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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 08:16 PM Original message |
In 1960, the Supreme Court ruled that no one has a legal right to Social Security benefits |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. The other thing people don't realize about Social Security |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. The purchase of Alaska was also very unpopular with politicians |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. And there's been a recent reprise of that sentiment, largely due |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Indeed it was |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 08:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. did it not have to pass congress? That doesn't sound too unpopular. |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 08:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. It just barely passed and FDR had to compromise quite a bit on other things he wanted to do /nt |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. i guess he never got social security then. |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I didn't say he wasn't a hypocrite, just that he hated FDR |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 09:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. just like all these folks who hate the government from their hover rounds |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 09:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. They are called Tea Baggers. /nt |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. We are still going to unelect their asses if they touch it in any kind of negative way. nt |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. While an interesting tidbit, any politicians using that as an excuse to harm Social Security will... |
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