Obama: ‘I Cannot Guarantee’ Social Security Checks Will Be Mailed if Debt Deal Not Reached
As the clock continues to tick, Republicans and Democrats are still gridlocked in their attempts to reach a comprehensive debt deal. Earlier today, in an interview that will air tonight, President Barack Obama told CBC News’ Scott Pelley that there is no guarantee that Social Security checks will be mailed as planned if the two parties do not reach a deal to raise the debt ceiling by the August 2 deadline. According to CBS News, he said:
“I cannot guarantee that those checks go out…if we haven’t resolved this issue. Because there may simply not be the money in the coffers to do it…this is not just a matter of Social Security checks. These are veterans checks, these are folks on disability and their checks. There are about 70 million checks that go out.”
Last month, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul took on the president’s notion that keeping the debt ceiling at its current level would cause the U.S. to default. He said:
“If (Democrats) want to spend the money, they need to be honest with the American people and say ‘We’ve got to borrow $2 trillion because that’s what we want to spend,’ ” Paul said. “I don’t want to spend that much money.”
But Paul said he’s not concerned about the potential consequences of keeping the federal debt ceiling at its current limit.
“Our interest payment is about $20 billion a month,” he said. “Our tax revenue is about $200 billion a month, so we’re bringing in (nearly) $200 billion. We’ve got plenty of money to pay our interest.”
This, though, even if entirely valid does not address the payment of entitlements and other government expenditures. According to CNN Money:
Consequently, the government would have to defer 44% of federal spending, a significant portion of the 80 million payments it makes every month, according to a study conducted by the Bipartisan Policy Center, a think tank in Washington founded by four former Democratic and Republican Senate majority leaders…
“Handling all payments for important and popular programs (e.g., Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, defense, active duty pay) will quickly become impossible,” the report’s authors noted.
But, CNSNews.com reports that there is more than enough funding to cover entitlement. Specifically, the outlet claims that there is enough to cover the combined costs of interest, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Veterans Affairs and federal wages for workers (not to mention insurance benefits). This information comes via Daily Treasury Statements published by the U.S. Treasury Department:
Specifically, according to the Daily Treasury Statements, as of the close of business on May 16, the federal government had taken in $1.333454 trillion in tax revenues since the beginning of fiscal 2011. By the close of business on July 7, tax revenues for fiscal 2011 had grown to $1.629630 trillion. Therefore, between May 16 and July 7 the federal government took in a total of $296.176 billion in new tax revenue.
In that same time period, total interest payments on the national debt equaled $14.632 billion.
Thus, the new tax revenue of $296.176 billion the federal government took in between May 16 and July 7 was enough to pay the federal government’s $14.632 billion in interest obligations during that period 20 times over.
The president has been pushing for $4 trillion in a 10-year deficit reduction proposal, but House Speaker John Boehner has told Obama that a smaller deal that falls somewhere between $2 trillion and $2.4 trillion is more realistic. The Huffington Post has more:
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that Republicans will “do the responsible thing and ensure the government doesn’t default on its obligations,” but said Democrats and the Obama administration were relying on budget gimmicks to give the “appearance of serious belt-tightening.”
Watch McConnell’s speech, below:
While both parties claim that they will not allow the U.S. to default on its debts, it is tough to imagine how — considering the rhetoric coming from both sides — and amenable agreement can be forged. The stalemate that is currently overtaking the discussion centers upon major cuts in spending, which Republicans are requesting. Democrats refuse cuts to entitlement programs like Medicare, while Republicans refuse to raise taxes.
When it comes to the public’s perception, a majority — 47 percent — say that they are more concerned with the ramifications that come along with raising the debt ceiling, while 42 percent of the nation sees a greater risk in not raising the limit. These results come from a poll that was conducted last week by The Washington Post and the Pew Research Center.
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itsmyfirstday
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 5:00pmI bet obama gets his check….oh by the way…who decides who/what gets paid???
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DrFrost
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 7:38pmThat’s the key question isn’t it? They have enough money to play SS checks. It’s all a matter of what they cut. I predict they’ll cut whatever causes the most pain for Americans. After all… their number one priority here is to hurt the Republicans.
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Mikhail Kennedy
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 8:09pmThe president gets to decide who gets paid. There is enough money coming in to pay social security, all soldiers and veterans, and the interest on the debt. If there is anybody who doesn’t receive their SS benefits it is because Obama decided to be a dick again.
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adastra2005
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 8:28pmObama (and Tax cheat Tim) decides. Congress isn’t involved.
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Bluebonnet
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 10:02pmGod help me! I want to use the foul language others use to describe how much I detest this man.
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armyaircat
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 10:02pmSo Boehner Openly and BOLDLY challenges the President to lay out HIS PLAN,on Special report.Inviting Obama to show his plan to the people, perhaps we PEOPLE should be paying close attention to what the Presidents’ response will be and also attention to what he ISN’T saying at the same time.Wake up your neighbors, tell them its time to tune in.
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mils
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 10:45pmthe president decides…he will give money to other countries, but hold out on Americans…He does not like this country.
says he will not accept any bill that does not have a tax hike…
SO OBAMA needs to tell America his plan…plan…oh, he has none??? typical democrat
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watchmany2k
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 11:07pmHummm, let’s see, around 70 million people gets checks every month.
BIG mistake giving us the “real” numbers.
OK, while we are talking debt and cielings and bailouts, how about this:
Give these 70 million a million dollars each as buyout of their social security etc “contracts”
That’s all they will get -EVER, so use it wisely, it should last till ya croak.
Do that with the next years batch until all the “boomers” are paid out.
Disband the social security tax, the offices and the workers.
Same with all the welfare “programs” Pay ‘em off get them gone.
install a flat tax of 10% on all working people for govt “revenue”
Require that they save another 10% for their retirement. 401K roth etc SOMETHING THEY control.
