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More than 57 million Americans receive monthly benefits from the Social Security Administration, including some 46 million retirees, spouses and survivors. The average monthly retirement benefit is $1,225.
22 million Americans that Social Security kept out of poverty last year, including 15 million adults 65 and older are due to get jack squat, if Republicans have anything to say about it.
A new report from AARP, in fact, shows that every $1 paid out by Social Security generates, in turn, about $2 of total output for the U.S. economy — or nearly $1.4 trillion in 2012.
I think 57 million people losing their checks might hurt the Republican party.
They're not just threatening Obama. They're threatening all kinds of folk.
It's a Washington problem. The Republicans can accurately say they voted to fund that and the Democrats in the Senate refused because it didn't also include the funding of the ACA. Both sides look like petulant children. The problem for the republicans is that they lose the PR battle so the OP may be right about the effect.
It's a Washington problem. The Republicans can accurately say they voted to fund that and the Democrats in the Senate refused because it didn't also include the funding of the ACA. Both sides look like petulant children. The problem for the republicans is that they lose the PR battle so the OP may be right about the effect.
So you are justifying the Republicans for holding this country hostage.
It's a Washington problem. The Republicans can accurately say they voted to fund that and the Democrats in the Senate refused because it didn't also include the funding of the ACA. Both sides look like petulant children. The problem for the republicans is that they lose the PR battle so the OP may be right about the effect.
Yep it's all about the PR battle and Obama has a cult following and the media is an extension of the Obama administration.
I did read you post, I was just commenting on the first part of it. I do agree the Republicans are losing the PR war and will feel the effect in 2014.
Okay, then the rest of it says that I see it as a broad Washington problem and that both sides look like petulant children. I'm not sure where that indicates that I justify anything.
(SIGH)
OK, let's go through this again...
Let's see...
WHO was it that should have presented a workable budget to Congress, way back about February?
WHO was it that finally presented a budget several weeks late?
WHO was it that presented a budget that his own party would not vote for?
WHO was it that refused to present another budget, forcing the Government to run on Continuing Resolutions ever since?
WHO was it that said, in this latest round of childishness, "I will not negotiate!"
WHO is it that apparently does not know the meaning of "compromise"?
I will give one clue: It was NOT a repugnican!
Yes, the repugnicans are partially to blame.
However, many of us assign at least 2/3 of the blame to two men, neither of which are repugnicans!
It's a Washington problem. The Republicans can accurately say they voted to fund that and the Democrats in the Senate refused because it didn't also include the funding of the ACA. Both sides look like petulant children. The problem for the republicans is that they lose the PR battle so the OP may be right about the effect.
Great winning GOP spin. Grandma, The Republicans wanted to vote for your SSA/Medicare, but Obama wanted ACA instead.
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