Obama: Republicans’ Fault If Social Security Checks Don’t Go Out

cnsnews.com ^ | July 23, 2011 | Susan Jones

[Candor7]

I agree. Cut Cap and Balance has been tabled. It is not dead, and has never reached the floor. Its just sitting there ready for action. Its my fondest hope.

Outside that I could care less if default happens.Its a false crisis created by Obama, he would nopt bring his budget and take responsibility for it as a Socialist piece of destruction.He wants us to destroy ourselves.LOL. EFF HIM!

[MarkL]

Congress creates the bills allowing funding for government projects, but it's the executive branch that's actually responsible for allocating the funds and making the payments, in accordance with the congressional spending bills.

If anything doesn't get paid, it's at the discretion of the President and his minions.

In plain words, it will be OBAMA'S FAULT, and he can't just vote "present" on this one.

Mark

[Candor7]

Thre is 200 billion a month federal revenue. 40 billion goes to debt service, ;eavuing 160 billion to meet government payments due. Obama has different priorities over the so called vested entitlements of medicare and social security, or the military. His payments to the socialist network will be made, and he has the foolish habit of blaming the GOP? Obama has brought this on himself.

[evad]

Yo Barry

I triple dog dare ya..

and

Make My Day!!

[MarkL]

I PAID into Social Security during my entire working career, and my employers also PAID into my Social Security account for that same period.

In other words, my SS account is my investment account supposedly "managed" by the US Government, and money now being paid to me from my investment account is - most definitely - not an entitlement.

First off, let me say that I agree with you 100%... BUT, unfortunately the courts have ruled that the government doesn't have to actually pay us what we're owed, or even manage our funds responsibly... For all intents and purposes, the courts said that we're screwed, that the 12% we and our employers have paid into SS is really just an extra tax, and we can go pound sand, should the government decide to welsh.

Mark

[firebrand]

Boehner already called him a promise-breaking piece of Jell-o.

[silverleaf]

Dear Barky,

Go ahead then.

If it comes to this, and soldiers and seniors don’t get their checks - the GOP needs to make double damn sure the public knows who DOES get checks.

The public will know IN DETAIL who you and “Turbo” put at the top 50% of US govt spending priorities.

Facts being what they are and all...

[chessplayer]

“The checks will only stop if Obama orders them to stop”

And he is going to do just that, even though the money is there. Count on it. Imagine the mileage he could get out of it for re-election. He stops the checks and the media would have a field day blaming Republicans for it.

[chessplayer]

“Facts don’t matter. That is how the public will perceive it. A FOX news poll showed that the public will blame the pubs by a 3/2 margin, and the left-stream media will do everything to reinforce that.”

Exactly. And that margin will increase when he stops the checks. It`s to his advantage to stop the checks from going out. It would virtually guarantee his re-election by a landslide.

[Hugin]

No, this was a real poll, not an online poll. Of course some percentage of people who will “blame” Republicans are actually in favor of allowing a default, so blame may not be the right word. But on the whole I think it’s accurate.