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Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Missy89(f): 5:35pm On Mar 01, 2017 |
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Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Nobody: 5:43pm On Mar 01, 2017 |
Missy89: So what? People who have not paid in, can get less out. There is no reason why a college graduate should fall out of the social security net when s/he is unable to find a job immeditely. This is how many countries actually differentiate but, of course, you don't know it. I would much rather support such a person with my taxes than fund your senseless wars. And stop distracting, is my car insurance an entitlement? 1 Like |
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Missy89(f): 5:58pm On Mar 01, 2017 |
Mindfulness: I feel like I am talking to someone who doesn't and can't comprehend anything. Now what is the point of this argument? I said Lucas wasn't interested in cutting entitlements, you jumped in and claimed that I am using the word in a wrong way. I showed you what the government define as entitlement to show u what I meant. You pretended as if you can't read the paragraph that clearly state that their are need based entitlement that are relieved by people without prior tax payments. When I called you out on that your answer is "SO WHAT" I thought the point of this back and forth was that I was using a word in a wrong way and it is now clear that I wasn't. What you are doing right now is grasping at straws. Pathetic 1 Like |
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Lucasbalo(m): 6:01pm On Mar 01, 2017 |
Mindfulness:You nailed it Buddy. All the so called republican evangelicals are race hustlers using the name of God in vain. Anything that benefits the least in America they are opposed to. The worrisome part of it is that most of their supporters that are not well to do are gobbling up their junk. It's like a deer cheering for a lion. I know guys in Chicago earning measly $30.000 yearly which you can hardly race a family of three with in a cosmopolitan city ailing trump because he wants to give a tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires. How is that going to be of help to him. Why would anyone goes against health care for Americans that doesn't have it or how could anyone with brain call Social Security an entitlement?. That's brainwashed being in full mode. Whatever you do to the littlest of the people you do to me according to Jesus Christ says the Good book. Most of the loud mouths Jesus spokesperson in republican outfits are nothing but charlatans. 2 Likes |
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Missy89(f): 6:03pm On Mar 01, 2017 |
Lucasbalo: So why does the government constantly call need based social program entitlements. Answer that question sir 1 Like |
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Nobody: 6:03pm On Mar 01, 2017 |
Lucasbalo: If you want to understand how Republicans get people to vote against their own interests, read "Deer Hunting with Jesus". Thank me later. 2 Likes |
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Nobody: 6:04pm On Mar 01, 2017 |
Missy89: BRAINWASHING! So that people like you repeat it before you learn to think critically, which may be NEVER. Unfortunately! 2 Likes |
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Missy89(f): 6:06pm On Mar 01, 2017 |
Mindfulness: But but but but but but you claimed earlier that republicans created the word. 1 Like |
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by happney65: 6:07pm On Mar 01, 2017 |
CFCman: Exactly Bro..Exactly |
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Missy89(f): 6:10pm On Mar 01, 2017 |
Mindfulness: So wait a min. If a social program is classified under the entitlement program and someone says that we need to cut entitlement programs, that is brainwashing? really? Do you have any brain? 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Nobody: 6:10pm On Mar 01, 2017 |
Missy89: The word is wrong in this context and it is used to brainwash you. I have shown you why. Think of the car insurance example. I showed you what the government define as entitlement to show u what I meant. I get you Missy but you have to understand how powerful language is and then understand the intention behind the word as it is used in this context. You pretended as if you can't read the paragraph that clearly state that their are need based entitlement that are relieved by people without prior tax payments. I know the word has been used and it has been used for so long many of you do not even know why. When I called you out on that your answer is "SO WHAT" So what was in reference to what you said about the small minority who gets something without paying in. I don't see anything wrong in it because someone may struggle to find a job after university and deserves to have his basic needs covered. You can disagree with that. I thought the point of this back and forth was that I was using a word in a wrong way and it is now clear that I wasn't. What you are doing right now is grasping at straws. Pathetic You are because you have been brainwashed to. Social security is not an entitlement, it is something we pay for and under unfortunate circumstances deserve. 2 Likes |
