WCGreen
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Tue Dec-22-09 02:58 AM
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How about letting those 64 and 3/4 buy into medicare.... |
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Edited on Tue Dec-22-09 02:59 AM by WCGreen
Would it really be so bad?
I hit the wrong button before I was done...
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villager
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Tue Dec-22-09 02:59 AM
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1. sounds like fuckin' socialism to me! |
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And I'm sure Rahm has calculated it would get his man branded a "socialist" the re-election campaign!
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WCGreen
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Tue Dec-22-09 03:00 AM
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2. The thing is he is already branded an socialist... |
villager
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Tue Dec-22-09 03:07 AM
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4. well, right, and therefore has nothing to lose |
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except his handlers haven't allowed that realization to settle in yet...
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Tue Dec-22-09 08:09 AM
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Tue Dec-22-09 03:04 AM
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3. I could have dealt happily with that... |
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But think of the COST!
Gasp.
It would have meant so much more security for senior citizens...People who often have so little.
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LooseWilly
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Tue Dec-22-09 03:11 AM
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5. Sure, let the 64.75 yo's into medicare... but then the 64.5 yos will be in the streets!! |
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Where will it end? 59 year olds? 57?
No... a line was drawn in the... bureaucracy, and it must be maintained!!
Won't anyone think of the fiscal responsibility gew gaws? They have feelings that can be rated numerically too...
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Clio the Leo
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Tue Dec-22-09 09:22 AM
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7. Ok, you convinced us. Now convince Joe Lieberman. NT |
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Tue Dec-22-09 12:04 PM
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8. Wouldn't it be nice if the White House tried to? Just a little? NT |
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