Fwd: All On The Backs of Seniors?
AnAmericanCitizen
Obama recently approved a 2% salary increase for all federal employees
effective January 1, 2010. Members of the executive, legislative and
judicial branch are due for an automatic 20% pay increase in January as well. All
this on the backs of seniors who will not incur any Cost Of Living
Adjustment (COLA) increases for several years.
For the first time in history, the Congress will not allow*
*an increase in the social security COLA (Cost Of Living Adjustment).*
*In fact, The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation predicts there may*
*not be any COLA for the next three years. However, the per person
monthly Medicare insurance premium, part B, will be increased from the 2009
premium of $96.40 to $104.20 in 2010 and to $120.20 for the year
2011.
Send this to all seniors you know. Remind them not to vote for any
incumbent senator or representative. The only way we can take this country
back is to clean out those who have become career politicians and are
driving our republic into the ground. *End of Forwarded material.*
I would like to add a change and that is, I don't agree with the statement to not
vote for any incumbent senator or representative. Not one Republican Senator voted
for the ill-conceived health care bill being forced upon us (and only one Republican
voted for the house bill). Keep this in mind at election time and also keep in mind
that it was the Republicans that kept the last amnesty bill from passing....it's the
Democrats that are bankrupting our country which will keep us, our children and
grandchildren in debt for decades just paying the taxes that will be the result...AAC
clams_casino
> Not one Republican Senator voted
>for the ill-conceived health care bill being forced upon us (and only one Republican
>voted for the house bill). Keep this in mind at election time and also keep in mind
>that it was the Republicans that kept the last amnesty bill from passing....it's the
>Democrats that are bankrupting our country which will keep us, our children and
>grandchildren in debt for decades just paying the taxes that will be the result...AAC
>
>
>
>
Huh? It was the Republications that got us into this mess. You're
concerned about a few dollars of Social Security, but seem to have no
concern about the hundreds of thousands that most lost in equities &
home values as a result of the GW / Republican leadership? Furthermore,
the few foregone dollars of SS is also due to the GW leadership.
It's time to wake up to reality.
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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:23:17 -0500
On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:41:57 -0800, Wildbilly <wldbilly@without_a.net>
wrote:
>So you don't like the truth
You wouldn't the Truth if he pulled his dick outta your ass and
slapped you with it.
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Jerry Okamura
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Republicans that got us into this mess? So, you are saying that all of this
was the result of republicans?
clams_casino
No. I'm saying most everything was going reasonably well until GW took
over. It's going to take some time to unwind eight years of GW's inept
leadership.
Of course, few living today will even begin to make payment on the money
borrowed for the Iraq invasion other than the indirect consequences of
the sinking value of the dollar which is finally showing some signs of
stabilizing..
AnAmericanCitizen
wrote:
>AnAmericanCitizen wrote:
Read the following and tell me again it was the Republicans:
SHOT IN THE FANNIE MAE
The History of a Financial Disaster
1997
.. Fannie Mae is a GSE (Govt. Sponsored Entity) regulated by Congress.
.. Fannie Mae buys mortgages from other companies.
.. It is backed by the taxpayers for all losses, but keeps all profits.
.. President Clinton loosens Home Loan Requirements.
1998
.. Banks begin making thousands of bad loans, 0 down, no documentation, for
.. 120%! (1998 � 2008).
.. Executives at Fannie receive huge bonuses if loan targets are met.
.. Franklin Raines and Jamie Garelick from the Clinton Administration are appointed
.. to run Fannie Mae.
2003
.. President Bush proposes a new oversight committee to clean up Fannie
..Mae, but Democrats derail the effort.
.. Rep. Melvyn Watt, (D-NC) Committee on Financial Institutions & Consumer Credit
..stated, �I don�t see much other than weakening the bargaining power poorer families
..to get affordable housing.�
1999 - 2004
.. Raines earns $100 million in bonuses.
.. Garelick earns $75 million in bonuses.
.. In 2004, Enron collapses, congress investigates, Executives Skilling & Lay
..go to jail, for fraudulent bookkeeping.
