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In reply to the discussion: Senate's No. 2 Democrat calls for cuts to social safety net [View all]closeupready
(29,503 posts)69. Absolutely not. Do NOT put everything, repeat, everything on the table.
Fuck that.
What kind of negotiation is that bullshit? "Don't hurt us in the majority too bad, Republicans?"
What planet does he live on? Sheez.
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+1. Cutting out of control military & security spending should be a priority for Dems
think
Nov 2012
#46
We spent $700 billion? Next larged was China with $143 billion? Why can't we lop off $400 billion?
RickFromMN
Nov 2012
#94
Congressional pensions, gym, parking, health care? Social Sec. & Medicare for the rich?
wordpix
Dec 2012
#122
The problem is the demographics on the entitlements get worse as the population ages.
dkf
Nov 2012
#84
While I love your idea to cut the expenses of Congress, they probably wouldn't notice.
RickFromMN
Nov 2012
#95
Maybe he's retiring from politics (?) but I bet if we were to check his lunch dates
snappyturtle
Nov 2012
#51
Maybe we should impeach him & let him would OPENLY for the corporate interests 2 years earlier than
Faryn Balyncd
Nov 2012
#98
We'd probably be better off if he did what you're proposing but then we would miss
snappyturtle
Nov 2012
#110
That's essentially what I heard him say in an interview over the weekend.
Gidney N Cloyd
Nov 2012
#66
It truly should be unconscionable for any Democrat to start out a negotiation by caving!
AAO
Nov 2012
#40
I expect a tiny increase in taxes and large cuts to entitlements to be in the works.
Kablooie
Nov 2012
#16
Some want to think that the D's are good and the R's are bad. Makes life simpler.
rhett o rick
Nov 2012
#67
By any reasonable measure this was a status quo election with no power change in the WH,
24601
Nov 2012
#89
Too bad Durbin didn't call for a tiny transaction tax on Wall Street. It is their turn to help.
Overseas
Nov 2012
#27
Durbin is always the first to bring out the white flag BEFORE the battle has even begun.
ladjf
Nov 2012
#28
WHAT?????!!!????? this is what folks stood in line for hours to vote asked for????
secondwind
Nov 2012
#29
I will not donate to them if they put social security and medicare in the bargining. It is that
still_one
Nov 2012
#97
First thing we should put up on the chopping block is durbin's "entitlements", including his
still_one
Nov 2012
#42
Social security should definitely be changed - the min age should be 55 with 100% benefits
geckosfeet
Nov 2012
#53
How about a massive cut in military/intelligence funding, DICK?! That ought to solve the problem!
Dont call me Shirley
Nov 2012
#105
When he gives every cent this country has every given him back to the debt crisis
Fearless
Nov 2012
#107