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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 05:43 PM Original message |
Change you cannot believe in: Restructuring the Social Security COLA formula |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. Smoke and mirrors. |
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Emelina (47 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Our politicians are treating us like it is a prison shower scene! |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Well you are right -- it is just so much BS until you look beneath the surface |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Exactly |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
44. Unfortunately, the decisions have already been agreed to. |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Yes sirree!! n/t |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. K&R. |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 06:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. I just read your thread |
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mrmpa (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. There hasn't been a social security and federal pension COLA... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 06:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. None in the future, would be the obvious answer. |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 06:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. The way they calculate the cost of living with the current CPI |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Yet the price of everything has gone up. |
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mrmpa (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 07:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. My mother lives off of her Post Office Pension and what little Social Security.... |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 07:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Yes, it is and I am sorry you and your Mom are going through this |
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mrmpa (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:51 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. I posted the following in 2009 |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #22 |
43. Just a suggestion: I live with my grandson and share costs. I get |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 01:01 AM Response to Reply #4 |
58. Exactly! |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. People on SS aren't getting them anyway |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 06:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. No, they will not improve it |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. Anyone who does this should be politically finished |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. And that is what I call a h*ll of a good response |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 06:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Thank you for that |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 07:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. +1. It's not decent. It's not American. n/t |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 09:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. It is also extremely unethical to be so deceptive about how |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 09:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. It *is* unethical to be deceptive about how changes will affect |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 09:38 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Oh, I don't think for a moment the Republicans are concerned about the deficit |
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Faryn Balyncd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
8. K and R |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. Old people are old; they're not math-challenged. Chicanery will out. |
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ProfessionalLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. UNACCEPTABLE. It's a cut. n/t |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 06:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. It is a cut |
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Faryn Balyncd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. That's a good link discussing the need for INCREASING the COLA to match actual "Senior CPI", instead |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 06:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. They think we are VERY stupid |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
23. HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 07:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Hey, you are very welcome |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
25. Great OP! Here's my kick and rec. Thank you for doing the research & reading. |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. And I appreciate your thanks |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I just feel like there's a juggernaut rolling over us. And there's no one in power |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 08:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Feel encouraged, Bernie Saunders is on our side |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
34. k&r |
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sad sally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
35. Hey, if it keeps the rich getting richer, that's all that matters. |
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ProfessionalLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
37. My response: |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:46 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Well, I applaud you for taking the time to write your letter and |
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ProfessionalLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 04:13 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. That's the thing - we cannot 'wait to see' what happens |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 08:09 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Last night, Adam Green (Bold Progressives) started his comments |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 04:40 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. What do you mean by using our votes now. |
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roxiejules (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. You are correct.....many are waiting to see what happens |
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Faryn Balyncd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
41. Why "cut" anything when it's (SL)EASIER to just cook the books (again)? |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 09:49 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Exactly, and that is how the Federal Government predicts |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
47. Here is some additional information I just posted in another thread |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
49. . |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
50. Imagine how immense the CPI increases would have been ... every $1 anyone had ... |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Yes, they will |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Recall that I used to hear Orrin Hatch talk about the "wisdom" of seniors in dealing |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 04:40 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Thank you for sharing your thoughts |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:15 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Agree -- we all have to keep at it -- without doubt -- !! |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:26 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. I posted this in another thread this evening |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:32 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Agree -- Sen. Bernie Sanders is great and does great work for us all -- !!! |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 12:46 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. That is exactly what I was thinking -- he must have an incredible |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Because Sen. Bernie Sanders' research/info is not healthy for corporations .... |
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