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Obama says he cannot guarantee Social Security checks will go out on August 3
CBS News ^ | 7/12/11 | Corbett B. Daly

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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To: Pan_Yan
Brilliant post that bears repeating.

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."

141 posted on 07/12/2011 7:06:17 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: So Cal Rocket

“But, but, but... I thought the money was in a Lock Box!”

Obama stole the box!


142 posted on 07/12/2011 7:09:38 PM PDT by dalereed
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To: blackie
The checks will go out, SS is not part of the debt-limit conversation. In fact 0bama couldn’t stop the checks if he wanted to. It’s takes some time to reprogram the computers, etc.

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.

143 posted on 07/12/2011 7:10:45 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: deoetdoctrinae

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.


144 posted on 07/12/2011 7:23:38 PM PDT by Tolsti2
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To: Tolsti2

An interesting take on the whole situation. I appreciate your input.


145 posted on 07/12/2011 7:26:39 PM PDT by deoetdoctrinae (Gun-Free zones are playgrounds for felons)
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To: dalereed
Obama stole the box!

Yeah buddy, before Obama we hads lotsa muny in that lock box.

146 posted on 07/12/2011 7:28:16 PM PDT by Doe Eyes
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To: AliVeritas
But God forbid you cut illegals off, kick them outta jail to their countries. Never mind the welfare, housing, extra law enforcement, gangs, crimes, school crowding (and the bi-lingualism costs), medical costs (through Medicaid and Medicare). Oh, and stop giving weapons to other countries (communist, drug cartels, SA muslims, whatever), in order to blame us and take ours away. Bye EPA, Board of Ed and many others to start. Give me a break.

Great rant! YOU are totally right AliVeritas.

147 posted on 07/12/2011 7:45:06 PM PDT by GOPJ (Honk if I'm paying for your car, your mortgage, and your big, fat Greek bailout - mewzilla)
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To: Nachum
You've got to know that all the Democrats currently holding office just went into cardiac arrest.

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...

148 posted on 07/12/2011 8:42:32 PM PDT by jonascord (The Drug War Rapes the Constitution.)
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To: Chode
Just like Papa does it! I like that little Dutch rug rat. You know his father must be DEEPLY proud.

Have you ever looked at the symbols on his jacket?

149 posted on 07/12/2011 9:04:59 PM PDT by jonascord (The Drug War Rapes the Constitution.)
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To: jonascord
the twin nudes like on trucker mudflaps... team logo???
150 posted on 07/12/2011 9:22:39 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: DonaldC

>> 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?


151 posted on 07/12/2011 9:27:35 PM PDT by Gene Eric (*** Jesus ***)
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To: Nachum
If he belonged to another party, the headline would read, "OBAMA THREATENS THE ELDERLY"

Why isn't it the headline on FOX?

152 posted on 07/12/2011 9:34:43 PM PDT by Teacher317 (really?)
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To: Nachum
Y’know, WE THE PEOPLE can't guarantee that Obassturd will still be president six months from now, let alone finish out his term without being impeached! Clinton came close, but he never went this far......
153 posted on 07/12/2011 9:57:34 PM PDT by Southbound ("A liar in public life is worse than a full-paid-up Communist, and I don't care who he is." - HST)
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To: Nachum

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.


154 posted on 07/12/2011 9:59:21 PM PDT by Hoodat (Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. - (Rom 8:37))
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To: Chode

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.


155 posted on 07/12/2011 10:34:14 PM PDT by jonascord (The Drug War Rapes the Constitution.)
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To: antceecee

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.


156 posted on 07/13/2011 5:05:06 AM PDT by RipSawyer (Trying to reason with a liberal is like teaching algebra to a tomcat.)
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To: Yaelle

Aye Yaelle, you’ve nailed it!!

Be Ever Vigilant!!


157 posted on 07/13/2011 7:19:48 AM PDT by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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