15% flat tax on all corporate income & earnings.
5% consumption tax on all sales.
Pay the debt off, required balanced budget from now till doomsday.
once it’s paid off, lower taxes by 5% across the board.
Smaller govt, instant millionairs, fair taxes, and I bet it don’t add up to the 4 trillion the
O-idiot want’s to raise us to. In fact I think the taxes are a tad high, but will allow for paying the debt off faster.
Too simple ?
They won’t do it because it actually is GOOD for the very people they are scareing about checks going out, yet they can bail the effin bankers for what 1.2 trillion ? (tarp & stim I)
No it’s about command & control, and collapsing us into a socialist gulag with our consent.
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discardofevil
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 11:38pmBarry thinks we are all clueless! Did he know that those who payed into social security should at least get their check! How about food stamps, gov’t. Housing projects?? All of Barry’s trips and golf outings? Their trainers? Cooks? House keepers?? Barry you are a freeloading fool just out to get your vote in 2012!
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nannyatnannydotgov
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 11:42pmI think obummer (alias Marionette, via his puppeteer) is behind cutting Social Security because he (his puppeteer) thinks it will outrage the most Americans in hopes they will conform and kneel.
Besides, we are too stupid to understand why we can’t stop sending money to terrorists instead, The Mexican Cartel, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, etc… They need our money very, very bad so they can keep turning out terrorists to kill the infadels.
We are too stupid to understand why they can’t quit giving money to the Unions. They need our money very, very bad so they can continue to line the pockets of people like Trumpka.
We are too stupid to understand why they can’t quit funding Media Matters. They need our money very, very bad so they can continue trying to destroy Fox and our country.
We are too stupid to understand why they can’t quit funding the banks. They need our money very, very bad to cover the stupid loans they made to illegal aliens and deadbeats.
I can go on and on and on………
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Scaz
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 11:53pm@BlueBonnet
I was thinking the same thing. He really is a sleazy SOB. He’s playing head games with the elderly and unfortunately many of them will believe him because they just don’t know. I hope this backlashes on him, but I know better.
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imreddog
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:00amNo money for Social Security, but there will be plenty for Obama and his fat a$$ed Ho to take some more vacations.
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jimjetjock
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:53amWho decides? Well obviously Obama does. He is da man. An you ain’t gonna get yours
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JJ Coolay
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 3:59amCan you say “scare tactic”
SICK OF OBAMA
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CatB
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 5:11amhttp://www.redstate.com/repair_man_jack/2011/07/12/mr-president-what-are-your-priorities/
According to James Pethokoukis, the US Treasury is not precluded from specifically making the next Social Security payment by actual liquidity. “Social Security payments Treasury needs to make on Aug 3. $22 billion. Treasury cash balance on Aug. 3: $74 billion.
TEA!
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Rice Water
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 5:22amFantastic! I predict that this will stimulate the entrepreneurial spirit of these freeloaders, thus kickstarting our economy into overdrive!
…or they’ll all end up staggering en masse into our emergency rooms after weeks of malnutrition & neglect.
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Polwatcher
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 5:53amI would love to see the politics of “who gets the government check” play out.
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StonyBurk
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 7:12amOf course he will get his paycheck. Everybody responsible for this debt problem will get their pay.The threat used to scare the old folks and those dependent upon Social Insecurity is just that a despot who believes Government is in place to tell Everybody what to think.ALL of Barry’s role models did it -Hitler, Stalin, Mao-Barak Hussein Obama has already said we are too stupid to understand this so we must allow those who screwed it up tell us they fixed it.Cause we’re too stupid.
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Sound The Trumpet In Zion
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 7:54amAnd they try to claim that the Republicans are holding the people hostage. This looks like a plain and simple evil hostage situation right here.
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Boilingfrog74
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 8:19amTreasury Secretary said will just have to spend what we take in! what an idea? Why is it senior and military checks? How about welfare checks , free entitlement programs , oh I know Americans are fed up with fee loading on the working classes backs.
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Jackers
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 8:23amAll the money in the world for bombing Libya, engaging in Iraq and Afghanistan, and supporting mass illegal immigration, but no money for our senior citizens?
This clearly shows where Barack Obama’s priorities lie… And it’s not with the American people.
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TomFerrari
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 9:48amIn direct response to obama’s words…
Actually, YES, you CAN guarantee social security checks.
But… you WON’T – you will hang it over their heads and USE them to further your political objectives.
You, ‘Sir’, MAKE ME SICK!!
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cemerius
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 9:57amOne more “scare the seniors” moment!! I love the new commercial by these “seasoned citizens” saying “please please please Republicans don’t take 100Bn dollars away from Medicare/Medicaid”.
ARE THEY SENILE?? Obamacare took away 500Bn away from Medicare!!!! My mother is a Senior citizen and SHE IS NOT stupid she sees right through this BS!!
Hey Andy Griffith GO FISHING with Opie and LEVE US ALONE!!
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Vechorik
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 9:58amI have never been so angry about words out of Obama’s mouth than when I heard his scare tactic for seniors that they may not receive their August check. I was boiling! What a heartless, lying, manipulating excuse for a human Obama is! I began calling elderly people (poor) in my neighborhood and asked if they heard it. I reassured them he is playing political games. I also said, “If you don’t get your check, let me know. I’ll help you. Don’t worry about these false threats.” Many were grateful I called. I’m still angry. What a sorry president Obama is!
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Rabble In Arms
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 10:39amUnfortunately, by law, the President does. He has to pay out the money but he determines when.
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ShyLow
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:05pmI can guarantee Comcast will not be getting their checks…They are the owners of MSNBC
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intrepidorator
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:25pmThe president would decide who gets paid and who doesn’t.
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Hiswill
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:56pmDidn’t they tell us Social Security would be funded thru 2037? Where did the money go all of a sudden? Isn’t this money kept seperate from all the other funds?
