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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 12:38 AM Original message |
Rep. Lloyd Doggett: Obama/GOP tax deal puts Social Security "at grave risk" |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. “Social Security’s dedicated funding base is jeopardized by this deal" Well, |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 12:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. What the hell does your link have to do with my OP? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 12:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. You're asking what the payroll tax has to |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 12:55 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Where in my post did I ask "what the payroll tax has to do with the 'spin' about Social Security'? |
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hulka38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 01:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. The point of this is to muddy up the water |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 01:31 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Deleted message |
emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 01:33 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. It won't. |
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hulka38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 12:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Your link does not counter this claim. n/t |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 12:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. "If this provision is made permanent" |
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hulka38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 12:57 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Again, your link does not counter this claim - |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 01:07 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Actually, it does. Here's a summation |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 01:20 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Did anyone argue that, for this single upcoming fiscal year, SS's funding is threatened? |
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hulka38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 01:28 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Being paid for out of the general fund is precisely |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 01:33 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Punctuating your argument with an insult doesn't make it valid. |
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hulka38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 01:41 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. That's your opinion. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 01:01 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Playing dumb? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 01:03 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. "It's not permanent now. " |
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hulka38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 01:12 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. This will not be side tracked to a discussion about the word "permanent" |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 01:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Let me |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 01:15 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. It's "dumb" to speculate on what the GOP itself has admitted it will try to do? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 01:19 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. The GOP |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 01:27 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. "GOP vows to block legislation UNTIL TAX INCREASES ARE RESOLVED" |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 01:53 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. No, No it is not. |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 03:16 AM Response to Original message |
24. Social Security is ALREADY in big trouble |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 05:27 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Repuke bullshit that we have been hearing for 75 years |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. The PIGS thought they were safe also |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 08:45 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Social Security has nothing whatsoever to do with debt.. And Ireland |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 09:18 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Right, but the debt has everything to do with Social Security |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:49 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. T-Bills happen to be more than IOUs |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 01:21 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Stark and brutal right wing talking points. |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 01:35 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. I absolutely agree on bringing ALL TROOPS HOME |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 01:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. If the United States refuses to honor its Treasury bills... |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. To honor your debt, you need to be solvent |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 05:37 AM Response to Original message |
26. Recommend |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
27. K&R |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 11:27 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Absolutely right! K&R |
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Still a Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
28. Doggett had been demagoguing this issue to death |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Someone who posts under the name "Still A Democrat" terms Llloyd Doggett a "demagogue"? |
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Still a Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 05:38 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Most Democrats support the compromise |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 11:38 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Please change your avatar |
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Still a Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 12:28 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. The holiday is being reimbursed by the general fund |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 12:46 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Hard to tell if you're simply 'playing dumb' |
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Still a Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 04:06 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. The general fund owes SS $4 trillion |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
29. Operative word here is 'IF.' |
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