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appalachiablue

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97. Billionaire financier Pete Peterson has spent decades and millions trying to get his hands

Mon Jun 8, 2015, 09:36 PM

Jun 2015

on the SS trust money, like others, hence the RW lies, along with their barbaric ideology. No way cuts to these social programs should be part of the Dem. platform or agenda! I'm still not over the Catfood Commission damage from 2012, and the shocking video clip of Bill Clinton whispering to Paul Ryan outside Congress in 2012 that if he needed any 'help with SS' just let him know. Appalling.

In the 80s I worked with the disabled, elderly and supported the ADA. Even got invited to a WH Conference on the Disabled where Ted Kennedy Jr. spoke and Ted Sr. was in the audience.

Just lift the Cap as Bernie and others have been saying!

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Attacks on SSI/SSDI Should Not Be Part of the Democratic Policy Position [View all] daredtowork Jun 2015 OP

I'd like it part of the general funding and not Social Security yeoman6987 Jun 2015 #1

I'm a fan of Mincome and eliminating the poverty bureaucracy all together. nt daredtowork Jun 2015 #3

I kinda like that too. yeoman6987 Jun 2015 #5

The same thing happens to Social Security daredtowork Jun 2015 #6

It is basically razing the floor. It would cause upaloopa Jun 2015 #7

Economists always say that but daredtowork Jun 2015 #9

Economics is not a moral exercise upaloopa Jun 2015 #13

Policy is a moral exercise daredtowork Jun 2015 #14

There are many theories and fields JonLP24 Jun 2015 #37

At the risk of being a spelling nazi, I have to point out... JHB Jun 2015 #39

Especially when many of us on Social Security never make more than $10,000 now. jwirr Jun 2015 #48

You are assuming that most of the recipients are somehow cured? Let us make a list: children jwirr Jun 2015 #47

I work for county government upaloopa Jun 2015 #2

Undermining SSI/SSDI is going backwards. nt daredtowork Jun 2015 #4

That is true and thank you for helping in that effort. But the truth is that all county/state jwirr Jun 2015 #49

I am in CA so I understand what you are saying upaloopa Jun 2015 #67

There is differences by county here daredtowork Jun 2015 #68

I still think that denying fraud or attacking people who complain about it hfojvt Jun 2015 #8

The simple fact is the evidence of fraud comes from people getting caught. daredtowork Jun 2015 #12

yes, that is the true waste.. I have been amazed at how convoluted the process is, Voice for Peace Jun 2015 #80

But you can't talk about SS fraud without comparing it to the BIG FRAUD valerief Jun 2015 #44

You make a good point and it very well could be the cuts to these programs that are causing the jwirr Jun 2015 #50

Doesn't the federal government owe the ss trust fund money? ms liberty Jun 2015 #10

Funds collected by FICA are the single largest creditor to the United States government. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #34

The US government owes almost 19 Trillion dollars Warren Stupidity Jun 2015 #41

The RW never discusses the biggest source of fraud in the Government- Defense n2doc Jun 2015 #11

+1! And the media aids them in their deception. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #35

zactly. Duppers Jun 2015 #77

K&R n/t BuelahWitch Jun 2015 #15

I receive ssdi ssi medicaid medicare John_Doe80004 Jun 2015 #16

Because of the food stamps trade off in California daredtowork Jun 2015 #20

It is posts like this that break my heart. Warren Stupidity Jun 2015 #42

I don't think we were better then this yeoman6987 Jun 2015 #51

After FDR we were definitely better - post raygun not. jwirr Jun 2015 #53

What happened - hate churches, raygonomics, faux news and more. We have let a few lead us jwirr Jun 2015 #52

I was denied SSDI once... StarzGuy Jun 2015 #72

...and I forgot to say... StarzGuy Jun 2015 #75

Most people on SSI around here use food pantries daredtowork Jun 2015 #85

My 41-yr-old quadriplegic (from birth) daughter has to periodically prove she is still disabled. deurbano Jun 2015 #17

You need a law degree to navigate the work and savings programs! nt daredtowork Jun 2015 #21

but don't you get it? there's NO LINE any more: not SS, not war, not the old "live boy or MisterP Jun 2015 #18

Thanks to everyone for their posts. SheilaT Jun 2015 #19

The biggest problem is those who need it not getting it daredtowork Jun 2015 #23

My son-in-law was hurt in the military years ago. He got a 40 percent disability. Now 20+ years jwirr Jun 2015 #56

The way the system works against poor people daredtowork Jun 2015 #76

in my last post i forgot to expand John_Doe80004 Jun 2015 #24

Yep, constantly having to "prove it". nt daredtowork Jun 2015 #28

I did not mention this in the other thread Texasgal Jun 2015 #22

I have to say...I feel sooo sorry you live in Texas. T_T daredtowork Jun 2015 #25

