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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOP Rep. "We Have TOO MANY Disabled People". Kevin McCarthy Office Response To Constituent.
On Hartmann show a few minutes ago. Disabled man blind due to disease was told this when he called McCarthy's office. It seems like he implied we have too many old people. He also told the man that it's just going to have to be hard on him for while. RIGHT get used to having your 20% cut in benefits.
chieftain
(3,222 posts)In yet another despicable tactic, they will scare retirees by blaming "malingerers" and "frauds" for weakening Social Security. There is no depth to which they will stoop.
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/rand-paul-takes-disability-claims
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)dembotoz
(16,799 posts)ND-Dem
(4,571 posts)May Kevin McCarthy become paralyzed and live with bedsores until he dies.
Rozlee
(2,529 posts)I'd just be happy to see his gentickles turn purple and rot off.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Read about this smelly turd piece of legislation a few days back,in doing so we decided to ruffle the neighborhood Rethugs with a bit of a survey. Did a sample of our immediate 20 neighbors,all retirees,collecting social security,collecting military disability pensions and we had zero idea as to what we would find. (1) total persons collecting SS or SSDI=45,(2) total persons collecting Military disability or Military pensions=3,(3)Persons collecting Military and SS=3. Next we asked if they were or are aware of proposed cuts in SSDI,Ouch,zero knew anything and when we mentioned the proposed cuts or complete elimination under certain cases,oh boy,all I can is Faux Noise did their job. All but 2 voted Rethug. Interesting.
Lovin this as a total backlash coming. Some one posted a rough number of persons some were around ten million plus number as to the persons affected. Devastating to say the least. Seems to me,the largest recipient of SSDI payments go the Nursing Homes and Convalescent Care Centers,if that is the case,the major effect could be the 1%ers.