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    I think it is most likely that Chained CPI would be snuck in to impact tax brackets, too.  While it…
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    • Basically, the fact that the sequester is a disaster has not gone away.  It has merely become a subterranean issue.…
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    • Wake up. Their bitching is welcomed because it is exactly what gives permission to Republicans to agree to a deal.…
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    • I believe you are wrong about this.  Couched as tax reform, there is support from a wide swath of the…
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    • Shows how little you know.  Wicker is mentored by Cochran, who is a classic appropriator.  Hatch is hardly a backbencher,…
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    • Meh.  Chances aren't bad that we'll hold that Georgia seat after the 2014 elections.  They are going to run a…
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    • The Senate is many things, but it is not irrelevant.  
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    • Well, the point is that they head the pursestrings throughout the New Deal era.  
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    • How about the explicit promise that those programs will not be subject to Chained CPI?  
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    • Look, it's the job of progressive organizations and spokespeople to oppose any diminution of Social Security benefits.  That's understood.  The…
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    • Bob, I hate to do this but you aren't being serious.  You just aren't.  The right wing is a force…
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    • This proposal doesn't mean shit unless it eliminates the sequester. Why do you think Obama is having dinners with Republican…
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    • Right.  They would not.
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    • "Disabled and orphans" would be your first clue. Policy is Not Applied to Means-Tested Benefit Programs Means-tested benefit programs are…
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    • She didn't mention neo-liberalism or call the president a monster. She incorrectly suggested that these cuts would impact SSI.  …
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    • He doesn't know it won't fly.  It may very well fly in the Senate. And that's the prerequisite for ending…
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    • Dave, you are freaking out, plain and simple. You are totally overreacting.   I want to be concise her, so…
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    • As a political maneuver it is just slightly different from all his previous political maneuvers.  This isn't the first time…
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    • Again, he is trying to pass something, not make political statements.  
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    • you contradict yourself when you agree with me that the Medicare attacks were shameless distortions and that it didn't matter…
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