DUmmies' shutdown victory dance transitions to funeral dirge over SNAP - HA!

[RobJohnson]

Monetary priorities for libs...
Free sex, paid for if required
Drugs
Free music
Piercings
Tattoos
Alcohol
Tobacco
mani/pedi
Bling
Dental bling

I know of people that elect not to pay for health insurance for their children which is very affordable through our employer, complain that they can't afford to feed their kids, refuse to divorce their dead beat spouse so they can actually get some type of help when they already have someone else living with them, and then they show up with piercings and new tattoos.

****ed up priorities. ****ed up people. Then they look back and wonder why their life has been all ****ed up for the last 20 years.

[Ptarmigan]

Cancel your internet connection and you would be able to eat for a month.  

That means less DUmmies posting. 

[obumazombie]

Hey, they need that to "network", and to wait for calls from prospective employers about jobs they never applied for.

They have heard about how the mountain comes to mohammed. They'll be at the ready with their obozophone when that job attacks them.

[wasp69]

The primitives obviously don't believe in shared sacrifice.

People not on food stamps have had to cut corners, do without, the past five years.

Shared sacrifice.  It's patriotic.  We're all in this together.  It's not fair that some must suffer, while others don't.

Too bad for the primitives.

Didn't their president say something or another about having "skin in the game" and "eating peas"?

[oldcrow]

".....ask not what your country can do for you, but rather ask what you can do for your country....."

Who said that, primitives?

Oh they turned that one on it's head many moons ago. They threw JFK and Martin Luther King Jr under the bus, so to speak.  Freaking primitives.

[NHSparky]

It's significant. That's six packs of smokes.

Or three packs of Newports.

[diesel driver]

Or three packs of Newports.

Kool Menthols

[jtyangel]

They said that those of us working for a living can just budget better in order to deal with higher health insurance premiums, if we can budget so can they.

Pretty much

[jtyangel]

It's significant. That's six packs of smokes.

What was I thinking Food is dummie code word for commodities to exchange for things I really want. apologies...

[Gina]

Star Member madamesilverspurs (7,323 posts)
4. Mine were cut

$25 per month. The benefit that used to cover almost three weeks will now cover significantly less. I'll be speaking with my senators about this, there's absolutely no point in discussing it with my alleged rep in Congress.

Get rid of the internet.  That will make up for that. 

[Dori]

What are they talking about a cut for?  There had been a temporary increase in the SNAP program that's due to expire.

Just like the temporary decrease in the social security deduction that expired. 

[Gina]

Yeh, I was trying to find something about the Social Security cuts coming that I heard a snippet of.  Anyone know about that?

[lastparker]

What are they talking about a cut for?  There had been a temporary increase in the SNAP program that's due to expire.

Just like the temporary decrease in the social security deduction that expired. 

Exactly... same premise as when the Booosh tax cuts expired.

[Chris_]

Exactly... same premise as when the Booosh tax cuts expired.

Those people are so addicted to other people's dollars, they refer to any extension of tax cuts as "the government losing money" or "it cost the government".

Please.

[Dori]

Yeh, I was trying to find something about the Social Security cuts coming that I heard a snippet of.  Anyone know about that?
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I think it's being discussed, but nothing passed in congress yet that I've heard.  Will probably be part of a budget deal.

[Bad Dog]

Yeh, I was trying to find something about the Social Security cuts coming that I heard a snippet of.  Anyone know about that?

Dems are constantly yapping about Republicans cutting grannie's SS.  Somehow SS  (and all other govt. programs) keeps going up even with the rascally Repubs constantly cutting it.

[Gina]

My mom had to take Welfare.  She hated it and would damn near die of embarrassment when she had to pay with Food Stamps.  Eventually, she went to college (night school) and got the hell off the dole as soon as she could.  But the damage was done -- she died way too young.

I had a room mate for  a VERY short period.  She asked me one day on my way to work (she didn't) if I could pick her kids up some cereal.  I said sure.  She gave me paper money, food stamps. They didn't have cards back then.  Anyway, here I was standing in line dressed in my work attire (high heels, business suit) and I pull out food stamps to pay for the groceries.  I didn't even think about it but felt the hot glare from everyone.  Holy Crap I was pissed that I was put in that predicament.  This beyotch went on to steal my identity and get utilities in my name and run. 

[Gina]

Dems are constantly yapping about Republicans cutting grannie's SS.  Somehow SS  (and all other govt. programs) keeps going up even with the rascally Repubs constantly cutting it.

but what I heard and it was the WSJ was that Obama was the one going to try it like around January?

[Bad Dog]

but what I heard and it was the WSJ was that Obama was the one going to try it like around January?

The stuff they are talking about was proposed by Simpson, Bowles.  They want to raise the retirement age and possibly means test benefits and, of course, the Dems will try to raise the maximum taxable income for SS tax.  This will be sold by the press as O'bummer being forced to make draconian cuts by the evil Republicans.

[Dori]

The stuff they are talking about was proposed by Simpson, Bowles.  They want to raise the retirement age and possibly means test benefits and, of course, the Dems will try to raise the maximum taxable income for SS tax.  This will be sold by the press as O'bummer being forced to make draconian cuts by the evil Republicans.

I don't understand how they can't raise the payroll taxes on SS benefits.  If people want it and it has to cover what's being paid out, where else are they going to get the money?

[Bad Dog]

I don't understand how they can't raise the payroll taxes on SS benefits.  If people want it and it has to cover what's being paid out, where else are they going to get the money?

It was sold as, and originally called "Old Age Insurance"  The contributions were not "taxes" but premiums.  The reason they set a maximum taxable income was because, otherwise, people would be contributing far more into it than they could ever hope to get out. They continue to try to sell it as that even though it has obviously turned into a massive welfare program.  All they have to do is stop trying to BS us and they could tax all income and withhold benefits from folks who were smart enough to make adequate provisions for their retirement.