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Bum thrower
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 1:04pmWonder if my ‘chinese prostitute’ “friend” will continue to get her check to ‘drink responsibly’; hate to think that she would drink irrespnsibly if her check doesn’t come!!
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SamIamTwo
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 1:59pmIf Obama tell his agencies to kick the money back then all hell will break loose. It’s been approved, appropriated and obligated…if he, by EO requests the agencies to deobligate the funds, then is it chicken plucking time for a rail ride. Who’s got the hot oil?
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madashell2
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 2:43pmI don’t believe I have EVER detested anyone more than this guy and his commie Moosheik. May they rot in some Osama estate.
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AmericanGeekGurl
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 3:00pmand, i’ll bet ALL of the DC works will continue, business as usual, including trips, vacations, meals, boondoggles [oops, already said trips & vacations!], etc.
those jokers are just LIARS and many of them are thieves in [our] expensive suits…lawyers!
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HerrBeck
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 3:23pmHow dare Obama use fear as a motivating force.
Fear is ours!
The entire Tea Party and Social Conservative base is mobilized on fear.
FOX News is built upon the very idea of spreading fear, uncertainty and doubt!
If Liberals start using fear, good people might actually start having to research things on their own.
And I am not talking here at the Blaze or or one of Herr Beck’s re-education meetings or some town fair putsch.
I’m talking about reading real news, from sources that don’t have a horse in this race.
And you know what happens next.
Fear stop working, and they lose their power.
That Obama and the Liberals are a smart bunch, trying to beat us at our own game.
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DSF1967
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:22pmHow about all the unspent stimulus plan. I wonder how much money is still hidden away. How about the government letting go of some of the people they don’t need. :)
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MIBUGNU2
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 5:33pmBama does…Isn’t that Special ??
“I Cannot Guarantee” Bama will be in Office in 2013
I’m Hoping’ for Change…Yes We Can..NOBAMA-2012
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desertspeaks
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 6:09pmWell well well, Mr. Obama has slipped up! what he fails to recognize is IF he does withhold Social Security Checks.. he opens himself up to millions of lawsuits! Did you know that on June 16, 2011 Supreme court of the U.S. decided Bond v. United States, 564 U. S. ____ (2011) that if Obama’s actions or inaction’s cause financial harm to an individual or group of individuals, that they have STANDING to file suit against him!?!?!
Ever wanted a shot at taking him down? now could be your chance to have standing to sue him bowlegged and once and for all prove he is not who he says he is. ie; ss#, lfcb, colb, selective service fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, etc etc etc.
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4blackhorses
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 6:43pmObama, as usual, is lyiing out his democrate ass!! Retirees money has been raided by the democrats and finally screwed over by lyndon johnson when he and his leftist congress shifted the monies in social security to general funds. These bastards have been fu@#ing us for years and we, like sheeples, continue to let them get away with it.
Everyone should tell their representatives to suffer the consequences if they insist on this brown bumbler in the white house to shove it up his lying rear!!!
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4blackhorses
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 6:49pmiS ThIs BeTteR eDiToR? WhAt’S tHe PrObLeM WiTh SuBmTtiNg A cOmMeNt AlL iN cApS? does the same rule apply for submitting all in lower case?
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Meyvn
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 7:45pmIs this how you plan to pay it Obama?
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/d/debt-free-America-act.htm
What an @ssh0l3!
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FNTM
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 9:32pmObama: do you realize just how many seniors you have pissed off with your threat? I can talk for over 100 in the Woodstock, GA area that you can kiss off for any future vote!
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anevilprogressive1234
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 9:45pm@watchmany2k
>Give these 70 million a million dollars each as buyout of their social security etc “contracts”
>Smaller govt, instant millionairs, fair taxes, and I bet it don’t add up to the 4 trillion the
So your brilliant plan to cure the nation’s financial problems is to write a huge check for 70 TRILLION dollars?
Normally I can just read the comments on these articles and laugh at the ignorance and impotent rage and spelling mistakes and so on, but Jesus Christ… If you can’t add, you shouldn’t be allowed to have number keys on your keyboard.
(For what it’s worth, though, I’d totally opt for the million dollars)
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Teaparty-grammy
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 11:12pmI think it is a fine irony that the people who STOLE all the money from the Social Security trust fund are now threatening to withhold SS payments unless they get a blank check to spend.; Excuse me, but if they had not stolen all that money and filled the “box” with “govt. IOUs”, paying out SS checks would not be in question, now would it?
These thieves and miscreants are just incredible. They should all be ridden out of town on a rail!
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Teaparty-grammy
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 11:14pm@ Mikhail Kennedy who Posted: “The president gets to decide who gets paid. There is enough money coming in to pay social security, all soldiers and veterans, and the interest on the debt. If there is anybody who doesn’t receive their SS benefits it is because Obama decided to be a dick again”
AGAIN?? When did he ever STOP being a dick, since the day he took office? Lies like a rug every time he opens his mouth, never misses an opportunity to damage the country or its international credibility–the list goes on and on–if you look up “dick” in the dictionary, I’m sure you’ll see his picture there!.
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Teaparty-grammy
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 11:19pm@mils, who Posted: “The president decides…he will give money to other countries, but hold out on Americans…He does not like this country.
says he will not accept any bill that does not have a tax hike…
SO OBAMA needs to tell America his plan…plan…oh, he has none??? typical democrat”
Hey, he cut out a THIRD of the billions we send to our “good friends” in Pakistan–that’s really showing them, isn’t it! And he’s selling tanks to Egypt–that ought to raise some cash. (Oh, wait, I bet he sold them on credit, and we’ll never get paid). Never mind . . .
