These jerks just don't get it. They will get at our earned retirement benefits like Social Security and Medicare over our dead bodies. Because once we don't have enough to live on when we're old, and can't afford go to the doctor when we're sick, we have nothing left to lose and we're going to be camped out in the waiting rooms of our local Congress critters, hoping to spread whatever bacteria or virus is in our system.
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The Grand Bargain battle isn't an explicit issue in the Presidential race, because Republicans want to cut benefits on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid even more than President Obama does. But the positioning and lobbying and ... Read Post
The AFL-CIO has done a pro-Social Security video to oppose efforts by President Obama and the Republicans to enact the Grand Bargain to cut benefits on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, Tell Congress: No Benefit Cuts to Social... Read Post
I'm to the point on the Grand Bargain/Fiscal Cliff show that I'm reluctant to take seriously anything anyone says on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid unless I know that same person is saying that the benefits on those programs... Read Post