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JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
Mon Oct 7, 2013, 02:25 AM Oct 2013

Must see. Cutting the rug out from under Baby Boomers. What the Republicans really want. [View all]

THEY WANT TO CUT THE RUG OUT FROM UNDER BABY BOOMERS ON MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY. Boehner admitted it to Stephenapoulos.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023798382#post10

Scoundrels. We need to get out into the streets on this.

How unfair. Baby boomers paid into Social Security and Medicare, supported their grandparents and parents in style.

Bush fought two wars without raising taxes.

And now the Republicans want to reduce Social Security and Medicare benefits for a generation that paid for their benefits all their working lives. This will not be acceptable.

Worst part of it is that the Republicans have been pretending that they won't pass a budget or raise the debt ceiling because of the ACA. That is not at all what this is about.

It's about Social Security and Medicare.

Do we have to be China's waste basket and buy all their junk while our factories are closed and good jobs gone?

Do we have to resolve every conflict in every country in the world? Must we always be the vanguard of the peacekeepers everywhere without raising taxes on those who profit from war and without mercy for innocent civilians everywhere?

If you want to cut programs, Republicans, cut our military. We are involved militarily all over the world. We need to take care of our own people first. Stop the meddling in other peoples' squabbles. And rebuild American infrastructure and industry.


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But...Catfood is yummy! blkmusclmachine Oct 2013 #1
I totally agree, that's precisely what this is about, more "Shock Doctrine." Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #2
They have no shame. Faryn Balyncd Oct 2013 #3
Notice boner said Jim Warren Oct 2013 #4
Doubled the SS deduction and spent it all. PAY IT BACK you bastards! SammyWinstonJack Oct 2013 #11
Great that Boehner spilled the beans NobodyInParticular Oct 2013 #5
K&R B Calm Oct 2013 #6
Social security and medicare are real security, Enthusiast Oct 2013 #7
Absolutely Art_from_Ark Oct 2013 #13
You are so right. Thanks. JDPriestly Oct 2013 #16
Um, Bonehead was born in 1949. Guess what that makes him? Brigid Oct 2013 #8
My dear Brigid, that makes him a Traitor, in my eyes at least. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2013 #9
We are transitioning to an indentured society KurtNYC Oct 2013 #10
It's been about a grand bargain all along nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #12
I think you mean "Pull the rug" Gidney N Cloyd Oct 2013 #14
Exatcly. Beat me to it. trof Oct 2013 #15
Woops! Sorry. JDPriestly Oct 2013 #17
Boomers would have been perfwectly alright if the rethugs and their corporate allies jwirr Oct 2013 #18
Yes! But when they take the jobs overseas, they not only get cheap labor, they avoid American JDPriestly Oct 2013 #19
Very well said. I am not at boomer but I will stand with them forever. They are my children. jwirr Oct 2013 #20
Nothing less than a return to a feudal society will do. ladyVet Oct 2013 #21
Recommend. KoKo Oct 2013 #22
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