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jjoy
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 11:23pmFor “starters”:
do away with the “department of education”… The States did a much better job of educating our children…
do away with the “energy department”… it has done nothing since created by the carter administration…
do away with the “immigration and naturalization service”… They do nothing about the flood of illegal immigrants and terriorists that simply walk across our borders…
cut all funding to the “united nations”…
cut all funding to npr and pbs… they do nothing but broadcast propaganda for the liberal/progressive/socialist/communist politicians that are ruining our country…
stop funding “planned parenthood”… If someone wants an abortion, let them pay for it themselves.
do away with the “tsa” and arrest all the “tsa” perverts that think “feeling up” airline passengers is the way to stop terrorism.
fire obama’s “czars”
stop foreign aid to countries that hate our guts…
Let US oil companies drill for our own oil and build refineries…
charge members of “opec” the same price for a bushel of wheat they charge for a barrel of oil,
cut all funding to “nato” and bring the members of our Military home to the USA… “station” them on our borders to stop terrorists and illegal aliens.
stop paying for education, food, housing, healthcare, etc. for the illegal mexicans that sneak across our border in order to keep from paying income tax and social security tax.
There’s no need to cu
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Danny
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 11:50pmWhoever wrote that Obama decides who gets paid is sadly mistaken. It is in the constitution that the handling of money is decided by the house of representatives. I wish that people would get their facts straight before making comments. The treasury has enough money to take care of the nations bills for quite a while before there is any major ramifications. All the non-entitlement spending would go away before the entitlement spending would. This means that the “pork” spending would be gone. Also, the constitution states that the govt. is responsible for the debt first before anything else.
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AmericanPatriot01
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:56amOMG!! You guys are now sounding like the Americans I know and LOVE!!!!
I heard this speach/rant about 4 years ago from a man whom i thought at the time was out of his mind. I now i hear it in nearly every rant in this post. The mans name is RON PAUL and he has been preaching this message for more than 7-8 years, but, we were to blind to see that it could really happen. Ron Paul knows what to do and what needs to happen, he has seen this play out in his mind a dozen times at least im sure. He is the ONLY PERSON seeking the white house that will do what needs to be done and knows what needs to be done.
NO BODY ELSE IS EVEN TALKING ABOUT SOLUTIONS!! THEIR STILL LOOKING AT THE PROBLEMS!!
WE NEED TO start impeachment proceedings for our current “embarrassment in chief” put a gag order on him and a vote of no confidence from the congress. A national recall election sounds in order on the grounds of incompetance and TEASON against the AMERICAN PEOLE!!!!!! Your gonna tell me that he doesnt know that the Social Security system is an independant fund and only draws from the general fund in the case of overages, and that it is only a recall for the vouchers and promissary notes. If they did have to draw from the general fund!!! HE KNOWS IT AND STILL THREATENS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WITH NON PAYMENT!!!!! AN THE MILITARY and VETERANS!!!, ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND!!!! THEY WILL NOT BE HIS FRIEND NOW!! NO MATTER HOW MANY MEDALS HE HANDS OUT!!! THIS P O S
SOMEBODY PUT HIM OUT OF O
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AmericanPatriot01
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 3:50amIT is a CONSTUTIONAL LAW for the POTUS to pay the debt service as the PRIMARY PRIORITY. HE HAS NO COICE, unless he intends to break the LAW as set forth in the CONSTITUTION.
Oh Yea!! This wouldn’t be the first time he has done that, but this time, we know who you are Mr. Obama and WE THE PEOPLE can control you and your AGENDA!! You forget who your dealing with and to whom you are to report, SIR!
ALARM))))) ALARM)))))) TREASON!!!!!! Violation of the OATH OF OFFICE OF THE POTUS!!!!
IMPEACH NOW!!! Presidents have faced IMPEACHMENT Hearings for lesser infractions!!!!!!!!
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phil1765
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 5:11amHerrBeck
u are a complete moron, if you actually researched anything you wouldn’t make such an ignorant comment. Is the mind altering drug that you libbies take that powerful that you can only spout party line talking points. Get a freaking life and go back to HUFFPO where you and your ilk can discuss your feelings and how mean and racist republicans are.
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EastCon
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 9:20amSince he lied about his mother, why would he not lie about my mother? She is 87 and went to bed last night worried about not getting her check.
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TomFerrari
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 11:07amSocial Security IS SELF-FUNDING, folks!!!
The money to PAY social security comes from a specific deduction and is meant to be ‘lock boxed’ for social security.
If obama REFUSES to pay social security, it is because he would rather TAKE the social security INCOME and SPEND IT on programs to enrich his big campaign donors!
If obama refuses to pay social security OUT OF SOCIAL SECURITY, he is STEALING SOCIAL SECURITY MONEY to give it to other people!!
obama and his DC buddies have stolen the money from social security for so long, they have COMPLETELY forgotten that it is not theirs to do with as they please!!!
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sjoh977
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:28pmI am sure Mr Obama gets his check, he really thinks the American People are stupid. He may be slick but our eyes are open and on him. We tried to let him know how we feel but he is doing his best to destroy America. We will NEVER give up! He has made enemies of the American people by destroying thier lives, their ability to earn a living. He has zero repect for the land of the free home of the brave. He wants to be the new world ruler. I am so angry that he thinks we will stand for his threatning to bring pain to the poor and the elderly, we will not.
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OutOfEverything
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:34pmI went to the store yesterday, and everyone was talking about this, and very worried about how they would get by. I thought to myself, looks like his scare tactic is working, but then I heard the anger, how they have cut back to the bone, and now he wants to take everything from them. What I took away is now they know he is not the President for the people. He reminds me of a bully, if he can’t get his way someone is going to get hurt.
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churchlady99
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 4:59pmThe audacity of Dope
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Blackhawk1
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 5:13pmFinancial Terror used against the Elderly!
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jblovesAmerica
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 5:15pmwhat a sleeze ball-
Liberals at their finast, scaring old folks.
nice work-you will never see the Oval office ever again.