..Congress responds with the Sorbanes-Oxley Act, more heavy regulation of
..corporations.
2004
.. An OMB investigation finds massive fraudulent bookkeeping at Fannie Mae.
.. False numbers triggered executive bonuses every year.
.. Congress holds no hearings, no one goes to jail, or is punished.
.. WHY NOT?
1999 -2005
.. Fannie Mae gives millions to Democratic causes, examples: Jesse Jackson
.. & ACORN.
.. Fannie Mae pays millions to 354 congressmen and senators, from both
.. parties. Who got the most money?
Top 4 Recipients
#1 Sen. Christopher Dodd, (D-CT)
Chairman of the Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs Committee
#2 Sen. Barack Obama, (D-IL) Federal Financial Management
Committee
#3 Sen. Chuck Schumer, (D-NY) Chairman of the Finance Committee
#4 Rep. Barney Frank, (D-MA) Chairman of the House Financial
Services Committe
2005
.. Franklin Raines & top execs are forced to resign from Fannie Mae.
.. They do not go to jail.
.. There is no media �perp. walk.�
.. They keep all of their bonuses
.. They finally pay $31.4 million in civil fines.
2005
.. The Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act is sponsored by:
..#325 Sen. John McCain, (R-AZ) Armed Services, & Commerce, Science, & Transportation
�If Congress does not act, American taxpayers will continue to be exposed
to the enormous risk that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pose to the housing
market, the overall financial system, and the economy as a whole.�
2005
.. None of the top 4 recipients support the legislation.
.. The reform act is blocked by Democrats, never even making it out of committee.
.. None of the politicians return any of the money, tainted by fraud.
2008
.. Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac go bankrupt and the govt. takes them over
..completely.
.. Lehman Brothers, goes bankrupt from investing in bad mortgages.
.. AIG get $85 million in loan guarantees, after insuring bad loans & projects.
.. Taxpayers will ultimately pay BILLIONS.
2008
.. Franklin Raines is now an advisor to the Obama Campaign which wants the govt. to
..take over more of the economy.
.. Did government involvement in the mortgage market work out?
.. How will even MORE government involvement make it better? Do you want to be
..Sweden?
.. McCain favors revising regulations & loan standards, selling off Fannie & Freddie.
SOURCES
.. Congressional Record, 5/25/06
.. �Hannity & Colmes,� Fox News, 9/16-9/17/08
.. Herald Tribune, 4/18/08
.. New York Times, 9/13/03
.. www. govtrack.com, 9/17/08
Prof. Dennis Jantz, 2008
clams_casino
>On Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:37:13 -0500, clams_casino <PeterG...@DrunkinClam.com>
>wrote:
>
>
>
>>AnAmericanCitizen wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Not one Republican Senator voted
>>>for the ill-conceived health care bill being forced upon us (and only one Republican
>>>voted for the house bill). Keep this in mind at election time and also keep in mind
>>>that it was the Republicans that kept the last amnesty bill from passing....it's the
>>>Democrats that are bankrupting our country which will keep us, our children and
>>>grandchildren in debt for decades just paying the taxes that will be the result...AAC
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>Huh? It was the Republications that got us into this mess. You're
>>concerned about a few dollars of Social Security, but seem to have no
>>concern about the hundreds of thousands that most lost in equities &
>>home values as a result of the GW / Republican leadership? Furthermore,
>>the few foregone dollars of SS is also due to the GW leadership.
>>
>>It's time to wake up to reality.
>>
>>
>
>
>Read the following and tell me again it was the Republicans:
>
>
>
>
So you believe (as does GW) that he was simply dealt a bad hand?
Hint - the housing bubble was primarily caused by the artificially low
federal funds rate that was brought about in a desperate attempt to
reverse the disastrous effects of the GW leadership. The fed hoped
business would used that cheap money to expand / invest business but
investors & business didn't take the bait. Instead, they used that
money to borrow the cheap money and bid up housing into its speculative
bubble. Business / investors ran to the sidelines almost from the day
GW was placed into office. No way were they going to use that money to
expand business / create jobs.