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Nobody: 6:13pm On Mar 01, 2017 |
Missy89: the person with only half of her brain operating is you. The word entitlement should be completely removed from the discussion and from all these documents because it implies that people get free goodies when in fact they work for them. 3 Likes |
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Nobody: 6:13pm On Mar 01, 2017 |
Missy89: I don't know who created it but I know who loves to throw it around to make a case against social security. 3 Likes |
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Missy89(f): 6:18pm On Mar 01, 2017 |
Mindfulness: Sorry but you are not making any sense. As long as the government thinks that need based social programs are entitlements. There is nothing wrong in saying that we need to cut entitlements. You obviously know which one I was talking about. If you don't, you won't think I am evil because that tells me that u known was talking about social programs. (obviously I can't be talking about social security and Medicare which Trump is not interested in cutting anyway ) I don't mind the criticism but pretending as if you don't know is kind of pathetic. 1 Like |
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Missy89(f): 6:20pm On Mar 01, 2017 |
Mindfulness: OK I will dumb it down for you. I am not making any case against social security. I was talking about need based social programs. Happy? |
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Nobody: 6:23pm On Mar 01, 2017 |
Missy89: It is wrong for the government to deprive the citizens of anything they have paid for, e.g. unemployment insurance or Medicare. Again: It is like your car insurance agent would say that they are not going to pay for your damage because they need to cut your entitlements. What's so difficult to understand about it? 3 Likes |
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Missy89(f): 6:26pm On Mar 01, 2017 |
Mindfulness: Like I said I have no problem with that. Neither does Trump. But the same government classified other programs under the same umbrella that is what I was talking about. |
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Nobody: 6:26pm On Mar 01, 2017 |
Missy89: Need-based programs are social security programs. GOSH! 2 Likes |
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Nobody: 6:27pm On Mar 01, 2017 |
Missy89: Which programs PRECISELY? 1 Like |
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Lucasbalo(m): 6:34pm On Mar 01, 2017 |
Missy89:I don't know and frankly I don't care what they call it. No one deserves to be humiliated or scorned because of poverty. It's not about the well to do it's about the totality of people. That's why I embrace liberalism. My wife and I and our kids have what we call Cadillac health insurance but I hate to see people turn to emergency room as the Primary Health Care giver hence I support Medicaid. If you want Americans to be going through garbage cans to eat, I don't. That's what makes people like me a liberal. My wife and I have been blessed in our own little way not to rely on any form of government assistance and I know all fingers are not equal. What you do to the littlest of the people is what you do to me says Jesus Christ. That's the essence of liberalism. Common good over individual greed. 3 Likes |
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Nobody: 6:41pm On Mar 01, 2017 |
Lucasbalo: They call them entitlements so that people think that it is an undeserved gift that can be taken away from them any time the ruling class deems it fit. And the word evokes the impression that the government pays for it when in fact it is the tax payer and the insurant, the same person who pays in today may need it tomorrow and they act like they do the person a favor by returning what s/he deserves. No one deserves to be humiliated or scorned because of poverty. It's not about the well to do it's about the totality of people. That's why I embrace liberalism. My wife and I and our kids have what we call Cadillac health insurance but I hate to see people turn to emergency room as the Primary Health Cre giver hence I support Medicaid. If you want Americans to be going through garbage cans to eat, I don't. That's what makes people like me a liberal. My wife and I have been blessed in our own little way not to rely on any form of government assistance and I know all fingers are not equal. What you do to the littlest of the people is what you do for me says Jesu Christ. That's the essence of liberalism. Common good over individual greed. You American folks have a funny way with terms. A liberalist in Europe is actually someone who is rather against social security programs. We would call you left-liberal but never merely liberal. Left stands for social security and liberal in terms of values such as gay rights, gender equality etc. The Republican party would be what we would much rather call a mixture of conservatism and liberalism. It is also interesting to note that we are confused with the Democratic party. Someone like Hillary is considered a neoliberal (corporations friendly) here, a threat to social market economies. Bernies Sanders is someone we would consider left but not Hillary. It's confusing sometimes. 1 Like |
