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"And the Socialist claim Bush is cutting programs for the poor."

--How many times do I have to remind you that you're gleefully paying for Bush and the GOP's health insurance, salaries, pensions and other perks (not to mention billions in subsidies to Big Oil)? Cons are some of the biggest socialists on the planet. They just distribute their wealth upwards. Think about it...

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I don't have much to say to that. The statistics speak for themselves.

http://zfacts.com/p/318.html

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Slow Medicare growth, but allow medical costs to

skyrocket..Good plan!!

Have you not yet realized that our present government is selfish, evil and without conscience??

Maybe you have and you just prefer they do your dirty work on your behalf?

it is not SOCIALISM that creates opportunity for humans living here to live with dignity and grow to give back to their embracing nation. it is called "the American Dream"

and only people with fascist tendencies would characterize it a socialism.

In this case you don't say "let them eat cake" if they don't

like the crumbs we throw them,

instead, you tell them "let them get their own insurance"

if what we are throwing at them makes them sick...

The epitome of elitist un-American arrogance

Let me ask you this: If everything is Bill Clinton's fault, then why, after 12 consecutive years of Republican presidencies wasn't George Sr., re-elected??

We won't hold our breath waiting for a semblance of an answer!

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Well I have to agree with you here rdy2rck. I am also on disability and struggling still to make ends meet. I'm not a big spender or anything like that, either, but my check barely covers my house payment. Everything else such as lights, phone, water, etc., I have to scramble to pay! There are a lot of folks like us out here who really and legitimately need the benefits this budget would cut, and the issue of abusers is still not being addressed.

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"I'm on disability and Medicare because I have to but know all too many who get a lawyer and somehow get on the doll.And it gives the people who really need it a bad rap because we're stereotyped."

--I think if you researched thoroughly, you'd find that the cheats are the exception and not the rule. The reason "all too many" people get a lawyer is because, like most forms of insurance, the insurers go out of their way to make the application and approval process as onerous as possible. And even after someone is approved, they can throw roadblocks up (to prevent renewal of or increases to benefits, for example). This is one of the reason the GOP despises lawyers--because they advocate on behalf of those who the insurers would otherwise screw over.

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