Poetic Justice
So that isn't what you say about Obama?
>
> Hint - the housing bubble was primarily caused by the artificially low
> federal funds rate that was brought about in a desperate attempt to
> reverse the disastrous effects of the GW leadership. The fed hoped
> business would used that cheap money to expand / invest business but
> investors & business didn't take the bait. Instead, they used that
> money to borrow the cheap money and bid up housing into its speculative
> bubble. Business / investors ran to the sidelines almost from the day
> GW was placed into office. No way were they going to use that money to
> expand business / create jobs.
>
>
>
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Khemyst
Franklin Raines, Maxine Waters, Chris Dodd, all Damnocrats!
Who was trying to clamp down on the bleeding? McCain and other
Republicans...
Get your story straight...Dig deeper than the moveon.org sound bytes !
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Jerry Okamura
"clams_casino" <PeterG...@DrunkinClam.com> wrote in message
What is your definition of "going reaonsably well"? And how well are thing
going since Obama came to office? Let me see, by one measure, he is trying
to do everything he can possibly do to top Bush on the increase in the
National debt that came about during the Bush year, and is doubling down on
that and this is only in his first year. Obama wants to take away our
freedoms, what freedoms did Bush take away from us? Do you really want to
go down that road?
>
> Of course, few living today will even begin to make payment on the money
> borrowed for the Iraq invasion other than the indirect consequences of
> the sinking value of the dollar which is finally showing some signs of
> stabilizing..
Chicken feed, when compared to the growing national debt, which is about to
get even bigger and the growning debt of the national government, which is
also going to get much worse if Obama has his way.
clams_casino
Actually, GW was dealt a gift. He squandered the budget & dragged us
$1T further debt over his pissing contest with Saddam while letting the
real terrorists run free & strengthen forces with eight years of
continual decline.
Obama was dealt a bad hand, but faced up the existing problems with a
turn around on the horizon for employment, international relations,
stock market values, a leveling out of the dollar's value and a turn
from GW's pissing contest in Iraq to tracking the terrorists in
Afghanistan / Pakistan where GW should have gone vs. his personal
squabble with Saddam.
Bill Rose
AnAmericanCitizen <NoAm...@earthlink.net> wrote:
This is very odd, Mr. UnAmerican. Then tell me what this means?
"Freddie Mae -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- I see the heads who are
here; I want to thank you all for coming -- (laughter) -- have committed
to provide more money for lenders. They've committed to help meet the
shortage of capital available for minority home buyers.
[...]
Freddie Mac recently began 25 initiatives around the country to
dismantle barriers and create greater opportunities for homeownership.
One of the programs is designed to help deserving families who have bad
credit histories to qualify for homeownership loans."
-George Bush
http://federalism.typepad.com/crime_federalism/2008/09/george-w-bush-c.ht
ml
In 2002, the George W. Bush administration urged Congress to pass the
American Dream Downpayment Act, which subsidized the down payments of
prospective homebuyers whose incomes were below a certain level.
After passage of that act, the president also urged Congress to pass
legislation permitting the Federal Housing Administration to begin
making zero-down-payment loans at low interest rates to low-income
Americans.
In 2004, Federal Housing Commissioner John Weicher said, "the White
House doesn't think those who can afford the monthly payment but have
been unable to save for a down payment should be deprived from owning a
home."
He added, "We do not anticipate any costs to taxpayers." Who, if not the
taxpayers, would pay for these government subsidies � much less the
defaults from making riskier loans � was not revealed.
For some homebuyers, the standards were relaxed to the point where there
was no down payment at all required, contrary to a long-standing
tradition that homebuyers should have some stake in the home, so as to
reduce the risk of default on the mortgage. The reduction or elimination
of traditional safeguards in mortgage lending entailed a rising
riskiness of the mortgages acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under
the new and lower mortgage loan approval standards.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2395637/posts
>
> 1998
> .. Banks begin making thousands of bad loans, 0 down, no documentation, for
> .. 120%! (1998 � 2008).