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Missy89(f): 6:46pm On Mar 01, 2017 |
Mindfulness: Now I see the problem. In America, social security is what you get when u are over 60. It is different from what you are calling social security programs (I assume u meant welfare programs) 1 Like |
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Nobody: 6:50pm On Mar 01, 2017 |
Missy89: So what do you get when you are over 60 other than your pension? And what is the difference between social security programs and welfare programs? 2 Likes |
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Missy89(f): 7:20pm On Mar 01, 2017 |
Mindfulness: Everybody that is in the workforce pays social security and Medicare tax. You have to pay it for a number of years to get the benefits when u are over 60 apart from your pension if you have one. Welfare programs is need based and it is determined the income u earn. Low wage workers or people that are not working can qualify based on their needs. The government put both on the same category called Entitlement programs . The first one are those old Americans receiving monthly benefits from the government because they paid into it when they were younger and working the second class are those that are getting benefits because of their needs. Republicans don't want to cut social security and Medicare that people paid into. They only want to reform it (topic for another day). What they want to cut is the other branch of what the government calls entitlements which is what is was talking about. What you mean by social security program is welfare program. Social security is a program by itself. |
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Nobody: 7:27pm On Mar 01, 2017 |
Missy89: So you pay for Medicare and you can only get it once you are 60 or older? so what if someone falls sick at the age of 47? Strange. The government put both on the same category called Entitlement programs . The first one are those old Americans receiving monthly benefits from the government because they paid into it when they were younger and working the second class are those that are getting benefits because of their needs. But those who get it because of their needs still paid for it when they were able to, right? Republicans don't want to cut social security and Medicare that people paid into. They only want to reform it (topic for another day). What they want to cut is the other branch of what the government calls entitlements which is what is was talking about. In your source unemployment insurance was called entitlement too. So if I pay, let's say for 15 years, my unemployment insurance contribution, they still call it entitlement and can cut it even though I earned it. Doesn't make sense to me. 3 Likes |
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Missy89(f): 7:41pm On Mar 01, 2017 |
Mindfulness: If you are working and you fall sick at the age of 47. You will either use your work insurance or Medicaid(insurance for low income and poor americans ) No they don't pay for government benefits. You get it when you qualify. No one is planning to really cut things like employment insurance, social security or Medicare. Reform it maybe. When most politicians talk about cutting entitlements they are talking about welfare benefits or any benefit that is issued to recipients who based on needs and not tax contribution |
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Nobody: 7:44pm On Mar 01, 2017 |
Missy89: Which welfare benefits? 1 Like |
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Missy89(f): 7:47pm On Mar 01, 2017 |
Mindfulness: There are at least 80 of them Snap tanf wic Medicaid etc Depends on how generous your state is, some recipient get more than a minimum wage earner |
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Nobody: 7:51pm On Mar 01, 2017 |
Missy89: Your teaching methodology sucks. I will research it on my own. |
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Missy89(f): 7:52pm On Mar 01, 2017 |
Mindfulness: Lol. I am at work https://singlemotherguide.com/federal-welfare-programs/ Over 600 billion in federal spending |
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Nobody: 7:56pm On Mar 01, 2017 |
Missy89: In Iraq? Not funny, ehn! Anyway, have a good day. 1 Like |
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Nobody: 10:47pm On Mar 01, 2017 |
Missy89: Babie, be careful. Do not forget to look out for the S-400Triumf from your rear view. The irunmoles wish you good luck & safe landing. Goodnight my sweet burden! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh-BmBedTVI 1 Like |
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