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Santorum: Trim Social Security now even if painful
Associated Press ^ | Jan 6, 2012 6:35 PM (ET) | CHARLES BABINGTON

Posted on 01/06/2012 6:38:10 PM PST by DJ MacWoW

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Here come the cries of cruel Republicans cutting Social Security. He couldn't have thought this through. There are seniors that lost their investments because of Obama and now he wants to make cuts? Some of these people have paid into it all their lives. The answer is to privatize. And get the economy going again. Don't cut SS, cut GOVERNMENT.
1 posted on 01/06/2012 6:38:14 PM PST by DJ MacWoW
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And the devil is always in the details....we need specifics for a true analysis


2 posted on 01/06/2012 6:41:53 PM PST by Nifster
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To: DJ MacWoW

Cut out all the fraudulent disability claims, especially Ritalin medicated kids and all new immigrants.


3 posted on 01/06/2012 6:41:57 PM PST by mommyq
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To: DJ MacWoW

This is an example of why he lost re-election of his home state by 20 points.

He is an idiot.


4 posted on 01/06/2012 6:42:04 PM PST by CGalen
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He is support taffis and voting agaisnt Nafta was going to hurt him in florida, this will finish him off..


5 posted on 01/06/2012 6:43:20 PM PST by Paul8148
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Absolutely right.


6 posted on 01/06/2012 6:43:33 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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Social Security is NOT the problem.

Government borrowing from the Social Security Trust Fund IS the problem.

Santorum needs to run on fixing the problem, not penalizing those who paid in to the Trust Fund for decades.

Sorry, Rick, but you are wrong on this one.


7 posted on 01/06/2012 6:43:44 PM PST by TomGuy
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I absolutely agree.


8 posted on 01/06/2012 6:45:01 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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Yeah, that’s going to play well in Florida and other retirement states. Dumb.

I’ll take Rick Perry’s calling SS a Ponzi scheme and calling for reforms that won’t affect those who have already paid and paid into it.


9 posted on 01/06/2012 6:47:15 PM PST by varina davis (We grow too soon old and too late smart -- Pennsylvania Dutch adage)
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10 posted on 01/06/2012 6:47:21 PM PST by KantianBurke (Where was the Tea Party when Dubya was spending like a drunken sailor?)
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He might as well hang it up now!


11 posted on 01/06/2012 6:48:00 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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Every part of the government budget needs to be cut, Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare included.

And if a senior lost money in the stock market, it is no one’s fault but their own.


12 posted on 01/06/2012 6:48:28 PM PST by trumandogz (Rick Perry Scored 10% on the Iowa Test.)
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He is an idiot.

Of course he is, even though his philosophy isn't far off the mark. Reminds me of the time, back in the early '70s, when I took a job as a Kirby vacuum cleaner salesman. "There are two things we never say," said the boss, while initiating me into the mysteries of salesmanship. "One is sales. The other is vacuum cleaner."

"Why?" I asked.

"Because!" he replied, incredulously, "that's what we do!"

13 posted on 01/06/2012 6:48:35 PM PST by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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And if a senior lost money in the stock market, it is no one’s fault but their own.

Their? Then they can at least blame each other!

14 posted on 01/06/2012 6:50:15 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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Social Security needs to be reformed, yes. But we need to CUT the size and control of government. Defund the EPA and Health, Education and Welfare. Cut government.
15 posted on 01/06/2012 6:52:47 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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Removing illegals, druggies, and drunks would be a great start.


16 posted on 01/06/2012 6:53:32 PM PST by Randy Larsen (I'm backing Newt!)
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To: CGalen

I believe you are right.

Place his campaign on a suicide watch.


17 posted on 01/06/2012 6:53:48 PM PST by Venturer
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Wow. I just posted on our FReepathon thread that Romney wasn’t going to attack Santorum -— he was just going to let him do himself in.

Good start, Santorum.

TMI and wrong timing.

The so-called “tax cut” was a cut in payments to Social Security. DUH.

Social Security is not the problem. Governent spending is and other such entitlement spending!


18 posted on 01/06/2012 6:55:59 PM PST by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC:DONATE MONTHLY! Sarah's New Ping List - tell me if you want on it.)
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Wow. I just posted on our FReepathon thread that Romney wasn’t going to attack Santorum -— he was just going to let him do himself in.

Good start, Santorum.

TMI and wrong timing.

The so-called “tax cut” was a cut in payments to Social Security. DUH.

Social Security is not the problem. Governent spending is and other such entitlement spending!


19 posted on 01/06/2012 6:55:59 PM PST by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC:DONATE MONTHLY! Sarah's New Ping List - tell me if you want on it.)
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He’ll get a book deal out of this campaign: “How to lose a campaign for POTUS”.


20 posted on 01/06/2012 6:56:17 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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