> .. Executives at Fannie receive huge bonuses if loan targets are met.
> .. Franklin Raines and Jamie Garelick from the Clinton Administration are
> appointed
> .. to run Fannie Mae.
In 1999, led by Senator Phil Gramm of Texas, another southerner but
without the populist politics, and one of the best friends American
bankers ever had, congress overwhelmingly repealed the Glass-Steagall
Act and created the financial free-for-all that has led banks to offer,
along with savings and checking accounts, securities, stock sales, and
insurance. The repeal of Glass-Steagall, it is not an overstatement to
suggest, has been a principal reason for the financial crises that have
fallen upon the United States today, and shows the deep dangers of
deregulation. . .
By the late 1990s, with the stock market surging to unimaginable
heights, large banks merging with and swallowing up smaller banks, and a
huge increase in banks having transnational branches, Wall Street and
its many friends in congress wanted to eliminate the regulations that
had been intended to protect investors and stabilize the financial
system. Hence the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 repealed key parts of
Glass-Steagall and the Bank Holding Act and allowed commercial and
investment banks to merge, to offer home mortgage loans, sell securities
and stocks, and offer insurance.
http://hnn.us/articles/55548.html
>
> 2003
> .. President Bush proposes a new oversight committee to clean up Fannie
> ..Mae, but Democrats derail the effort.
> .. Rep. Melvyn Watt, (D-NC) Committee on Financial Institutions & Consumer
> Credit
> ..stated, �I don�t see much other than weakening the bargaining power poorer
> families
> ..to get affordable housing.�
>
> 1999 - 2004
> .. Raines earns $100 million in bonuses.
> .. Garelick earns $75 million in bonuses.
> .. In 2004, Enron collapses, congress investigates, Executives Skilling & Lay
a.k.a. Kenny-boy.
> ..go to jail, for fraudulent bookkeeping.
> ..Congress responds with the Sorbanes-Oxley Act, more heavy regulation of
> ..corporations.
>
> 2004
> .. An OMB investigation finds massive fraudulent bookkeeping at Fannie Mae.
> .. False numbers triggered executive bonuses every year.
> .. Congress holds no hearings, no one goes to jail, or is punished.
> .. WHY NOT?
Beats me, and this was done under your boy Bush.
-----
In 2004, at the request of the major Wall Street investment houses --
including Goldman Sachs, then headed by Paulson -- the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission agreed unanimously to release the major
investment houses from the net capital rule, the requirement that their
brokerages hold reserve capital that limited their leverage and risk
exposure.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Paulson
2007
Sect. 1042 of the 2007 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), "Use
of the Armed Forces in Major Public Emergencies," gives the executive
the power to invoke martial law. For the first time in more than a
century, the president is now authorized to use the military in response
to "a natural disaster, a disease outbreak, a terrorist attack or any
other condition in which the President determines that domestic violence
has occurred to the extent that state officials cannot maintain public
order."
The Military Commissions Act of 2006, rammed through Congress just
before the 2006 midterm elections, allows for the indefinite
imprisonment of anyone who donates money to a charity that turns up on a
list of "terrorist" organizations, or who speaks out against the
government's policies. The law calls for secret trials for citizens and
noncitizens alike.
Also in 2007, the White House quietly issued National Security
Presidential Directive 51 (NSPD-51), to ensure "continuity of
government" in the event of what the document vaguely calls a
"catastrophic emergency." Should the president determine that such an
emergency has occurred, he and he alone is empowered to do whatever he
deems necessary to ensure "continuity of government." This could include
everything from canceling elections to suspending the Constitution to
launching a nuclear attack. Congress has yet to hold a single hearing on
NSPD-51.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/04/ED5OUPQJ7.DTL
Maybe we can get into the terrorists Luis Posada and Orlando Bosch
(pardoned by Bush I) in the not so distant future.
http://www.counterpunch.org/allard04192005.html
>
> 2008
> .. Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac go bankrupt and the govt. takes them over
> ..completely.
