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In reply to the discussion: It's not 3 dimensional chess. It's a kick to the gut. [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)for Obama's campaign and who paid the Social Security that meant generous benefits for their parents and on top of that paid extra in order to save for their baby-boomer retirement.
No. Obama is absolutely wrong on this. He is betraying a large segment of his party -- dooming many to eating beans from the day they retire to the day they die.
This is unacceptable. It is a double-cross.
The minute Obama, Kerry and Hagel announced they were returning 5% of their pay, I knew this was a done deal. That's their conscience money. They know very well that this will harm not just seniors but America on the whole.
And they are doing this in order to be able to restore money to the bloated military budget.
This is pretty close to evil -- breaking promises to helpless old people in order to spend more on newfangled killing machines like drones, etc. Pretty close to evil.