Comments on: The Liberal Scrooges http://blog.ourfuture.org/20121223/the-liberal-scrooges?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-liberal-scrooges Daily news and strategy from a progressive point of view. Thu, 16 May 2013 02:01:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6-alpha By: noemi cain http://blog.ourfuture.org/20121223/the-liberal-scrooges#comment-25619 noemi cain Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:47:48 +0000 http://blog.ourfuture.org/?p=80531#comment-25619 It is funny how all politicians make all type of empty promises when they are campaigning but once they are elected into office all those empty promises are forgotten and they form their own hidden agendas to take care of themselves.

]]> By: Kim Kaufman http://blog.ourfuture.org/20121223/the-liberal-scrooges#comment-17841 Kim Kaufman Tue, 25 Dec 2012 05:00:23 +0000 http://blog.ourfuture.org/?p=80531#comment-17841 I went over and read (some of) the “Dear Liberals” post. A little searching showed the email (Deaniac) of the poster belongs to the Blog’s owner.

I can (sort of) understand making an argument against social security for some ideological reason or other. But I just don’t get how people deny math, especially since Deaniac identifies himself as being in Silicon Valley.

]]> By: clarence swinney http://blog.ourfuture.org/20121223/the-liberal-scrooges#comment-17448 clarence swinney Mon, 24 Dec 2012 18:51:28 +0000 http://blog.ourfuture.org/?p=80531#comment-17448 BAILOUTS AHEAD
In 2012 Fannie and Freddie wrote 69% of new home mortgages.
27% in 2006.
Vet Adm. Wrote 21% of Vet mortgages up from 2. 8% in 2006

]]> By: brmull http://blog.ourfuture.org/20121223/the-liberal-scrooges#comment-16695 brmull Sun, 23 Dec 2012 22:45:00 +0000 http://blog.ourfuture.org/?p=80531#comment-16695 The American people are not sold on this idea. The only way it can happen is if the issue validators (I talking about you Robert Greenstein) and the mainstream media don’t raise the alarm. Chris Hayes seems to be waking up to what’s at stake and I hope other liberal media will quickly do the same. Last year, Obama successfully took the increased Medicare eligibility age off the table in response to Republican intransigence. He should do the same with Chained CPI. Then, if people feel like taking on comprehensive Social Security reform, we can have a full airing of the alternatives, keeping it separate from the general budget mess, in which Social Security had no part.

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