> .. Lehman Brothers, goes bankrupt from investing in bad mortgages.
> .. AIG get $85 million in loan guarantees, after insuring bad loans &
> projects.
> .. Taxpayers will ultimately pay BILLIONS.
October 17, 2008
Paul Craig Roberts, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Department in the Reagan administration and a former associate editor of
the Wall Street Journal. He has taught at Georgetown University and
Stanford University and is the author of many books, including
Supply-Side Revolution: An Insider�s Account of Policymaking in
Washington.
. . .
JUAN GONZALEZ: What about this issue of the government�s bailout being
aimed primarily at the financial institutions rather than the homeowners
who�and the defaults that are at the root of the crisis?
PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS: Yes. Well, it suggests that the bailout is either
incompetence or fraud, because the problem, according to the government,
is the defaulting mortgages, so the money should be directed at
refinancing the mortgages and paying off the foreclosed ones. And that
would restore the value of the mortgage-backed securities that are
threatening the financial institutions. If the value was restored, the
crisis would be over. So there�s no connection between the government�s
explanation of the crisis and its solution to the crisis.
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/10/17/ex_asst_treasury_sec_paul_craig
>
> 2008
> .. Franklin Raines is now an advisor to the Obama Campaign which wants the
> govt. to
> ..take over more of the economy.
>
> .. Did government involvement in the mortgage market work out?
>
> .. How will even MORE government involvement make it better? Do you want to
> be
> ..Sweden?
>
> .. McCain favors revising regulations & loan standards, selling off Fannie &
> Freddie.
>
> SOURCES
> .. Congressional Record, 5/25/06
>
> .. �Hannity & Colmes,� Fox News, 9/16-9/17/08
>
> .. Herald Tribune, 4/18/08
>
> .. New York Times, 9/13/03
>
> .. www. govtrack.com, 9/17/08
>
>
> Prof. Dennis Jantz, 2008
I suppose matching URLs with statements would be too much to ask of a
dumb-ass, faux patriot, such as yourself.
You ultra, reactionary, monarchists (re:brownshirts) are just to divert
attention from the grifters in Congress from both parties. Of course, if
history runs its' course, you'll get mulched along with the rest of us
when the professionals (re: blackshirts) come in.
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
--
�When you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. When you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a communist.�
-Archbishop Helder Camara
http://tinyurl.com/o63ruj
http://countercurrents.org/roberts020709.htm
High Miles
If he is................he's right on the money.
High Miles
> I suppose matching URLs with statements would be too much to ask of a
> dumb-ass, faux patriot, such as yourself.
>
> You ultra, reactionary, monarchists (re:brownshirts) are just to divert
> attention from the grifters in Congress from both parties. Of course, if
> history runs its' course, you'll get mulched along with the rest of us
> when the professionals (re: blackshirts) come in.
>
> "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
> merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
Didn't Eisenhower warn us - seriously - about the danger of the
military / industrial complex ?
And didn't his party ignore him ?
Jerry Okamura
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Who is right on the money? Why are they right on the money?
mg
> Obama recently approved a 2% salary increase for all federal employees
> effective January 1, 2010. Members of the executive, legislative and
> judicial branch are due for an automatic 20% pay increase in January as well. All
> this on the backs of seniors who will not incur any Cost Of Living
> Adjustment (COLA) increases for several years.
Obama has called on congress to send another $250 relief payment to
seniors.
http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/14/news/economy/obama_seniors_payment/index.htm
Congress will not be getting a pay raise in 2010.
http://www.factcheck.org/2009/09/a-zero-pay-raise-for-congress-too/
Evelyn
"mg" <mgke...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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If seniors are not getting a cola raise this year, neither should congress.
