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randys1

(16,286 posts)
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 12:26 PM Oct 2015

They want to kill Social Security and this guy, Pete Peterson is a main player.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Peter_Peterson



Peter G. Peterson, born June 5, 1926, is a controversial Wall Street billionaire who uses his wealth to underwrite numerous organizations and PR campaigns to generate public support for slashing Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid,


Recap: a BILLIONAIRE who is obsessed with taking away what little support we have.

Are you angry yet?
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They want to kill Social Security and this guy, Pete Peterson is a main player. (Original Post) randys1 Oct 2015 OP
Kickin' Faux pas Oct 2015 #1
well if he was born in 1926 bkkyosemite Oct 2015 #2
You can be sure he will set up a foundation with hundreds of millions of dollars randys1 Oct 2015 #3
He already has one so we the people "millions" of us bkkyosemite Oct 2015 #5
he has a son who is beginning to dabble in politics tk2kewl Oct 2015 #7
Another one that needs to go on the list. hobbit709 Oct 2015 #4
Hmmm, where have I heard that name before? Oh yeah .... Scuba Oct 2015 #6

randys1

(16,286 posts)
3. You can be sure he will set up a foundation with hundreds of millions of dollars
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 12:45 PM
Oct 2015

to carry on his work trying to kill you and me.

 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
6. Hmmm, where have I heard that name before? Oh yeah ....
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 01:10 PM
Oct 2015
http://stateofthedivision.blogspot.com/2010/01/hillary-clinton-speaks-from-peter-g.html

Hillary Clinton Speaks from Peter G. Peterson Institute on Foreign Aid

C-SPAN aired Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's remarks at the Peter G. Peterson Institute. Pete Peterson made billions as a private equity underwriter (PEU). He used $1 billion to establish his institute, focused on getting America's financial house of cards in order (without asking corporations or the rich to step up in any major way.)


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