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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-11 12:00 PM
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GOP majority leader backs plan to slash Social Security, Medicare
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/01/gop-majority-leader-backs-plan-slash-social-security-medicare/

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) on Sunday threw a measure of support behind a key Republican lawmaker's plan to dramatically cut Social Security and Medicare.

The plan, called "A Roadmap for America's Future," was created by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), the new chairman of the budget committee, who promoted it last year as a means to cut the national debt.

"The direction the roadmap goes is something we need to embrace," Cantor said on NBC's "Meet the Press," praising the plan's capacity for deficit reduction.

The roadmap would partially privatize Social Security benefits and turn Medicare into a voucher program, effectively ending two monumental safety net programs for seniors in the United States.

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emulatorloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-11 12:01 PM
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1. There you have it n/t
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Atman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-11 12:02 PM
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2. SURPRISE!
:eyes:

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FreakinDJ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-11 12:02 PM
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3. 1 problem - SSI Federal Trust Fund is not their money
Edited on Wed Jan-26-11 12:03 PM by FreakinDJ
Pay it Back - BITCHES

and stop arguing over OUR Money
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-11 12:10 PM
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4. AGREED!!!
If the fucking GOP wants money paid back, then go after the fucking Bush mob who lied us into war and after the fucking Con Street and banksters who stole trillions from us! Go after the fucking billionaires and corporations who are hoarding wealth while flipping us off!

I'm getting so fucking angry over hearing these GOP fucks talk about gutting Social Security and Medicare to cover the "losses" of their fucking criminals.

:grr:

They want US to cover THEIR losses...FUCK YOU, GOP!!!
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Hestia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-11 01:36 PM
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5. I do not understand the *why* of it all...
How could Cantor (blech) look a constituent in the eye and say I do not want you to retire with some sort of dignity, I do not want you to have a living wage. Are the people electing robots, or the Borg, or what?
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rhett o rick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-11 03:10 PM
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7. The Ruling Class is only looking out for the Lower Class that just doesnt understand
that the Ruling Class knows best.
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saras Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-11 05:39 PM
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9. It's money. We want it. We're taking it.
What's not to understand?
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mzmolly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-11 03:09 PM
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6. Here we go. Makes the tax cuts for the uber-wealthy more understandable now that
we can beat the R's over their hypocritical heads with them.
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-11 03:12 PM
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8. they are really
a$$holes no other word for it, greedy and arrogant, this is really a class conflict.
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