Posted on 07/15/2011 6:42:50 PM PDT by Mangia E Statti Zitto
Right now, President Obama and Congress are considering a deal to pay the nation's bills that could cut the Social Security and Medicare benefits seniors have earned through a lifetime of hard work.
(Excerpt) Read more at aarp.org ...
Nobody is talking about cutting benefits for those already retired.
Then the AARP needs to stand up and call for cuts to the EPA, NEA, DOE, HUD.......
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Seniors may not get cost of living raises anymore and have their ss checks withheld, but Omuslim is going to take care of his muzzie bros!
THIS is the sh*t that should be cut!
BILLIONS FOR JIHAD!
Obama’s 2009 Supplemental Appropriations for Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Pandemic Flu was revised and “passed by the full committee.”
It gives billions http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/obamas-supplemental-bill-passes-gives-billions-to-enemies/
of U.S. taxpayer dollars to countries and entities that support Sharia law and/or harbor, hide and support those who want to destroy the U.S. and our allies.
Read the summary from David Obey’s office that was quietly released last week with nary a word from any media.
• $3.6 billion, matching the request, to expand and improve capabilities of the Afghan security forces
• $400 million, as requested, to build the counterinsurgency capabilities of the Pakistani security forces
• Afghanistan: $1.52 billion, $86 million above the request
• West Bank and Gaza: $665 million in bilateral economic, humanitarian, and security assistance for the West Bank and Gaza
• Jordan: $250 million, $250 million above the request, including $100 million for economic and $150 million for security assistance
• Egypt: $360 million, $310 million above the request, including $50 million for economic assistance, $50 million for border security, and $260 million for security assistance
• Pakistan: $1.9 billion, $591 million above the request
• Iraq: $968 million, $336 million above the request
• Oversight: $20 million, $13 million above the request, to expand oversight capacity of the State Department, USAID, and the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan to review programs in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq
• Lebanon: $74 million
• International Food Assistance: $500 million, $200 million above the request, for PL 480 international food assistance to alleviate suffering during the global economic crisis
• Refugee Assistance: $343 million, $50 million above the request, …including humanitarian assistance for Gaza. Funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency programs in the West Bank and Gaza is limited to $119 million (Note: Gaza = Hamas)
• Disaster Assistance: $200 million to avert famines and provide life-saving assistance during natural disasters and for internally displaced people around the world, including Somalia, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, the Middle East and South Asia
•Peacekeeping: $837 million for United Nations
peacekeeping operations, including an expanded mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a new mission in Chad and the Central African Republic
• Department of Justice: $17 million, matching the request, for counter-terrorism activities and to provide training and assistance for the Iraqi criminal justice system
The mainstream media remains silent on this but the International News has now picked up the story http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=22164
— and then there is Obama’s $108 billion IMF bailout scheme http://michellemalkin.com/2009/05/13/obamas-100-billion-imf-bailout-scheme/
in addition to the Supplemental.
And THIS is what Obama is doing to American taxpayers:
THE BIGGEST TAX HIKE IN AMERICAN HISTORY:
http://www.atr.org/days-thebr-largest-tax-hikes-history-a5370
PDF Version:
http://www.atr.org/files/files/090310pr-jan2011taxes.pdf
Obama gives your tax dollars to rebuild Muslim mosques around the world
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/26990#
ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WILL GIVE AWAY NEARLY $6 MILLION OF AMERICAN TAX DOLLARS TO RESTORE 63 HISTORIC AND CULTURAL SITES, INCLUDING ISLAMIC MOSQUES AND MINARETS, IN 55 NATIONS. See the State Department document here.
http://exchanges.state.gov/media/pdfs/office-of-policy-and-evaluations/ambassadors-fund/afcp2010list.pdf
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I once belonged to AARP...till I found out about their radical leftist views.
Funny thing is that I joined because of their travel discounts. I found out I could get better discounts from other sources. My father too found out he could get better insurance at lower rates elsewhere.
AARP insurance for idiots. You have to be one to have it. They are like brainwashed Zombies playing a never ending game of shuffleboard.
Just prevent the harmful cuts. The ordinary cuts are still okay.
“Many people get Social Security benefits without putting much money into the system.”
Correction: “Many people get Social Security benefits without putting much money into the Ponzi.”
I’d say they are the smart ones.
The Social Security Act, Medicare and (if you remember) Obamacare were not on a referendum for people to vote on. They were forced taxes that the US government guaranteed certain things. This isn't Enron, where certain individuals could be brought to justice. It is the freaking US government. We would have to prosecute every CongressCritter for the last 80 years for complicity. Acquiescence's wasn't the issue...people were forced into these programs.
Do I think SS and Medicare need to be reformed..I absolutely do. I hope they are in a way that is fair to all.
Do we need to pare the over bloated government in a way that they can keep their promises to our lenders and citizens? Yes. And that can be done by shutting down non-constitutional departments (DOE, EPA..etc). That could be done by term limits and the dissolution of pensions and special benefits. Put them all on the same “plan” we are on and maybe we will get a few statesmen...and not professional politicians.
Please quit blaming people that had no choice. Please look to the root of the problem.
They helped Obama get elected. enough said
Well-stated! Great thread! Thanks to all posters.
DEFUND socialist collectives, foreign and domestic.
Then my son who sells ins looks into what they were recommending for their seniors this year. AARP MC, the same plan I found. I said well I can call and sign up then, but he said if I went through him he'd get the commission.
I don't know if there is a reliable better deal out there for next year.
I never joined AARP. As a govt worker, they started on me early, finally gave up lol. In those days, I thought they were probably a benign organization, just don't like more piddley payments for dues. They didn't have anything I wanted really.
They did have choices...many choices.
Please look to the root of the problem.
Look in the mirror. That's the problem.
Americans for decades convinced themselves that the only "viable" and "electable" choices were tax-and-spend Democrats and borrow-and-spend Republicans.
Now those same Americans don't want to pay for the consequences of their electoral retardation.
Well said. My Dad was a world war II veteran who only got about $800 per month. He never voted for a Democrat. He never agreed with all this socialist crap.
He never made much money, but if he could have invested what the government took, maybe he would have done better. This blame game pretending that the “elderly” are all a bunch of liberal socialist scum is beyond ridiculous.
I asked my Grandpa what he thought about Medicare back when it passed. Tears came to his eyes. He did not want it, but Blue Cross Blue Sheild was discontinuing the white cross policy for old folks, and with pre-existing conditions it was his only option. White Cross at that time was better insurance than what was foisted on him.
He was a World War I veteran, and he didn’t like creeping socialism either.
Well, they ARE going to rue the day, but they took us down with them!
True, and these are the same fools who pushed Obamacare. The Democrat party is the party of unintended consequences because its constituents are incapable of critical thinking and rational thought.
Sorry Charlie. We seniors make up the largest voting bloc in the country - and we've just started.
I'm just messing with you of course. But the end game will not be pretty. Seniors and Boomers (and most Freepers are Boomers) will not give up their SS or Medicare. So it will all end at some point in a massive collapse. Yep. A meltdown.
Husband and I have been out of AARP for a long time; joined an alternate group not Chicago thug controlled. AARP like to have wore me out; started agging on me the best I can remember before I turned 50. They still send their magazines, cards and stuff even though we cancelled a long time ago. Son is 45; he’s in for a cheery greeting from AARP before he knows it!
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