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Hydra

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32. Seriously considering it

Mon Sep 23, 2013, 05:38 PM

Sep 2013

I have their most epic troll on ignore, and I quite forgot he existed until someone brought him up the other day.

I did like having a direct pipeline to WH talking points, but luckily I haven't met anyone outside of DU who actually thinks or believes what they do, so it's probably irrelevant.

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Social Security and Medicare CUTS MAY BE COMING. Here's Why. [View all] Segami Sep 2013 OP

KNR. Cs&Ls is one of the better blogs out there. Thnx for posting. leveymg Sep 2013 #1

Fuck that. Go with the overbloated MIC complex. It needs to be cut down to 1/8th Frankie the Bird Sep 2013 #2

Amen.... daleanime Sep 2013 #33

simpson and bowles two has beens desperately trying to be relevant madrchsod Sep 2013 #3

The Catfood Commission is baaaaack! leftstreet Sep 2013 #4

The time to call your CongressCritters is NOW!!! cui bono Sep 2013 #5

You got that right! Vanje Sep 2013 #58

Well, as long as it is not a slash then we will be alright. R. Daneel Olivaw Sep 2013 #6

I agree. Hell, it's just a little cut 99th_Monkey Sep 2013 #13

The slash is worth almost a Social Security check a year. avaistheone1 Sep 2013 #19

The Dem party is morphing into something else when they offer cuts to SS and Medicare. L0oniX Sep 2013 #25

It is no wonder so many are turned off to our own party. avaistheone1 Sep 2013 #28

did I forget my sarcasm smilie? 99th_Monkey Sep 2013 #30

I understood you. avaistheone1 Sep 2013 #41

got it. this certainly is a subject worthy of commiseratin' about. 99th_Monkey Sep 2013 #47

"Funny how we have money to start a war with Syria..." R. Daneel Olivaw Sep 2013 #44

Grandma must eat cat food? I guess that's okay since it's so important to save Republican face. n/t lumberjack_jeff Sep 2013 #7

Grandma must eat cat food.... Segami Sep 2013 #8

Any Democrat that goes along with this idea is NO democrat. hobbit709 Sep 2013 #9

+1,000 Scuba Sep 2013 #10

DITTO^THIS * DITTO^THIS * DITTO^THIS * DITTO^THIS nt 99th_Monkey Sep 2013 #16

Amen Liberalynn Sep 2013 #27

Hell ya...... daleanime Sep 2013 #35

Any PARTY that goes along with this - ditto. n/t jtuck004 Sep 2013 #38

Thats right. Vanje Sep 2013 #53

Absolutely. THIS is the line. WinkyDink Sep 2013 #54

A big PLUS ONE! nt Enthusiast Sep 2013 #69

Here we go again... Hydra Sep 2013 #11

Do yourself a big favor and put every BOGie on ignore. L0oniX Sep 2013 #22

Seriously considering it Hydra Sep 2013 #32

Who is their epic troll... Frankie the Bird Sep 2013 #36

I'm kinda in a dither right now Hydra Sep 2013 #45

that one is more entertaining than the rest Skittles Sep 2013 #51

That one is certainly a Pro Hydra Sep 2013 #52

Perhaps more importantly put them on your jury blacklist kenny blankenship Sep 2013 #39

Ya, I thought to do that when I got really into it with one of them one day Hydra Sep 2013 #40

The jury blacklist needs to have a larger capacity. L0oniX Sep 2013 #43

The Jury Black list needs to be improved by not allowing Alerts by those on a person's Black list. RC Sep 2013 #77

Excellent idea. L0oniX Sep 2013 #79

I've never once used the jury system for personal sh** Skittles Sep 2013 #64

Most of those people spout no actual policy points. Vanje Sep 2013 #57

but they are NOT conservatives Skittles Sep 2013 #65

Rope-a-derp! Marr Sep 2013 #56

Obama seems to lean toward the concepts of compromise and grand bargain HereSince1628 Sep 2013 #12

K & R & ... AzDar Sep 2013 #14

Should the Super Rich draw Medicare and SS checks when they get old??????? Cryptoad Sep 2013 #15

If they paid into it, YES. duffyduff Sep 2013 #17

Duffy is correct! Vanje Sep 2013 #59

I'm with you on the cap. Enthusiast Sep 2013 #71

I agree. Enthusiast Sep 2013 #70

I agree. Also, there's The Cap to consider 99th_Monkey Sep 2013 #18

There should be no FICA cap,,,,period Cryptoad Sep 2013 #21

Now yer talkin! Vanje Sep 2013 #60

Raise the damn cap. avaistheone1 Sep 2013 #24

As stated above, if they paid into it, yes. SMC22307 Sep 2013 #26

If Dems cut Social Security and Medicare in any way they can kiss 2014 goodby. L0oniX Sep 2013 #20

If they cut SS and medicare to the Super Rich Cryptoad Sep 2013 #23

Disagree Vanje Sep 2013 #62

+1,000,000,000. n/t winter is coming Sep 2013 #75

This may be the breaking point for politics as usual! LongTomH Sep 2013 #29

Clintonism has and still is doing great harm to the Dem party. L0oniX Sep 2013 #34

Our Spineless President 1ProudAtheist Sep 2013 #31

Please don't mix "loyal democrats and progressives". No progresive would be loyal over principle. L0oniX Sep 2013 #37

+1 Segami Sep 2013 #42

Aren't we progressives just dirty longhair socialsits or so sand so... (?) R. Daneel Olivaw Sep 2013 #46

Grand Bargain for the 1% - as usual. nt TBF Sep 2013 #48

I wrote about this "Grand Bargain" 4 months ago........ socialist_n_TN Sep 2013 #49

Kicked and recommended although chained CPI is just "death by a thousand cuts." Uncle Joe Sep 2013 #50

After 5 years of screaming about this, it's still no closer to actually happening Recursion Sep 2013 #55

doesn't matter Skittles Sep 2013 #66

And you don't imagine that all that kicking and screaming had anything to do with that? n/t Egalitarian Thug Sep 2013 #67

I'll be pleasantly surprised if we make it through the latest installment of Deficit Theater winter is coming Sep 2013 #61

I think it would be tough to get Democratic legislators to support this right before an election Samantha Sep 2013 #63

Just proposing Chained CPI might do enough damage. Enthusiast Sep 2013 #72

We must eat our peas? Enthusiast Sep 2013 #68

Chained CPI = mass murder of old people eridani Sep 2013 #73

^ Wilms Sep 2013 #74

Didn't we save money not bombing Syria? abelenkpe Sep 2013 #76

There's 93b we can save every year! grahamhgreen Sep 2013 #78