Deficit/Budget/Spending/Taxes/Medicare/SC Mega-deal

Originally posted by whodey
The correct term is "throw grandma off the cliff". The GOP would like nothing better than to be able to throw your grandma off the cliff as a recent Democrat add indicates.

Personally, even though this sounds a bit harsh, the reality is that less grandma's equal less debt related to medicare expenses, so in the long run the nation will be better off witho ...[text shortened]... the unborn, we can nix these nonproductive leaches from society and save medicare/medicaid.

Originally posted by Sleepyguy
You really do enjoy baiting people don't you? I suppose it really doesn't matter if the bait is coherent. Jeesh.

Originally posted by whodey
Who said anything about hate? I just want to save medicare.

Originally posted by Sleepyguy
Yeah. That's what I thought. Enjoy your fishing. I see you've already got a bite.

Originally posted by whodey
I thought I covered that. The GOP wishes to throw your grandma off the cliff. They uncovered the scheme in a recent add.

Originally posted by whodey
Actually we can't really lose can we? Either the GOP will throw grandma off the cliff or the Democrats will start the death panels.

Originally posted by wittywonka
Oh to be a fly on the wall in the White House.

Any predictions?

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http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/07/08/gergen.debt.negotiations/index.html?hpt=po_t2

The stakes are growing ever higher on deficit negotiations in Washington. And as
they do, the politics are becoming ever more treacherous, especially for Democrats.

When President Barack ...[text shortened]... e
steaming.

The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of David Gergen.

Originally posted by whodey
The correct term is "throw grandma off the cliff". The GOP would like nothing better than to be able to throw your grandma off the cliff as a recent Democrat add indicates.

Personally, even though this sounds a bit harsh, the reality is that less grandma's equal less debt related to medicare expenses, so in the long run the nation will be better off witho ...[text shortened]... the unborn, we can nix these nonproductive leaches from society and save medicare/medicaid.

Originally posted by Kunsoo
Hate to break this to you, but the death panels are already hear. They're called insurance adjustors.

Here's a way to save a little money:

http://news.yahoo.com/white-house-us-suspending-800m-pakistan-aid-135109780.html

Originally posted by whodey
Yep, with corporate CEO's and members from both parties trying to kill grandma, she simply does not stand a chance!!

Of course, that means more money for us, doesn't it? And that is what its all about!!

Death to grandma!!! 😠

Edit: No wonder gradmas seem to die all the time.

Looks to me as though Obama has called Republicans' bluff; you could probably even say he's raised the stakes.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/07/11/debt.talks/index.html?hpt=po_t2

More undoubtedly to come...

The newly elected IMF head apparently weighed in on the stalemate, admitting that a U.S. default would have "real nasty consequences."

Not that Congress needs anybody else to tell them to do their jobs. For that matter, not that Congress seems to care...

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/10/imf-director-u-s-default-would-be-%E2%80%98real-nasty%E2%80%99/?hpt=po_bn1

Originally posted by wittywonka
The newly elected IMF head apparently weighed in on the stalemate, admitting that a U.S. default would have "real nasty consequences."

Not that Congress needs anybody else to tell them to do their jobs. For that matter, not that Congress seems to care...

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/10/imf-director-u-s-default-would-be-%E2%80%98real-nasty%E2%80%99/?hpt=po_bn1

Originally posted by Kunsoo
Medicare doesn't deny many services, and runs more efficiently than any of the private insurance in terms of dollar for service. This is why the insurance industry got the Republicans and Lieberman to kill the public option. They knew they would lose to the competition.