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fastfacts
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 5:20pmSCARE-TACTICS… AUDACITY OF INDIFFERENCE…
Boehner has started to redeem the Republican title. He and McConnell have done great things this weeek and better stay by their word.
Boehner came out and fired back at Obama’s rhetoric: http://tiny.cc/wnya0
MCConnell came out and fire back at Obama hitting him between the eyes: http://tiny.cc/zckxz
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Obama Bin Lying
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 5:35pmOne can only wonder if ACORN, or free needles for junkies will get their checks…..You know they are the base panders too
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hifi74
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 5:39pmThe one thing I have yet to hear anyone call his lying self is if Social Security is solvent for the next 25 years as he and his liberal cronies have claimed for the last 2 years is why wouldn’t those seniors get their checks. Either he was lying then or he’s lying now, either way the fool is a liar and it is high time someone issue articles of impeachment to his sorry self indulgent @$$.
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BlazingPatriot
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 5:42pmThe liberal media has continually accused conservatives of using “Fear” and scare tactics against US citizens by way of the media. NOT TRUE!
Look who “actually is” using scare tactics and terror against citizens and causing fear!!
The POTUS !!!
If this isn’t a form of TERRORISM, I don’t know what is.
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JRook
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 5:45pm@hifi74 Yes SS is solvent but Congress has been borrowing from it for decades, so it really doesn’t have any cash. Similar to Medicare it is handled by fund accounting. From an accounting standpoint it has money, but in reality holds a bunch of IOUs from the government.
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 5:50pmI was thinking more on the lines of these…
Audacity still afloat.
Audacity of the gloat.
Audacity of the bloat. (big government)
Audacity of the moat. (imigration)
Audacity of the goat. (UBL)
Audacity to tell the truth….nah will not ever happen.
Obama is just using the usual and time worn tactics of scare factor, lies, distortions, and prophecy of the armagheddon to come shortly.
http://artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm (new art)
marybethelizabeth
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 5:52pmLet Me Tell You Something
If the income tax were rolled back and the highest income bracket paid 3% more per year to be used to decrease the debt, the savings from the decrease in inflation would be greater than 3%. It would be a good investment.
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Professional Infidel
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 5:53pmobozo is a US, Indian, as he always speaks with forked tongue. how does anybody ever know when there is any truth to his words??? but he does have a nice crease in his loin cloth.
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UPSETVET
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 5:57pmIf it comes to a “default” then of course the old and feeble should be denied their government checks from Social Security. Things like Family Planning abortion factories should remain open so the murder of unborn babies won’t be at risk. Agencies like the ATF would be short of funds to by and give guns to Mexican drug cartels so they could kill government agents if it’s funds were stopped.
The TRUTH is, Social Security funds have been “borrowed” for years to fund social projects that have absolutely no value to American taxpayers. The “wealth” has been spread around for generations and the current administration has increased the process of taking from the haves to give to the have nots.Our government has over 1500 diferent agencies, most could be closed permanentlyly without in loss or in convinience to the taxpayers .But withholding Social Security checks is a larger card to play in the game of political poker.
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the hawk
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 5:59pmHe could stick my S.S. CHECH UP HIS A$$ BRFORE HE THREATENS ME WItH IT !
fUNK YOU OBAMMA ! !
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Countrygirl1362
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 6:13pmWhat he does not say is that all the foreign aid checks will go out.
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ramburner
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 6:18pmWe work all of our lives and then move so we can be sure we are protected and can live within our means, and Obummer is going to stop paying social security? We need to get this &^%$@#$ out of office! Yes, financial terror against the elderly is correct! He should be made to realize what he is doing, while he has no problem raising the spending to levels that no president has ever done in the history of the United States.
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Big Book Harry
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 6:19pmListen here a##hole Obmma S.S. is paid into a separate account. WHERES OUR MONEY???
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MIBUGNU2
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 6:19pmHow about not paying Politicians and some of these Government
leaches for about six Months, and shut down Fundraising Trips on
Air Force One for the rest of the Year.. That would fill those coffers.
.Ya, Think ?? Just heard Gore is on the loose, hide your wallett….
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jhaydeng
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 6:22pmWhat a joke!
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Bum thrower
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 6:23pmLIAR!! I thot the $$$ was in a :Lock box”….schazam!!! it’s gone….lets start a ‘dog food drive for the elderly’……same ole play book of scare tactics, but it ain’t working….double clutch it to 2012!!!
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redneck
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 6:27pm@ChurchLady “The audacity of Dope” – I take offense, I resemble that remark! LOL
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AzDebi
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 6:27pmSpoken like a true Leninist/Marxist!
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fatjack
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 6:30pmI dare he to threaten me with a withholding of my SS check. Thats a cheap shot, and dealt from the bottom of the deck. He’s an armature at negotiations, broadcasting his bottom line before sitting at the table. In other words hes not negotiating he’s dictating. Hahaha it really worked on B.B. before he arrived for talks on Israel.
I’ve got news for him, I’m stocked and prepared. We seniors lived though the 30′s and 40′s and are self reliant. I’ve lived 65 years without him and prepared to live another 65 years without him.
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hifi74
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 6:40pmJRook
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 5:45pm
@hifi74 Yes SS is solvent but Congress has been borrowing from it for decades, so it really doesn’t have any cash.
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That would make it insolvent then. So it still stands, the idiot in chief was either lying then or lying now. Either way he’s a liar and it is time to impeach him for knowingly lying.
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DagneyT
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 6:50pmThank you, Blackhawk. Intimidation tactics work in an uninformed populace….Blazers are NOT uninformed, oblahblah!
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darasen
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 6:50pmHe’ll be sure the welfare checks go out to his voters though.
