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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts) Fri Dec 9, 2016, 03:27 PM Dec 2016

Going for the Big Enchilada (GOP gutting Social Security)

Going for the Big Enchilada
By JOSH MARSHALL Published DECEMBER 9, 2016, 1:18 PM EDT

Republicans apparently aren't going to be satisfied with phasing out Medicare. They're going to try to pass huge cuts to Social Security this year too. Not Bush-style partial phaseout but just big, big cuts. And you're out of luck even if you're a current beneficiary.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/going-for-the-big-enchilada

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Going for the Big Enchilada (GOP gutting Social Security) (Original Post) workinclasszero Dec 2016 OP

I guess all of us who get Social Security PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2016 #1

But we wanted taco trucks on every corner! pinboy3niner Dec 2016 #2

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People with disabilities will be utterly impoverished. KamaAina Dec 2016 #7

PoindexterOglethorpe

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1. I guess all of us who get Social Security

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Fri Dec 9, 2016, 03:34 PM

Dec 2016

will need to occupy the office of these idiots until they get the message.

Or maybe, just maybe, those who voted for Republicans really want their SS cut, in which case, let's only cut theirs and leave the rest of us alone.