Barack Obama

grantcart

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21. this is what I have had a hard time understanding at DU

Thu Apr 11, 2013, 09:26 AM

Apr 2013

The clear and present danger to the benefit network is not a change in the COLA for Social Security which has attached supplemental payments for the poor but saving and expanding Medicare and Medicaid.

For most struggling Americans this is the most critical piece of the pie, and the one in the most present danger because it does face a trust fund reduction over the next 10 years, significant enough to mandate automatic cuts in benefits.

People wanted single payer and Medicare is America's single payer plan. Obama is trying to engineer the largest increase of Medicare eligibility in its history and the largest shift of resources "to the lower half".

Thanks for posting one of the most important OPs of the year.

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'The Class War Has Begun' [View all] Number23 Apr 2013 OP

obama waging it against the ricH now that is funny nt msongs Apr 2013 #1

Got nothing, huh? Number23 Apr 2013 #2

Nuthin'. You called it. n/t Summer Hathaway Apr 2013 #4

Got a problem with the article inchhigh Apr 2013 #7

God, what a stupid post. Number23 Apr 2013 #8

Quite perceptive actually inchhigh Apr 2013 #12

So despite the fact that numerous sources have reported that the PROPOSED cuts to SS Number23 Apr 2013 #14

I read it inchhigh Apr 2013 #15

His information with links is clearly much more definitive than anything you've presented Number23 Apr 2013 #17

Three Links inchhigh Apr 2013 #20

Three links which is approximately three more than you posted Number23 Apr 2013 #27

+1000 n/t Isoldeblue Apr 2013 #41

Tell it now! There are none so blind as those who refuse to see. IrishAyes Apr 2013 #35

Obama is instituting the largest increase in Medicare expansion, that is being fought grantcart Apr 2013 #22

expecting people/businesses who benefit the most to pay a fair share is hardly "waging war" nt msongs Apr 2013 #5

Hey, I'm a non-combatant. Let me find my Geneva card. Downwinder Apr 2013 #3

no, we are finally fighting back. pansypoo53219 Apr 2013 #6

I don't understand your post, particularly in light of the subject of the OP Number23 Apr 2013 #9

He means Lordquinton Apr 2013 #11

I as self employed,already have saved now $19,200 from President Obama's health plan. graham4anything Apr 2013 #10

I'm also self employed. freedom fighter jh Apr 2013 #13

Same here. ForgoTheConsequence Apr 2013 #26

This is the Barack Obama group, and there are only positive posts here graham4anything Apr 2013 #29

Yes. Could you please tell us all. Arctic Dave Apr 2013 #28

Please delete your post as it violates the SOP of this group- graham4anything Apr 2013 #30

I asked a question specifically to you. Arctic Dave Apr 2013 #31

Oh? IrishAyes Apr 2013 #36

Thank you hall monitor, I'll keep that in mind. Arctic Dave Apr 2013 #37

And you don't believe in respecting a group's POS? IrishAyes Apr 2013 #38

What's a troglodyte? Arctic Dave Apr 2013 #39

Consult your dictionary IrishAyes Apr 2013 #40

This spin is a little late... ReRe Apr 2013 #16

I think the title and the article itself are really quite self-explanatory Number23 Apr 2013 #18

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder... ReRe Apr 2013 #19

He may not have anticipated the panicked frenzy of the responses Number23 Apr 2013 #24

Why is it suspect ? Because it's not true? Cha Apr 2013 #32

this is what I have had a hard time understanding at DU grantcart Apr 2013 #21

"People wanted single payer and Medicare is America's single payer plan." Number23 Apr 2013 #34

Your obfuscation, it's obvious just1voice Apr 2013 #23

Hey, great! You learned a new word Number23 Apr 2013 #25

You're being paranoid. These are more facts about what is in the budget. Cha Apr 2013 #33