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AnnMarie
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 7:00pmIsn’t this statement saying it all… “I Cannot Guarantee”.. Does that not admit that he is the one who would keep them from going out?. What do the Republicans have to fear here??? Also, how much would they now be wasting to mail out letters to people to tell them their Social Security checks may not go out… Stimulus money again at work I guess??? Stop the spending….JOBS….JOBS….JOBS
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turkey13
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 9:10amObama did not say this – his statement thru aarp was that if seniors didn’t call their congress persons a Republican would show up at their door with a butcher knife and tale them off the SSI rolls.
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Psychosis
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 4:59pmbut, i thought ss was solvent????
did he just admit that ss is broke and they have to borrow money to pay it ????
either way you look at it, one of his statements is a lie ……………….pick one pinocio
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KeithOlbermann
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 10:49pmHe’s admitting to much more than lying. According to Obama and the rest of the Democrats, when W was President and pushing for Social Security reform, Social Security was in NO trouble at all and in no need of reform. (Remember the Dems reaction to Bush’s mention of SS reform during the 2005 State of the Union speech?) But NOW under Obama Social Security is SO broke we have to borrow money just to send out the checks next month. He’s not admitting to lying. Gosh no! The Dems didn’t lie when W was Pres. He’s admitting that in 2 and a half years he pissed away ALL the money in the lock box. So what if we DO raise the debt ceiling to fund SS this year…what about next year? Will we have to raise it again? And the year after that? Question: Mr. President, what assurances can you give the American people that you won’t piss away next year’s money like you pissed away the SS fund? Will SS EVER be solvent?
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KeithOlbermann
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 11:14pmBush gets booed by Dems at 2995 SOTU for suggesting SS reform.
http://youtu.be/RBxmEGG71PM
Dems applaud their own obstruction to SS reform
http://youtu.be/6mqSXsNJzRM
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PoliticalSmackdown {Subscribe & Friend me on YouTube}
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 4:59pmthe Response to Obama should be to pound Sand! and it should be made Quite publicly!
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338lapua
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 5:30pmBoehner and Co. , this is your cue,walk out and do NOT return until this “president” becomes serious.
Slap the horse in the @ss, hang this creep.
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Mil-Dot
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:29pmMan I like 338Lapua. He thinks just like me. No BS.
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Gonzo
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 4:59pmThe sky is falling!…the sky is falling!
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WIjoyzie
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 8:24pmIt’s time Americans stop listening to the boy who cries wolf… he lies!
Who is pushing granny over the cliff now… the boy who play-acts at being president.
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wheelcat
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:40pmhow many seniors and disabled will choose suicide over starvation?? will obummer dance on the white house steps?
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kurtnut
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 4:57pmAnybody stupid enough to believe he’d actually let that happen?
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Goodgriefgeezlouise
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 5:02pmYep, there are stupid peope out there..He got elected…
He sure wouldn’t cut any of his programs so those checks could go out would he?..
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SFsuper49er
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 5:19pmNo way! Scare tactics…Bunch a BS…
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TeaForMe
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 4:56pmAmerica’s seniors aren’t as dumb as most of the Dems’ constituencies. I say they’ll see through this and make him pay and pay. He’d never have the guts to do this. He’s just trying to scar the spineless R’s.
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dmerwin
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 5:01pmPlease explain the political positions taken by the AARP
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WIjoyzie
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 8:28pmForget about making him pay… just load the buses and head for DC. Don’t forget the pitchforks!
Luv to see his skinny @ss running for his life… followed by several thousand angry seniors!
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Mil-Dot
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:22pmThey may not be dumb, but they are among the most selfish of all entitlement groups. They think that they are absolutely entitled to suck the life blood out of the paychecks of future generations as long as they are breathing air. They are the cause of most of the problems because it is their voting block that the politicians respond to the most. Everybody else can go and suck eggs.
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dmerwin
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 4:56pmRaising the debt ceiling may be necessary but is analogous to calling your credit card company to say “Hey, my last vacation kind of tapped me out and I need to pay the rent, can you increase my cap?”
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AmericanGeekGurl
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 3:08pmthat’s right…very sad & warped, but correct…
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AmericanPatriot01
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 5:09amPERFECT OPPORTUNITY to STARVE THE BEAST!!!
Shut this computer down!!
ReBoot to the constitution (our Base Operating System).
Scan and remove all virally infected and mal-ware programs.
Insure to remove all trojans and spyware agents.
Load appropriate preventitive measures and buffer the firewall.
Do this and you will have a stable and optimized, fast running computer.
No restrictions on Private Enterprise!
No Prohibitions
No Subsadies (NONE)
No CZars or Departments of Opression
NO MORE FED!!! NO MORE IRS!!!
NO MORE U.N. Contributions or Foriegn Enemy Welfare!
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Elvis
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 4:55pmMaybe he could just have our Social Security IOU’s mailed out!
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PoliticalSmackdown {Subscribe & Friend me on YouTube}
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 4:55pmSo you are holding the Elderly hostage? what a total worthless Sack of mess this Obamanation is.
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Mimi24
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 11:41pmRemember he threatened to hold military pay last time. We could not begin to pay our military for their service. They don’t do it for the money. God bless our US troops, but they do have wives and husbands and kids to feed. Now exactly which branch did our POTUS serve in?
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Lost Shaker Assault
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 2:42am@ Mimi He was a R.O.T.C. at Harvard. Revolution Organizer Training-Corpse.
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NEOBIO
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 11:55amBefore he hold up Social Security,Medicare checks,he need to stop paying the Fed worker health benfits and take the keys to Airforce One away from HIM.
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Rogue
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 4:55pmSorry to all of you currently on SS….. Apparently, the priority will be to pay the unionized government workers first. Second will be foreign aid to people who want to kill us, then pay welfare/food stamp reciepients, since they are the Dems voting base.. You are somewhere around number 85 on the progressive priority list.
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dmerwin
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 5:00pmNice
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 5:12pmNow we know who was actually pushing the wheelchair in that video. It’s Obama.
