Preznit Hopey Changey apparently has said fucking with Social Security benefits is on the table. Excuse me? People pay into this system all their lives so that it'll be there once they retire, and Preznit Hopey Changey wants to yank it right out from under people who are relying on it?
Of course, the right wing's response to Preznit Hopey Changey proposing basically dismantling the core of FDR's New Deal is... well, to call him a socialist, of course. Duh. What, you'd expect applause or somethin' from the Party of No, which has been trying to eliminate Social Security from the very minute that FDR rounded up the votes to pass it?!
-- Badtux the Snarky Penguin
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ReplyDeleteI thought they were applauding the center-right candidate's program. After all, he's been very good to their economics/business desires so far.
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Of course, the right wing's response to Preznit Hopey Changey proposing basically dismantling the core of FDR's New Deal is... well, to call him a socialist, of course.
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I'll bet you my next SS check it doesn't get fucked with.
ReplyDeleteB Hoover O has gotten really good at talkin' out both sides of his face. But he is not stupid. Old fuckers are not like kids. They vote.
Just sayin' . . .
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There are few things I can think of that would turn a bunch of peacenik old farts like me into violent revolutionaries... but fucking with our retirement funds might just do the job. Badtux, I'm probably about twice your age, and I've fulfilled my end of the contract across generations for over 40 years now. So yes, I would regard Obama's tinkering with SS for whatever reason as baldfaced theft... and since he's allegedly a Democrat, not only theft but betrayal.
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