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In reply to the discussion: Woman weeps to senator over Social Security cuts: "There's no way for me to eat less!" [View all]Flatulo
(5,005 posts)140. I'd give up if I were you. This crowd is simply not going to eat beans. Me, I love 'em.
Dried peas, lentils, navy beans. They're all good.
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Woman weeps to senator over Social Security cuts: "There's no way for me to eat less!" [View all]
limpyhobbler
Aug 2013
OP
K&R. I have contacted both of my Dem senators about Chained CPI and they oppose it too.
MotherPetrie
Aug 2013
#1
It's the level at which, if you earn any higher, you don't have to pay any more than that.
OnlinePoker
Aug 2013
#100
All it does is give fuel to the fire if the pugs get back control of the purse strings.
OnlinePoker
Aug 2013
#128
LOL! "contend?" Yeah, points for that! Thanks for being a good sport to my grammar
maddiemom
Aug 2013
#191
True and shame on us! I think some of the poorest countries treat seniors better!...
Little Star
Aug 2013
#26
High calorie, government subsidized carbs are the cheapest food source and it makes many people
Ed Suspicious
Aug 2013
#17
Yes, and others, like me, have a catastrophic medical condition for which very expensive food stuffs
silvershadow
Aug 2013
#59
You are really naiive or ignorant if you think that I am an outlier. I am just lucky that my
silvershadow
Aug 2013
#69
Oh, well, then by all means I apologize. Tell me, what are your line of work and education?
silvershadow
Aug 2013
#80
I do understand that, as I am educated and worked in public health as well. My point is that your
silvershadow
Aug 2013
#89
So is your degree or field nutrition? Is is accompanied by any type of medical degree? Because,
silvershadow
Aug 2013
#97
Eating beans meal after meal is inexpensive, you're right. BUT how often can a person stand to eat
shraby
Aug 2013
#107
A bag of beans and a bag of barley. 6 meals for $2 total plus energy and water costs
Recursion
Aug 2013
#29
The only real truth in your posts is the amount of hot air you are spewing...
jtuck004
Aug 2013
#138
I try not to be too mean, but damn. People just don't get how truly hard it is for
jtuck004
Aug 2013
#151
What a lot of people dont realize is that the poor dont have access to healthy
rhett o rick
Aug 2013
#120
Your 'Beano' adds about 25 cents to every single meal on your 'eat beans you old
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#101
I'd give up if I were you. This crowd is simply not going to eat beans. Me, I love 'em.
Flatulo
Aug 2013
#140
So gee, asks Granny to herself, "Do I buy my heart medication this month, or the beano?" nt
MADem
Aug 2013
#176
They're arguing with you because they believe you're arguing against the woman...
Moonwalk
Aug 2013
#126
Maybe you should write a letter to the woman in the OP and allow her your suggestions...
LanternWaste
Aug 2013
#194
Of course the average benefit on SS is currently $1,230, the $40 difference you
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#103
I don't know if trolls like beans, you can answer that yourself. DO you like beans? /nt
Dragonfli
Aug 2013
#150
IAT, and some older people get food pantry, which is often in that category; and don't have the
freshwest
Aug 2013
#106
Soylent green would probably be cheapest of all, and maybe even most nutritious
IrishAyes
Aug 2013
#133
If she ate just enough to lose her minor excess weight it wouldn't make much difference in her
HiPointDem
Aug 2013
#77
It is a good change of pace from dumpster diving maggot rich meat supplements.
Dragonfli
Aug 2013
#160
You're going to have to be more patient. The GOP said Obama's proposal wasn't enough.
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2013
#201
It put it on the table. He offered up one of our sacred cows. Not bullshit and not Obama hating.
Ed Suspicious
Aug 2013
#23
"A political maneuver" - i.e. fucking with the welfare of old people reliant on SS. Is that right?
MotherPetrie
Aug 2013
#40
He's told everybody publicly. It's in his budget. Again, sorry you don't get that.
MotherPetrie
Aug 2013
#96
Well, I'm sorry I forgot the Prez can just sign an executive order and voila!
cliffordu
Aug 2013
#117
You keep missing the point -- which is that a DEMOCRATIC president wants to screw with SS.
MotherPetrie
Aug 2013
#163
Did he tell you in your private conversations he suggested it but was just kidding?
Dragonfli
Aug 2013
#154
The point is that we have a Democratic president who is even proposing Chained CPI in any way, shape
MotherPetrie
Aug 2013
#98
“I’m sorry to say that the president of my own party has advocated this and he’s wrong."
forestpath
Aug 2013
#104
Spreading disinformation is acore value for all BHO haters on the right and left. nt
kelliekat44
Aug 2013
#18
Tom Harkin is a "BHO hater" ? Really, you actually think that and that he spreads disinformation?
Dragonfli
Aug 2013
#156
And as everyone forgets, the poorest retirees are not subject to a chained CPI in any plan suggested
Recursion
Aug 2013
#22
Since Al From arrived on the scene to succesfuly pull the party to the right of Reagan, yes
Dragonfli
Aug 2013
#158
Are you really suggesting Obama lied each of the many times he absolutely publicly endorsed it?
Dragonfli
Aug 2013
#159
so the leader of the party offering to cut social security actually strengthens the party?
Doctor_J
Aug 2013
#164
Obama's Catfood Commission II, coming soon to jeopardize the 2014 elections.
blkmusclmachine
Aug 2013
#179
When did Bush's privatization scam take effect? Were we wrong to oppose it until it passed?
TheKentuckian
Aug 2013
#192
Here we have the CHEAPEST of ALL the cheap dodges to deflect criticism I have read on DU:
bvar22
Aug 2013
#215