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suston96

(4,175 posts)

4. Bad news........

Reply to Triana (Original post)

Thu Oct 29, 2015, 03:10 PM

Oct 2015

A cut is a cut is a cut.......

Trying to sweeten it by saying there was no cut in Social Security benefits themselves doesn't help at all.

Dems and sensible Repubs - if there are any - better get together and kill this or fix it.

And by the way - ya know what will fix Social Security and Medicare?

NEW JOBS _ JOBS _ JOBS! Millions of them!

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No, the Budget Deal Did NOT Cut Your Social Security Benefits [View all] Triana Oct 2015 OP

It fixes the crisis that the Pubes put SSDI in thelordofhell Oct 2015 #1

so we get blackmailed into cutting SSDI for new beneficiaries. liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #2

The agreement stops the coming SSDI cuts thelordofhell Oct 2015 #5

neither scenario is acceptable to me. Cutting SSDI to pay for military spending is disgusting. liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #6

"Cutting SSDI to pay for military spending is disgusting." + Eighty Gazillion Scuba Oct 2015 #8

They are NOT CUTTING SSDI benefits......Where are you seeing that they are?? thelordofhell Oct 2015 #12

new recipients will receive a "flat benefit". That is the cut. Not to mention they will use the liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #16

stopped reading after "MSNBC, CNN, HLN and Fox News have all been reporting non-stop about the bettyellen Oct 2015 #21

Where are future benefits cut? n/t SickOfTheOnePct Oct 2015 #9

It's called a "flat benefit." liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #17

That's not in the bill. Also, just fyi, the big change to the 'file and suspend' provision is not Bluenorthwest Oct 2015 #22

Raise the cap, don't cut. There is an alternative. Will we fight for SS or will we continue to cave? liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #3

Bad news........ suston96 Oct 2015 #4

I don't agree that a cut is cut SickOfTheOnePct Oct 2015 #10

That is exactly how they get away with cutting it without actually cutting it. It's like liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #11

We'll just have to agree to disagree on what constitutes a cut then SickOfTheOnePct Oct 2015 #13

Unless inflation is 0% for the year, your benefit got cut tkmorris Oct 2015 #18

You're welcome to your opinion SickOfTheOnePct Oct 2015 #20

it is a cut Skittles Oct 2015 #23

Like I said, agree to disagree n/t SickOfTheOnePct Oct 2015 #24

LOL Skittles Oct 2015 #25

Everyone is different. I know my father certainly feels that freezing COLA is a cut. liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #19

When someone says delayed collection what I think of is jwirr Oct 2015 #7

How long will the deal subtract from the regular Social Security trust fund solvency? n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2015 #14

Here is a writing on the "new deal".....? suston96 Oct 2015 #15

right there Skittles Oct 2015 #26

uh huh Skittles Oct 2015 #27