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Wurlitzer28
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 6:29pmCorrect Rogue! If the mudslime in chief cuts SS then we should immediately demand that SS be eliminated. However, the 2nd SS would be the Secret Service.
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MIBUGNU2
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 6:35pmLet’s terrorize the Oldie’s, No SS checks, No HC/medicare..Cool,
Let’s get something done Bama, it’s been 30 month’s…
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concealled9mms
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 7:38pmYou got a homerun with that
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purplehelmet
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 9:26pmThe president wanted to cut 4 trillion It would be 85% to medicare medicad and social security also cuts to discretionary. The other 15% would be taxes on the rich. It’s called compromising! To bad the dim witted TEA PARTY does not care if people get there EARNED social security money. All they can say is no taxes! The Bush tax cuts have been in place for ten years. Where are the JOBS!
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Mil-Dot
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:34pmRogue is exactly right. Obama and the Daley freaks want to smoke all of the old white people so they can rule over the brown people. Trouble is , the brown folks hate your white guts and at some point, they will come for your white a$$, whether you give them money or not. They hate your white a$$ Daley. You will get yours in the end buddy. We will not forget about YOU.
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El Paso Girl
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 12:05amRight On. That B__d.
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welovetheUSA
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 4:55pmWhat an arrogrant president this person is……who the heck does he think he is? This is on you Obama..this is your mess, get you laxy bu*** down to the white house and do your job. We are not you idoits out here …we know what is going on…whats next you phoney” The bomb is coming in an hour” You make us sick…….No taxes……..no spending…..no no no more.
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daddy warbucks
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 4:55pmAnother flat out Oblahblahma bold faced lie, SS is in no danger, why doesn’t ‘The Blaze’ add some facts regarding this?
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Smug
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 9:36pmI still stand by my belief that this has nothing to do with the money. I think the money is there as well. Michele Bachman on the news last night said there would be no reason to withhold SS or Veteran payments.
I think this has everything to do with making Republicans look like the villains. Dems are acting like they’re so concerned about Seniors getting their checks. When you know nothing would make them happier than to send a letter out to Seniors saying it’s the Republicans fault that they didn’t get paid.
Remember when Dems and Libs. mocked Seniors in the Tea Party events calling them a “Bunch of Old White Racists” now all of a sudden their so concerned about them. Bottom line, they know Seniors vote in large numbers. Where as Dems. base, (poor underclass people) don’t. So they’re trying make Republicans look like the Bullies that don’t care them or their SS check. This is nothing more than Intimidation and coercion………………MSSMUG
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elrond3737
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 4:54pmHeadline “McConnell: Give Obama New Powers on Debt Limit” If true then McConnell needs to go…him and all his chums
Read more on Newsmax
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dmerwin
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 4:58pmI was also disturbed by the newsmax article. Parliamentary procedures always are used to avoid the hard choice. Pelosi was and Reid is a master, we should not be HELPING them come up with new ways to screw us.
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let us prey
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 5:02pm@elrond
I fear there is no one left to trust in DC. They all need to go at this point and we need to start over.
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momprayn
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 5:11pmYes, I saw this too & was going to post (on HP) — very scary stuff. I have a feeling Mitch may have to go – he just doesn’t get it or doesn’t want to. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/12/mitch-mcconnell-debt-ceiling-plan_n_896254.html#comments
Re this article – of course, nothing new. He is a pathological liar – a very, very sick person. I don’t think enough ppl fully realize how much….it’s too unbelievable to them.
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Blackhawk1
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 5:21pmMcConnell is trying to hand Obama and the Democrats the rope to hang themselves. If they give Obama the power to raise the debt by himself his **** will be smoking on his way out the White House in Jan 2013. Every Democrat will be against McConnell’s idea because they know not only will all the Democrats up for election in 2012 get steamrolled in the election, they will be lucky not to get tarred and feathered while running out of Washington.
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swalt
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 6:38pmBlackhawk you hit the nail on the head! Go ahead Obama, do it!!! We (the conservatives) will take EVERY seat in the next election, and the White House. So please … just do it!!!
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let us prey
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 6:59pm@blackhawk
I hope you are right, because i dont think Mitch is that smart IMO.
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shadow19882
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 6:59pmIf Obama had the power to raise the debt ceiling himself He would never do it. There would be no one else to blame and as we all know~~ it is always someone else who is at fault.
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dmerwin
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 4:54pmOkay here we go. Every time there is a budget shortfall the first thing that must be cut are the police and fire departments at the local level, never do they suggest that library hours be shortened or the public pools be closed one day of the week. We MUST scare the AARP to keep them in line. How about we stop flying missions in Libya, that might save a few bucks. But, we’re not “professional politicians” so we must not fully understand.
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HKS
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 4:56pmI think if he even tries this crap the only guarantee is that his political days are over.
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jollylama
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 5:01pmDear Mr. Dick Obama, Your staged scare tactics are getting old.
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I.Gaspar
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 4:54pmThat sob CAN guarantee that social security checks will be paid!
The government will still have $200 billion a month coming in and payments can and should be prioritized in a fashion causing the least suffering. Debts will be paid.
But obama will push it as long as he can to torture us and blame those evil teabaggers.
What will have to happen will be a drastic reduction in unnecessary federal expenses.
The republicans must shove it back in his face and if he chooses to “punish” any group of people, or even threaten to do so, then he will be forced to “own” his obamconomy and even the lamest dems will see him and his ilk for their true intentions.
What an embarassment of a president…
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TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 4:53pmAn empty threat as they will go out; it’s too late for them not to. Another lie from the Great Prevaricator. B.O. is either evil or a puppet of evil. Either way, no friend of mine or anyone I know.
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vennoye
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 5:03pmWe have been told over and over that social security and military checks would be the ones he would say were not going out!! The choice, of course, is his administration’s of what checks to hold up. So, whatever does not go out, it is HIS choice!! He has such compassion for people fighting for this country…….and for the elderly who previously contributed to the country.
