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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 10:33 PM Original message |
Senate Democrats Work on Own Debt Plan (updated) |
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ProDem4 (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sound's Exactly Like The R's Plan |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 11:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Pretty much. And we still haven't ferreted out what constitutes |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 11:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. "Technical adjustment" my ass. I guess the Berlin wall was just a "mild inconvienance" or something |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 11:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Fearless? |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 11:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Yes? |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 12:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. No. |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 11:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Old as the hills. Both parties tried to call it that in 1995. WH liked it, too. |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 10:35 AM Response to Reply #11 |
41. +1 |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 12:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
15. Barney Frank's proposal is good. |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 12:34 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Horseshit. The money was collected from paychecks. It cannot |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 03:03 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. No. I don't like this either, but it is better than cutting Social Security |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #19 |
42. Don't tax the SS tax the income. |
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bornskeptic (951 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 07:09 AM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Did he not mean 95% of it should be taxable? |
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Proletariatprincess (527 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. wish we had a two party system...at least. |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. "With just more than a week left to raise the nation's debt ceiling..." |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 11:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. +1 |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 11:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. And what's interesting, is that even if you went along with |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 12:27 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. The IMF. Do you know where Geithner worked before he went to |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 08:14 AM Response to Reply #17 |
28. Kissinger's protegee and a registered Republican, Timmeh was, when Obama approached him for Treasury |
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kimsarah (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
6. Tax holiday? |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
12. How close can they get to this one, which is the solution to it all... |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 12:10 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. That was strangled in its crib early on, sadly |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 12:25 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Mine's not on the No list. But we always get outvoted on everything. |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 12:30 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I could weep |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
20. Meanwhile, Warner is still pushing the Go6 Plan |
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libmom74 (577 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
21. All cuts and no increases in revenues? |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
22. Per NYT, Reid's plan does not touch entitlements. (no cuts) |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #22 |
44. Thank you emulatorloo. I guess I would like them to say in outright |
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jerseyjack (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 06:15 AM Response to Original message |
24. Where is the shared sacrifice from the rich? |
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chelsea0011 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 06:33 AM Response to Original message |
25. No added revenues?????????????????? Huh? |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
27. you fucking bastards! You pay our SS surplus back!!!!! |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
29. A Democratic proposal with NO REVENUES. Way to give away the store before |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 08:55 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. This one is FULL of win! |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
31. Rival Debt Plans Being Assembled by Party Leaders. |
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Iliyah (828 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. NO TOUCH SSI, Medicare, Meciard |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. It is rather comical seeing Obama try to give away the New Deal social programs |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. The guy who tried to associate himself with FDR, JFK and Lincoln. |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Any politican who votes to cut any social programs loses my vote, time, and money. |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Not remotely comical. It is the biggest act of |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. ... |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Yeah, right....Maybe he'll run a bunch |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Sadly, you're probably correct. |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. It's ovah. And it's not coming back. |
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exelwood (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
43. Maybe it's time to rethink Social Security.. |
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