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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:12 AM Original message |
Robert Reich puts cuts to Medicare and Social Security on the table. |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
1. spin failure Joe |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I agree, an epic failure...nt |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. He says that he, and I guess you, COULD accept such cuts, no? |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
22. You'd think he would get dizzy.n/t |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
3. I don't believe you've ever explained why YOU support them. nt |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I don't support them. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. ... |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I don't. The reason you are confused on that point |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. LOL. When do you start defending them |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. If they pass such cuts, I'll be against it ... and ... |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. I doubt half of those telling us to be quiet and write letters are actually doing so. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Its the endless hyperbole ... Exhibit A: "offered up on a platter". |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Of course it was offered up on a platter. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. When do those take effect? |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. How absolutely ludicrous |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. You would not offer your grandmother's pension, would you? |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 05:47 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. My mother is on Social Security and Medicare. |
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roxiejules (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
40. Obama putting Social Security on table....per Third Way |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
41. And if they are included in any of the 'agreements' that |
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mymomwasright (135 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
5. It's an example |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. But Reich clearly says that Obama CAN put those things "on the table" |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. The point of Reich's article is that Obama is a bad messenger. eom |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Yes, and that if he was a better messanger, cuts to ... |
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roxiejules (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #13 |
39. and I quote...... |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #13 |
44. I don't think that's what Reich meant. I do think he's making |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
8. epic fail in reading comprehension |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:20 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Does he says such cuts could be accepted, yes or no? |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. No, he doesn't; re-read and try to comprehend |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. He says it right in the quote I posted. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Naw, I seriously doubt that. |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #16 |
34. +1 |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
12. How sad. I can't believe I slept through 2012 |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
18. Hate to be picky but you left off "if only we understood where the president is leading us." |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I didn't leave it off ... its right there in the quote I provided. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. If wishes were dollars, beggars would be kings! |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
21. This OP gets the 'Blue Links Award' for 180 degree spin. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Reich clearly says cuts to those programs could be accepted. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #26 |
38. If a dog could dance, it could join the Ballet.... |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #21 |
43. LOL. |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
25. F A I L |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
28. So...where IS the president leading us with cuts to SS and Medicare? |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. What should he tell you to get you to accept cuts to those programs? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Well, he isn't saying anything about why the cuts are "necessary" so we'll never know. |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
36. You really don't know exactly what he meant when he said this... |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
37. *could* |
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