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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 09:54 AM Original message |
Deficit Panel Puts Off Vote on Painful Recommendations Until Friday |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. Ahhh the good old news dump friday... |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 10:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Perhaps. Perhaps the vote will not support the report. |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 10:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. That would be a best case scenario. Unfortunately, I am not that optimistic anymore. nt |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I'm not competent to predict that vote, so I'm waiting to see. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 10:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Could you post the email links? nt |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:07 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. You can get them from the commission site. I don't |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Will do. :) nt |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
8. But that's a violation of their announced procedure! |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. So prosecute them and demand that the penalty for |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Oh, I think the punitive "recommendations" are going to get fast-tracked |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
9. Social Security cuts are part of deficit plan |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. seeing the people he put on this commitee is that a surprise? Same bullshit he did with HCR. The |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. The President appointed |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. HCR remains to be seen. I will be paying 150 dollars a month more for healthcare at work for less |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Go to hell bastards, a travesty if this passes with these measures. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. How hopeful! n/t |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Not even a hint of raising taxes on the rich? Of course not, we are |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Next up: what to do with the problem of seniors poverty... |
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displacedvermoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. 100-year olds working at Wal Mart |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Social Security does not contribute to the deficit. Hell, the SURPLUS |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Cuts to Social Security have likely been they primary goal of the commission from the start. nt |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Social Security MADE the Democratic Party of the 20th Century... |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. JUST take off the salary cap.....already, |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. ... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. I'm with you ! |
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CLANG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Fuuny how that seems to be "off the table". |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Funny how the most logical solution to a problem that doesn't exist gets little, |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. "appear unlikely to be able to accept big cuts in federal programs for seniors" |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. Won't pass, and Schakowsky's plan will gain a vehicle for discussion, |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
27. Meow, meow, meow, meow. Friday, meow.. |
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