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IAMNOTKNOWING
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 6:19pmObama is either the Anti-Christ, or ‘his’ IMMEDIATE predecessor. We should know in the next year and a half.
If he wins re-election (since “God appoints kings..), we know the jig is up and Jesus is right about to “shout,” “Come up hither!” ;D
Like I heard someone say recently concerning the OBVIOUS “end-times” things described in Revelation appearing in the headlines every day, more and more… “When you see the stores decorating for Christmas??, …………. you know it’s almost Thanksgiving.” LOL
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Teaparty-grammy
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:05amWell, I’ve been calling him “that evil little puppet” for some time now. The way he came out of nowhere and zoomed straight to the top–it is obvious he is a tool of some other entity who engineered his election. The man can’t even form a coherent sentence without a teleprompter.
Remember the big flap about Iran, and how reporters kept asking him questions about it? His answers? Variations on: “Oh, no time to talk about Iran–gotta coach my daughter’s basketball game!” That was because he had not yet been told what to say, and did not have a CLUE how to answer!
It is painfully obvious that he is nothing more than a clueless puppet who is happy to be used by the evil SOBs pulling his strings, in exchange for being on TV, riding around in Cadillac limos and Air Force One, etc. etc. Leadership? Hah! This fool could not lead anybody anywhere, unless somebody wrote him a script and drew him a picture!
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fastfwd
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 4:51pmWhat a piece of garbage this man is ! He is nothing but lies and exaggeration in order to get his way, what does he want ? He wants this country bankrupt so he can rebuild it as a Socialist Marxist country, i am after 40 years of working in my pipe fitting trade now on disability, and im telling the republicans to stand there ground !! The world will not end the government will not cease to function and old people and disabled people will not die if the debt ceiling is not raised ! In fact they should lower the ceiling and STOP spending billions on other countries problems. STAND your ground !!
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elrond3737
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 4:51pmheadline “McConnell: Give Obama New Powers on Debt Limit”… If true then he (McConnell)has to go…him and all his chums.
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momprayn
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 5:02pmYeah, I was just going to post that bit about the latest breaking news w/Mitch McConnell proposing to the supposedly unconstitutional authority to raise the debt limit if he so desires and not have the Congress voting on it, etc. like we always have – Hannity/Tea Party is having fits over it – hopefully have more tonight — http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/12/mitch-mcconnell-debt-ceiling-plan_n_896254.html#comments
Re this article – yes – a total lie – Rush discussed today & is amazed. He doesn’t have a clue what’s going on or anything. Nothing new.
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therapist
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 4:50pmEffin Socialist Slimeball Lier
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NWalters78
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 4:50pmIf he doesn’t back down and SS and Military checks DO NOT go out, consider this regime dead and buried. Even the Propaganda Ministry won’t be able to polish that rancid pile of crap.
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nelan72
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 4:49pmDo the American people know that President just admitted to the world that we are barrowing money to fund Social Security?
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Shasta
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 4:57pmGood catch.
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fatal canine
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 4:57pmWhat exactly is my FICA deduction funding?
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itsmyfirstday
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 5:01pmnice call Psychosis!!
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dmerwin
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 6:17pmFatal dog, YOUR personal fica has funded a date night with Michelle on Air Force 2 to N.Y. and the Lionel Richie wednesday get together at the whitehouse.
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KeithOlbermann
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 10:55pmYes, he did. Which means he also admitted that George W. Bush was right to push so hard for SS reform when he was in office and every Democrat who used fear tactics to oppose those reforms should be held accountable by the American people for gross negligence and fraud.
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Mimi24
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 11:31pmThey took our money to build nice underground bunkers so they can go to them and leave us here to fend for ourselves. FEMA takes good care of them. Where did all the money go? Can anyone answer? What about all the money lost that got covered up by the Pentagon in the perfectly timed 9/11 deception? But not to worry. FEMA has plans for us too.
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Polwatcher
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 4:49pmThat sounds like a threat!
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mhanderson1234
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 4:49pmdufass
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 4:58pmMore lies from our liar-in-thief and the complicit media will air it on all channels. Gullible seniors and liberals will howl and cry about their entitlements. Boehner and gang need to stay their hand and not cave.
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Mojoron
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 4:47pmOH NO, does that mean that all the money I have paid into SS the past 55 years is LOST? Who spent it??? I am really pissed.
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banjarmon
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 4:52pmFEAR MONGER in CHIEF!!!!!
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jhrusky
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 4:53pmI do hope that was said with tongue in cheek.
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Ethereal
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 5:01pmHis lips are moving again, Im sure he’s lying.
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Jaycen
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 5:03pmYeah, you’ll be shocked to hear you’re not going to be getting any back, I bet.
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Mil-Dot
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 5:53pmMan, is Obama a fear mongering commie or what? Wow. Telling all those SS recipients that they are first on the chopping block, despite all the waste in fed govt. That takes some balls.
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GOTT-EM-MAUSER
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 6:42pmWell Gosh Golly Darn!! I guess my old man was right when he told me 50+ years ago, “You’ll never see a dime of the Socialist Security Money they are gonna steal from you. Guess it’s a Good Thing I listened to him, and beat the Thieving Money Jews out of every penny, every way I could. I hope this “Ethiopian in the Fuel Supply” does stop paying Socialist Security Receipients, then we could call for a movement for all Retiree’s to go out and shoot at least one Food Stamp Drone, Govt. Union Slug, or Foreign Aid Receipient, and then use that “New Revenue” money to pay somebody that actually WORKED at least a little in their life.
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NEOBIO
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 1:21pmWelcome to Tax Slave America, No SS, No Retirement,No Medicare,Lets work for our country so our Fed.Gov. worker can Retire and with free health benifit.
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