Obama Fear Mongering Social Security

SmarterThanYou said:
the federal government will not be cutting any agency or department. they might let employees go, which is ok, but they will not relinquish an ounce of their power. you will see all discretionary spending programs take massive cuts and the blame game will begin.
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Alright,

Cut Back.
 
ZappasGuitar said:
Nope...you all decided the "lock box" wasn't worth it and voted for Dubya...

I bet the idea of a lock box looks pretty good to some right about now.
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zappa, surely you're familiar with sarcasm, right? and can you tell me what law it was that dubya signed moving SS funds in to the general budget?
 
David St. Hubbins said:
On what legal basis can the President unilaterally decide to fully fund Social Security to the exclusion of other items budgeted by Congress? Yes, the President could theoretically ensure that all Social Security recipients got their full checks, but in order to do that he would have to unilaterally cut other things that Congress has appropriated funds for to zero. I don't see the legal basis for that.

And really, if you start down that road and say is it constitutionally permissible for the President to unilaterally slash congressionally authorized expenditures to zero, under what circumstances would it be impermissible? on what legal basis do you make that distinction?

In all seriousness, I don't see how the president can ensure that SS and Medicare are fully funded while other things are eliminated.
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what legal basis does obama have for threatening SS funds?
 
SmarterThanYou said:
why wouldn't there be any money for SS anyway? wasn't that money squirreled away somewhere in a guaranteed lock box?
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:clap: THIS!

Yeah, this is exactly why, Congress should fully fund this before anything else...and then the fact that we have men in harms way is EXACTLY why the military should also be fully funded ahead of other spending!
 
Yurt said:
yeah....you have nothing...exactly what i thought

you never asked me a question in this thread, yet, when confronted with a question you don't like....deflect because if you honestly answered my question....well....you get the point
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You quoted the post where I asked the questions. Go ahead and answer them and I'll take a stab at yours.
 
David St. Hubbins said:
You quoted the post where I asked the questions. Go ahead and answer them and I'll take a stab at yours.
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If the Righties want a properly posed question, I'll ask. :) Does the President have the authority to decide what gets paid and what doesn't get paid?

If he does have the authority I have a simple solution. Don't pay the salary of any Repub Congress member. Stop payment on any and all Repub pet projects. If the nonsense continues cut transfer payments to States with Repub governors.

When the citizens start getting restless/cranky/demonstrative explain to them they are experiencing the Repub solution to the debt ceiling which was refusing to raise it and insisting on cuts. It's only logical the folks who agree with the Repubs should experience what the Repubs propose.
 
David St. Hubbins said:
You quoted the post where I asked the questions. Go ahead and answer them and I'll take a stab at yours.
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still nothing....still whining because the poster you posed the question to hasn't answered your question, so you stomp your feet and demand that i answer that posters' question before you answer mine

coward
 
apple0154 said:
If the Righties want a properly posed question, I'll ask. :) Does the President have the authority to decide what gets paid and what doesn't get paid?

If he does have the authority I have a simple solution. Don't pay the salary of any Repub Congress member. Stop payment on any and all Repub pet projects. If the nonsense continues cut transfer payments to States with Repub governors.

When the citizens start getting restless/cranky/demonstrative explain to them they are experiencing the Repub solution to the debt ceiling which was refusing to raise it and insisting on cuts. It's only logical the folks who agree with the Repubs should experience what the Repubs propose.
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Would that cover the 37 Billion that they would need to pay the interest on the debt?
 
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