tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785387207570374478.post9029994766787090291..comments2023-12-24T05:04:37.381-05:00Comments on The Train of Thought: "In debt talks, Obama offers Social Security cuts"JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082265494052859780noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785387207570374478.post-51310434000909739932011-07-07T11:37:08.836-04:002011-07-07T11:37:08.836-04:00@ DJ Fucking Pretentious:
Really well said, agree...@ DJ Fucking Pretentious:<br /><br />Really well said, agree completely.<br /><br />It makes NO sense, and is unbelievably depressing.JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02082265494052859780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785387207570374478.post-7915111926102931472011-07-07T09:11:04.072-04:002011-07-07T09:11:04.072-04:00Sorry that was a little incoherent, I'm just t...Sorry that was a little incoherent, I'm just terribly surprised. I'm just under the impression that, since retirees are disproportionately represented among voters it would be a very bad idea to piss them all off at once. And then there's the part about it being kind of a good thing that in this country retirees don't just get fucked by poverty until they die like in other countries. If Obama does cut a social security deal then he better do something to offset the shitty deal he just gave America or else the election is going to suck.<br /><br />Especially because this is how the deal looks spread out:<br /><br />We're trading something that's SUPER POPULAR (social security, medicare, medicaid) for something that's SUPER UNPOPULAR (more taxes, more debt).<br /><br />I guess it's possible that a tiny bit of new revenue will cause the republican party to explode in self-revulsion, but that's a risky betDJ FUCKING PRETENTIOUShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01505716875626887040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785387207570374478.post-83147946463431217832011-07-07T08:57:31.624-04:002011-07-07T08:57:31.624-04:00IT'S A TRAP!
http://blogs.popzara.com/media/1...IT'S A TRAP!<br /><br />http://blogs.popzara.com/media/12/20100226-ackbar_trap_01.jpg<br /><br />Nobody's going to vote for a guy who says we should cut social security benefits. It would be a shame to have to throw a democratic primary in 2012.DJ FUCKING PRETENTIOUShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01505716875626887040noreply@blogger.com