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After that, benefits will be reduced.   Wrong.  After that we return to pay-go.  Possible that it wouldn't need any…
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I cheated on Life of Pi by not seeing the 3-D version (makes me too dizzy) which was the reason…
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Can you interpret the first sentence? Social Security's expenditures exceeded non-interest income in 2010 and 2011, the first such occurrences…
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Try thinking less about how the GOP hung a rightwing health care plan around the necks of Democrats and won…
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Whew -- thanks for clarifying -- had me worried. From what I politely said about Lincoln ..It would have been…
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The same traction the GOP has always had on Social Security:  "It can't/won't work."  "It's a Ponzi scheme."  "It will…
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We're not engaged in a debate as you refuse to respond to my direct questions and then get all huffy…
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Certainly Steven Spielberg making a movie about him makes us suspicious of Lincoln. ??? How is Lincoln responsible for a…
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Echoes of the fantasy invasion/occupation of Iraq that many self-identified liberals concocted to cheer on the Bush/Cheney war madness.
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Ha, ha.  Would that be like the explicit promises Obama made to close Gitmo, reject an individual mandate for healthcare,…
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This is a very scary thread to a post defending the indefensible.  It also has echoes of what self-styled liberals/progressives…
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Whatever makes you think that such calculations would independent of each other and there would be no interaction?  
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FWIW, Obama's rise wasn't any faster than Clinton's - a multi-term governor of a poor and corrupt state. Obama's campaign…
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Means tested social security programs generally would not be affected. (Are you now arguing that "means testing" is preferable to…
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wrt 1. She's a Senator and they are always polite even to their worst foes.  She is speaking to an…
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A "moron" like Elizabeth Warren? "Overthinking" doesn't serve you well.
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Those would be the "morons" that pointed out that Clinton's Telecom dereg wouldn't lead to lower cable and phone bills…
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In any case, these enhanced benefits are an alternative to means-testing. Whatever made you think that "means testing" is necessary?…
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And had three daughters -- one works for Oxfam, another is a history professor and the third one is a…
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This is a complex topic -- and there probably isn't a human being that hasn't said something in one's life…
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