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Yonnie3

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9. I would call it bullcrap

Reply to Doreen (Reply #7)

Sun Feb 26, 2017, 03:34 PM

Feb 2017

I think the White House knows that Congress has been drooling at the prospect of cutting and/or privatizing these earned benefits. They know that this is the case, so them saying it is off the table is a bunch of crap, it is just not an outright lie.

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Trump budget plan will not cut Social Security, Medicare: Mnuchin [View all] Yonnie3 Feb 2017 OP

Can't believe anything ANY of them say, elleng Feb 2017 #1

I think that is a lie. Doreen Feb 2017 #2

I'm not so sure it's a lie. Yonnie3 Feb 2017 #4

Well, it seems like they are lying about a lot. Doreen Feb 2017 #7

I would call it bullcrap Yonnie3 Feb 2017 #9

Well, the dictator did say NOTHING is off the table. Doreen Feb 2017 #10

I don't beleive this for one second. GP6971 Feb 2017 #3

And they will only round up criminal illegal aliens mitch96 Feb 2017 #5

in any case the president's budget if of no consequences. drray23 Feb 2017 #6

It is possible they're getting a sense of just how many PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2017 #8

VERY well said. CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2017 #12

Okay. I'll do that. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2017 #13

these people have been known to tell a whopper now and then... NRaleighLiberal Feb 2017 #11