Obama Jobs Plan Tax Cuts Threaten Social Security

Robert Pollin: Infrastructure investments positive if passed, cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security more likely

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[AndrewMann552]

Obama basically repeated his same pro-privatization, pro-austerity, pro-corporate plan but in an election campaign style. Nothing new here....unless you want to be willingly retarded.

[asphyxiafeeling]

Pres Obama is accelerating the defunding of social security & medicare in order to give his republican successor a bigger mandate to completely eliminate the programs!

Democrats, Republicans, who cares. They're both SCREWING America!

[biggerturtle]

@asphyxiafeeling let the old people die Eliminate social security and medicare Solve the debt crisis in one day

[rhymenoceros3303]

@asphyxiafeeling Yeah but the Republican are INTENTIONALLY screwing America because they want to win the next election that's why none of Obama's plans are passing they think that they can run the country better and don't care about the people anymore well I say down with the Republicans governments work for the people not the other way around I say its time to put the Republicans in their place everyone tell the Republicans too stop screwing us and start caring about us again

[Jascias]

This shit isn't real news

[TNovaccaine]

@tw19771 I just have to disagree with you on that because, it is not on every occasion that businesses dont hire, but yes it does happen. But i see where republicans come from giving tax cuts and letting the rich invest, but then there is a very reasonable argument that they pocket the money, but paying taxes just lets the government put more into programs and the presidents vacations... BTW, Let me just add I admire your rationality in this debate

[TNovaccaine]

I always thought that we have our own way of looking at things, but do you ever notice, it seems that no matter what, I think I made many reasonable points as did you, we always seemed to get screwed over by either party. I am just more in accord with republicans, I refer to myself as Libertarian because of my belief in individual liberty, but I would refer to myself as democrat/republican/liberal/co­nservative, I have always noticed that everyone makes a good point, but we get scrwd either way

[tw19771]

The economy is not going to change nova unless the tea party people stop. Yes you are being scammed but not by Obama (although his a willing accessory to the crime), but by the tea party, these people call themselves patriots, and then laugh when the responsibility of ruining this country's credit rating rests on their shoulders. thats not the reaction of a patriot, & its insulting to any real american. ppl need to wake up. I can see your upset, at least you care some don't, which makes me sick.

[tw19771]

@TNovaccaine Okay Nova I will ask you this, why do you think businesses especially the big fish, refuse to hire, and instead abuse the system by exploiting loopholes in the tax system like GE paying 0%? 2k10 numbers from GE 14.2B and they claimed 5.2B profit inide US shores, and claimed a US TAX BENEFIT of 3.2B. Yet Unemployment in this country still hovers just under 10%. I'll ask this to get you thinking, Why aren't companies like this hiring? GE is not the only example, so why?