Oh, let me say it sucks! Texasgal Jun 2015 #26

Hopefully the case won't go to appeal and need to be decided by a Texas judge. T_T nt daredtowork Jun 2015 #29

I'm very sorry to hear about your husbands condition independentpiney Jun 2015 #40

Interesting daredtowork Jun 2015 #66

K&R me b zola Jun 2015 #27

People applying for/on SSI MUST have family and friends to help Dems to Win Jun 2015 #30

You are lucky it only took 5 months daredtowork Jun 2015 #31

Whoa. I hadn't realized I was lucky in any way. (chuckle) Dems to Win Jun 2015 #32

Took me three years DonCoquixote Jun 2015 #79

Republican politicians think because they went to school yeoman6987 Jun 2015 #54

K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Jun 2015 #33

It is very difficult to get it JonLP24 Jun 2015 #36

Automatic rejection saves money for the State at the expense of the disabled daredtowork Jun 2015 #43

There is an exception for persons who have never worked due to a disability. My daughter gets jwirr Jun 2015 #62

The poor are the last, Utopian Leftist Jun 2015 #38

It's bad enough that we have to constantly combat Republican lies daredtowork Jun 2015 #45

When you see comments like that be sure to call them on it. And in many cases it's something you can totodeinhere Jun 2015 #60

I attempted to alert on a lie daredtowork Jun 2015 #65

Alerting is always a crap shoot. And I'm not sure if merely lying is something to totodeinhere Jun 2015 #70

The ugly truth and it's obscene, evil. appalachiablue Jun 2015 #95

It can be much more than $900.00 per month Go Vols Jun 2015 #46

In some cases that's true, but the general drift of what the OP said is sadly very true. n/t totodeinhere Jun 2015 #59

Since I'm only eligible for SSI, that's why I use the "under $900" figure. daredtowork Jun 2015 #64

I mentioned the max limit Go Vols Jun 2015 #90

I would imagine you're the exception rather than the rule, though. nt daredtowork Jun 2015 #91

A vote for a politician that sees SS as an expense is like cutting your own throat, but a slower jtuck004 Jun 2015 #55

Death of a thousand financial cuts? daredtowork Jun 2015 #63

K&R. TexasTowelie Jun 2015 #57

I have one addition to your comment. totodeinhere Jun 2015 #58

I stand corrected daredtowork Jun 2015 #61

I personally am not on SSI. But a course I took recently covered the topic of totodeinhere Jun 2015 #69

I grew up in a rural area daredtowork Jun 2015 #71

Yes those are issues and it varies from place to place but it's especially bad totodeinhere Jun 2015 #81

The more I hear about the VA system daredtowork Jun 2015 #83

The recent article on DU about 900 eastern Kentucky residents being thrown off appalachiablue Jun 2015 #96

Ah the smell of the 1% taking over the democratic party. L0oniX Jun 2015 #73

Let the disabled eat cake? nt daredtowork Jun 2015 #74

I am awaiting the results of my disability exam AndreaCG Jun 2015 #78

The food stamp exclusion is only in California daredtowork Jun 2015 #82

Fuckin A! TheKentuckian Jun 2015 #84

To clarify and kick this thread mentalsolstice Jun 2015 #86

K&R mentalsolstice Jun 2015 #87

Thanks for your clarification daredtowork Jun 2015 #88

Unfortunately DU yawns when it comes to persons with disabilities mentalsolstice Jun 2015 #89

BUMP for update concerning new phony SSI overpayments scandal daredtowork Jun 2015 #92

here is the real reason for the attacks on Social Security Benefits John_Doe80004 Jun 2015 #93

Outstanding Find! There is no "Social Security Crisis" either... daredtowork Jun 2015 #94

Billionaire financier Pete Peterson has spent decades and millions trying to get his hands appalachiablue Jun 2015 #97

Do you have link to that video? daredtowork Jun 2015 #98

Absolutely, the RW stink tanks and spinners keep all the lies circulating at the top and appalachiablue Jun 2015 #99

If it was Hartmann, I hope he reruns it. daredtowork Jun 2015 #100

I can believe that stunt about Google- Eric Schmidt, whew. I sense a lot of appalachiablue Jun 2015 #102

I'd venture that the esteem Ryan holds for Erskine Bowels and Clinton goes beyond appalachiablue Jun 2015 #103

This has to be the same occasion, but you can see where the video has been clipped appalachiablue Jun 2015 #101

The fraud and waste is a drop in the bucket compared to fraud and waste in military spending. alarimer Jun 2015 #104