Entitlements

Ok, now I am going to get all middle school term paper wonky on you: entitlement: noun the fact of having a right to something. Over the past dozen or more years, the Republicans have been spitting out the word entitlement in such a way as to alter its meaning…

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Solving Unemployment While Destroying Social Security!

Now we have probably all read articles about saving Social Security by raising the minimum retirement age again and raising the age where one earns their maximum benefit. Of course it could simply be saved by eliminating the salary cap…but I think I discussed that elsewhere on Blogging Blue. But…

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President Obama proposes cuts to Social Security

Yeah, consider me underwhelmed by this… Seeking an elusive middle ground, President Barack Obama is proposing a 2014 budget that embraces tax increases abhorred by Republicans as well as reductions, loathed by liberals, in the growth of Social Security and other benefit programs. The plan, if ever enacted, could touch…

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Tell the President That Social Security IS NOT On the Table!

New stories today say President Obama is willing to negotiate cuts to the social safety net to resolve the sequestration issue: These include the Social Security retirement program and Medicare and Medicaid healthcare programs for the elderly, disabled and poor that are becoming more expensive as a large segment of…

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A note on Social Security solvency

Found on Facebook….discuss.

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Medicare and the Fiscal Cliff

Representative John Boehner is trying to include cuts and adjustments to Medicare as part of the fiscal cliff negotiations. I won’t deny Medicare needs some serious attention to insure is liquidity for the future. But it is far too important and far too complex to be addressed with sound byte…

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After Hanging Tough Is the President About to Sell You Out?

After hanging tough on his budget proposals for avoiding the supposed ‘fiscal cliff’, it looks like the President is willing to reduce Social Security benefits. Wait, what? Social Security isn’t even part of the deficit problem. It is self funded and self sustaining and is liquid for quite a few…

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Ron Paul receives S.S. benefits even though he believes it’s unconstitutional (VIDEO)

Watch as libertarian Republican Rep. Ron Paul explains how he gladly draws a Social Security check from the government even though he thinks Social Security is unconstitutional (watch at about 1:17 into the video). What’s even more stunning about Rep. Paul’s admission on Wednesday is that it came only minutes…

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Red State Safety Net

The Red States rely heavily on the social safety net, too.

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Rob Zerban’s latest video! Bye Bye Paul Ryan…

It’s time to put Rep. Ryan on the unemployment line…and here’s the candidate who will do it!

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