After Obama told Boehner "Nothing. I get that for free," the shit-stirring cockroaches seemed to have fled back under the woodwork...

They called Obama evil and a liar and wished they had not voted for him and went on and on about how bad he was.. I just wonder why some would post things as vicious as that..??

it. Shameful. And if he brings that possibility up again, I will be calling him evil and a liar and saying I wished I had not volunteered so many, many hours for him.

I didn't change. Obama let us understand when he was running for re-election that Social Security would be off the table. Why did he put it on?

Whether we go off the cliff or not, the economy will get worse, maybe go into recession. And if that recession is accompanied, as recessions usually are, with deflation, Social Security will not go up. If we have the chained CPI and a recession, seniors will really suffer. Because in the worst recession, the things we have to buy -- food and medication -- and the things we have to pay -- rent, property taxes, etc. will not go down.

Meanwhile, young people who are not on Social Security will increase their income and improve their lifestyle when the economy gets better.

If the chained CPI is adopted, those now on Social Security or about to go on Social Security, especially those now in their 50s stand to lose a lot.

A loss of a thousand dollars a year is tremendous if your total income is less than $15,000 per years. It can mean having to choose between a house that is warm enough to be healthy of a meal that is nutritious enough to be healthy. Elderly people should not have to make that kind of a choice.

Their pain can be remedied within a week or two (if Congress gets their act together, I know thats a tall order), but I cant think of another way to force concessions on the defense budget, can you?

And thats where the budget most needs cutting.

They let him know in no uncertain terms that his offers to the Repubs sucked.