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kag (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 11:39 PM Original message |
WE DON'T NEED CUTS IN ENTITLEMENT SPENDING! |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. and a lot of the easily manipulated |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. Astonishingly(?), most of these teabaggers |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. "Lets talk to some neighbors and set a date" |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. K&R |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. K&R |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
4. Actually, welfare is not an entitlement program anymore. |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 10:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. I can think of one instance of entitlement spending we need to curtail |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 11:07 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. +1000000 |
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Beavker (784 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 01:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
48. I was just reading that quote over again... |
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windbreeze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 12:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
33. and how about all those pensions/medical/ss coverage for Congresscritters |
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Mojeoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
67. Cut Corporate Welfare!!!! |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
76. Yes this is what I remember as well. And since my family was on it I was able to survive .. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
5. K&R |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
6. HUGE K & R !!! |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
7. We would be so effing rich if we... |
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kag (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:08 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. And I'd probably be taken more seriously if I... |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 11:41 AM Response to Reply #9 |
27. Some people here frown on double-Ds. |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
8. K & R |
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cutlassmama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:30 AM Response to Original message |
10. K & Fucking-A R! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
11. not only that, but this: |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 05:43 AM Response to Original message |
12. How about asking Business , ie, Health Care Industry to bring their |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 05:58 AM Response to Original message |
13. Conservatives have been trying to kill entitlements since they |
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PinkFloyd (264 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
84. But almost all of them don't want to lose their SS and medicare |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:14 AM Response to Original message |
14. Nailed it. |
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kag (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
15. Here's another one... |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 04:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
57. Where the hell have you been? |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
16. However, we do have two ongoing wars and Israel to support, |
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Stumbler (599 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 10:51 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. How about we ask the wealthy to make a sacrifice for a change? |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. While a commendable thought, that doesn't jive with the DLC/New Dem creedo. n/t |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
17. K & R nt |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
18. I'm for actual taxation of actual income well before cuts in spending |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
21. CUT CORPORATE WELFARE |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 04:57 PM Response to Reply #21 |
62. +1 nt |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
82. Cut military (no-bid defense contractor) welfare |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
24. Exactly right. Soc Sec is funded with its own TAX. That shouldn't even |
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dem mba (732 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 11:41 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. the biggest discretionary expense is military |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. But, you're only looking out of one eye. |
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dem mba (732 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 01:14 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. oh im with you on all of that |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 01:31 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Yes, America spending 15x more than the combined |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:04 PM Response to Reply #26 |
50. That's the standard line about Social Security. However there's a lot of |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
25. What about means-testing entitlements? |
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dem mba (732 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
28. I think your rant is a bit ill informed |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 12:51 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Lets See |
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dem mba (732 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. greed? |
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kag (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #46 |
63. My 13-year-old son asked me yesterday... |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 01:06 AM Response to Reply #63 |
94. +1 |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 06:27 AM Response to Reply #46 |
87. We could legislate the wages (minimum wage) of the |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:33 PM Response to Reply #28 |
73. Corporations have a tax "rate" but pay little if any tax |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
30. Great post. However, I was wondering how many see our military budget as entitlement spending? |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
31. Unless you are talking about entitlements for huge corporations like |
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windbreeze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
32. What we need to cut is Gov'ts' ability to STEAL SS and "entitlement" funds.. |
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SocialistLez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 12:38 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. +1 No more raiding the piggy bank. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 04:55 PM Response to Reply #32 |
61. That would be a good start. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
36. We used to call it "Social programs". Reagan pushed the term "entitlement spending" |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. And many people don't think of Social Security when they hear "entitlement" |
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h9socialist (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
51. Amazing how those are the same people who support big increases for the Pentagon! |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 03:22 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. And not one peep from any of them when billions go "missing" in Iraq |
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h9socialist (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 03:28 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Alas, that's been true for centuries . . . |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. The poor have always been an easy target - |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
39. Uhhh one entitlement needing to be eliminated: |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:37 PM Response to Reply #39 |
68. Uhhh.... |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:59 PM Response to Reply #68 |
85. It is not misleading but the truth |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 07:58 AM Response to Reply #85 |
89. Around here they prefer to either leave them |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:49 AM Response to Reply #89 |
90. Kids 3X more likely to get abused in foster care than ... |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:01 AM Response to Reply #90 |
91. Baloney. n/t |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 11:59 AM Response to Reply #91 |
92. I doubt you will read it but ... |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:19 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. Your organization is a throwback to the 1890s. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
40. I agree 100% |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
43. My pleasure for 100.... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
44. Agree . . . but public has little say in corporate government --!! |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
47. We've been warned about it for years, and just like the other looming disasters, |
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CLANG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
49. Put a bullseye on her fat ass! |
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Change Happens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
53. Can we raise the eligibility age for SS at least? |
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ultracase24 (72 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
56. There is plenty of spending to be cut |
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BEZERKO (564 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
58. I have seen the same headlines, |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
59. K&R! nt |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
60. As a percent of GDP, our debt is LOWER |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
64. These are not "entitlements" we pay for them, we deserve them... |
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Dave From Canada (932 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
65. Kag, your problem is with basic math. America currently has $108 TRILLION DOLLARS in unfunded |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:45 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. Math has nothing to do with intellectual dishonesty... |
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Dave From Canada (932 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:45 PM Response to Reply #69 |
78. Their debt is 110% of their GDP. That's not a talking point, it's the truth. Face facts. They've |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:39 PM Response to Reply #65 |
75. Our currency is sovereign. |
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Dave From Canada (932 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:46 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. Yes, but if American debt reaches Greece type levels, you're going to have to massively devalue your |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
66. We need cuts in military spending. That's where the bulk of the budget goes |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
70. these are the only "Entitlements that are destroying the economy.. >Link>> |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
71. K&R |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
72. Good rant! And welcome to DU! |
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Lagomorph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
74. So, how about earmarks? |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
77. THANK YOU ! KNR/nt |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
80. What a lovely |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
81. They call it "entitlement" because you're entitled by virtue of having loaned $2t to the government. |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
83. Stop using the word "ENTITLEMENT", that's a Frank Luntz hot-button framing word |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
86. Perfect rant and keep 'em coming! |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
88. The people screaming about entitlement spending are either |
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