 at 5:58:12 PM

Which is why I feel we should start putting extra money into it after we deal with the deficit.

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#40232: Nov 13th 2012 at 6:01:28 PM

I'm not sure how meeting with reps of those groups is supposed to count against him when that's what a president does: meets with people of influential groups. I'm pretty sure he's met with reps of the first group, and will meet with reps of both many more times before this term is done.

TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#40233: Nov 13th 2012 at 6:01:40 PM

He can buy his own damned gold.

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#40234: Nov 13th 2012 at 6:03:04 PM

The value of gold can drop too. Just ignore him.

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#40235: Nov 13th 2012 at 6:06:38 PM

Fox News Re-Ups Swift Boat Attacks On John Kerry

At least they stopped talking about Benghazi tongue

Pelosi considers stepping down as House Democratic leader

I wonder who would replace her.

edited 13th Nov '12 6:18:17 PM by DeviantBraeburn

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Arkasas (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#40236: Nov 13th 2012 at 6:42:36 PM

@Braeburn: Steny Hoyer is the current Whip, so he may take over as Leader.

Barkey Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#40237: Nov 13th 2012 at 6:50:22 PM

Corporations are supposedly people, so they should really be treated under the law as certified sociopaths/psychopaths, with a complete lack of empathy for anything that isn't money.

That isn't even an insult, it's a simple truth. Businesses exist to make money, and making money and playing fairly push against eachother.

The problem with Republican fiscal policy is that it's a bunch of private sector guys trying to treat the public sector like the private sector, which just doesn't work.

Serocco Serocco from Miami, Florida Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Serocco
#40238: Nov 13th 2012 at 6:53:43 PM

If corporations are people, then Mitt Romney is a serial killer.

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#40239: Nov 13th 2012 at 7:02:55 PM

Wait... they are still hitting Kerry with that swift boat garbage? That one crossed in libel as far as I'm concerned.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Serocco Serocco from Miami, Florida Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Serocco
#40240: Nov 13th 2012 at 7:06:37 PM

"Social Security is funded by the payroll tax levied on employer and employee. If you reduce the out-go of Social Security, that money would not go into the general fund to reduce the deficit. It would go into the Social Security trust fund, so Social Security has nothing to do with balancing a budget or erasing/growing the deficit."

- Ronald Reagan.

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Trivialis Since: Oct, 2011
#40241: Nov 13th 2012 at 7:08:30 PM

[up]...Who are you replying to?

I also want to add to "regulating the otherwise free market" point that it's not just about economics. Not having essential laws might cause businesses to create harmful products and threaten public safety; they may likewise resort to immoral practices in marketing and business-building.

Serocco Serocco from Miami, Florida Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Serocco
#40242: Nov 13th 2012 at 7:11:03 PM

To the Republican Party and Barack Obama, both of whom call Reagan their political hero.

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TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#40243: Nov 13th 2012 at 7:14:35 PM

Again Serocco, you cannot simultaneously hold the position that Social Security isn't bankrupt (or going to become bankrupt) AND hold the position that Social Security has nothing to do with the deficit.

SS does have to do with the deficit-in particular because the trust fund has been utilized for general expenses. Likewise, if the trust fund evaporates, SS will be paid for through general revenues.

Serocco Serocco from Miami, Florida Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Serocco
#40244: Nov 13th 2012 at 7:16:55 PM

Reagan says otherwise. And if they really love Reagan so much, they should bow their heads and heel. waii

edited 13th Nov '12 7:17:22 PM by Serocco

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DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#40245: Nov 13th 2012 at 7:34:22 PM

I'm reminded of this:

Today's Republicans make Ike, Nixon and Reagan look like liberals

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Trivialis Since: Oct, 2011
#40246: Nov 13th 2012 at 7:36:17 PM

I think we know that already. I have problems with the opening paragraph, however.

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#40247: Nov 13th 2012 at 7:37:48 PM

[up]

Yeah... some parts of the article struck me as rather biased.

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Serocco Serocco from Miami, Florida Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Serocco
#40248: Nov 13th 2012 at 7:38:11 PM

Biased, but not untrue.

Oh, yeah, Nixon also started the EPA.

edited 13th Nov '12 7:39:16 PM by Serocco

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DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#40249: Nov 13th 2012 at 7:40:25 PM

Pat Robertson Excuses Petraeus Affair Because ‘He’s a Man’ and she is “an extremely good-looking woman.”

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Serocco Serocco from Miami, Florida Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Serocco
#40250: Nov 13th 2012 at 7:43:17 PM

[up] Pat Robertson, can you die, please? Leave politics, leave reporting, leave it all and go back home to make yourself a sandwich in front of your Confederate flag.

edited 13th Nov '12 7:44:11 PM by Serocco

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