Posted on 07/12/2011 10:26:51 AM PDT by Nachum
President Obama on Tuesday said he cannot guarantee that retirees will receive their Social Security checks August 3 if Democrats and Republicans in Washington do not reach an agreement on reducing the deficit in the coming weeks. "I cannot guarantee that those checks go out on August 3rd if we haven't resolved this issue. Because there may simply not be the money in the coffers to do it," Mr. Obama said in an interview with CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley, according to excerpts released by CBS News. The Obama administration and many economists have
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The Republicans need to flip it. They should immediately put out a press release.
"Today the President of the United States and the Senate Majority Leader have vowed to cut funding to the sick, the retired and our service members in harms way if a debt limit increase is not passed by Congress. The President is responsible for determining what budget items are the highest priority and will get paid first and which ones will be deferred or cut. The President and Majority Leader have announced in no uncertain terms that bureaucrats, special interests and their corporate cronies are more important than those members of our society who are the weakest and those who sacrifice the most."
“But, but, but... I thought the money was in a Lock Box!”
Obama stole the box!
EXACTLY. Which makes it a very obviously STUPID LIE, and CRUEL THREAT, for the President to have SAID and for his advisors to have HAD him say.
Americans, turn off your mainstream media. Get this through your heads: BARACK OBAMA HATES EVERY ONE OF US AND HATES THE USA. To have him represent us again is suicide.
There’s still enough workers out there to support the ponzi scheme for some time yet. Eventually though it’s going to have to be scaled way back. IMO only the disabled should get anything at all.
An interesting take on the whole situation. I appreciate your input.
Yeah buddy, before Obama we hads lotsa muny in that lock box.
Great rant! YOU are totally right AliVeritas.
If even a sudden rainstorm holds up the SS checks, all those old VOTERS are going to blame the Democrats. Obama is a Branded Democrat. Democrats turned off the money. Democrats want already below poverty line elderly to suffer to make a political point. It's a Democrat White House. It's a Democrat Senate. It's a Democrat Treasury. They can run, but they can't hide.
That grinding sound on the wind is every dem politician down to dog catcher gritting their teeth as they try to keep saying "My President, Right or Wrong..." even as their anal sphincters gets ready for an electoral reaming.
The progressive Democrats will never survive this. Sometimes, all you have to do is give them enough rope to tie a noose...
Go for it, Barak. I dare you. You Ain't got the Stones! Starving old hippies WILL shoot.
Keep in mind, turning off the Tap really worked for the Greek government, the Soviets, the Weimar, French Royalty, and on back into history. Remember, Sotero, Louis the 16th could be buried in two different sized boxes...
Have you ever looked at the symbols on his jacket?
>> That is the problem with this mess. The folks that can take the interruption the least, will be the first hit.
So you accept his threat at face value?
Why isn't it the headline on FOX?
As the Chief Executive, it is his job to ensure that Social Security checks go out. His admission that he cannot guarantee checks going out is simply an admission of his failure to lead.
I don’t know. I don’t have any background in Dutch soccer. I suspect it’s something exceptionally nasty, since football hooligans aren’t just a Brit monopoly.
I felt the same feeling and many others felt it along with me. I gradually learned to suppress it so as to be able to pretend to some extent that everything was alright but it was actually like a blanket of fog over everything. I could almost see the foreboding in the air. You could spot the fools at a hundred yards because they were the ones who were smiling on the morning after NATIONAL SUICIDE DAY. The same fools were smiling when the health care abomination was passed. Anyone with an ounce of brains was struggling to keep from throwing up.
Aye Yaelle, you’ve nailed it!!
Be Ever Vigilant!!
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