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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
Thu Jan 15, 2015, 01:44 PM Jan 2015

GOP 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.

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GOP Rep. "We Have TOO MANY Disabled People". Kevin McCarthy Office Response To Constituent. (Original Post) TheMastersNemesis Jan 2015 OP
GOP is taking dead aim at disability part of SocSec. chieftain Jan 2015 #1
Hitler solved that problem. nt. Warren Stupidity Jan 2015 #2
folks yammer about using the name hitler but it is correct here dembotoz Jan 2015 #3
+1! 2naSalit Jan 2015 #7
I guess they'd like to get rid of some of them. Sounds like another politician I remember. ND-Dem Jan 2015 #4
What a horrible thing to say. Rozlee Jan 2015 #6
Try this our for size. Wellstone ruled Jan 2015 #5

chieftain

(3,222 posts)
1. GOP is taking dead aim at disability part of SocSec.
Thu Jan 15, 2015, 01:54 PM
Jan 2015

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

 

ND-Dem

(4,571 posts)
4. I guess they'd like to get rid of some of them. Sounds like another politician I remember.
Thu Jan 15, 2015, 02:12 PM
Jan 2015

May Kevin McCarthy become paralyzed and live with bedsores until he dies.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
5. Try this our for size.
Thu Jan 15, 2015, 02:18 PM
Jan 2015

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.

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