--
Evelyn
"Even as a mother protects with her life her only child, So with a boundless
heart let one cherish all living beings." --Sutta Nipata 1.8
mg
> "mg" <mgkel...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:fc50e908-3ffe-4180...@f17g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
>
> > On Jan 2, 11:12 pm, AnAmericanCitizen <NoAmne...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >> Obama recently approved a 2% salary increase for all federal employees
> >> effective January 1, 2010. Members of the executive, legislative and
> >> judicial branch are due for an automatic 20% pay increase in January as
> >> well. All
> >> this on the backs of seniors who will not incur any Cost Of Living
> >> Adjustment (COLA) increases for several years.
> > . . .
>
> > Obama has called on congress to send another $250 relief payment to
> > seniors.
>
> > Congress will not be getting a pay raise in 2010.
> >http://www.factcheck.org/2009/09/a-zero-pay-raise-for-congress-too/
>
congress.
That's very true and I think they realized how politically unpopular
that would be a long time ago. If memory serves they decided to forego
a raise in 2010 in the first quarter of 2009.
Wildbilly
<04b73b03-2a0d-433b...@b7g2000pro.googlegroups.com>,
mg <mgke...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Jan 30, 4:05�am, "Evelyn" <evelyn.r...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > "mg" <mgkel...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >
> > news:fc50e908-3ffe-4180...@f17g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > > On Jan 2, 11:12 pm, AnAmericanCitizen <NoAmne...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > >> Obama �recently approved a 2% salary increase for all federal employees
> > >> effective January 1, 2010. �Members of the executive, �legislative and
> > >> judicial branch are due for an automatic 20% pay �increase in January as
> > >> well. �All
> > >> this on the backs of �seniors who will not incur �any �Cost �Of �Living
> > >> Adjustment �(COLA) �increases �for several years.
> > > . . .
> >
> > > Obama has called on congress to send another $250 relief payment to
> > > seniors.
> > >http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/14/news/economy/obama_seniors_payment/in...
> >
> > > Congress will not be getting a pay raise in 2010.
> > >http://www.factcheck.org/2009/09/a-zero-pay-raise-for-congress-too/
> >
> ->If seniors are not getting a cola raise this year, neither should
> congress.
>
> That's very true and I think they realized how politically unpopular
> that would be a long time ago. If memory serves they decided to forego
> a raise in 2010 in the first quarter of 2009.
Just think what they could do, if we didn't spend half the world's
military budget.
>
> > --
> >
> > Evelyn
> >
> > "Even as a mother protects with her life her only child, So with a boundless
> > heart let one cherish all living beings." --Sutta Nipata 1.8
--
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100119/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_arresting_activists
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/1/19/headlines
mg
> In article
> <04b73b03-2a0d-433b-871b-6d2bae8a6...@b7g2000pro.googlegroups.com>,
>
>
>
>
>
> mg <mgkel...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > On Jan 30, 4:05 am, "Evelyn" <evelyn.r...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > "mg" <mgkel...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> > >news:fc50e908-3ffe-4180...@f17g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
>
> > > > On Jan 2, 11:12 pm, AnAmericanCitizen <NoAmne...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > > >> Obama recently approved a 2% salary increase for all federal employees
> > > >> effective January 1, 2010. Members of the executive, legislative and
> > > >> judicial branch are due for an automatic 20% pay increase in January as
> > > >> well. All
> > > >> this on the backs of seniors who will not incur any Cost Of Living
> > > >> Adjustment (COLA) increases for several years.
> > > > . . .
>
> > > > Obama has called on congress to send another $250 relief payment to
> > > > seniors.
> > > >http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/14/news/economy/obama_seniors_payment/in...
>
> > > > Congress will not be getting a pay raise in 2010.
> > > >http://www.factcheck.org/2009/09/a-zero-pay-raise-for-congress-too/
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> > ->If seniors are not getting a cola raise this year, neither should
> > congress.
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> > That's very true and I think they realized how politically unpopular
> > that would be a long time ago. If memory serves they decided to forego
> > a raise in 2010 in the first quarter of 2009.
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-> the world's military budget.
That's for sure. That's where the big money is.
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> > > Evelyn
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> > > "Even as a mother protects with her life her only child, So with a boundless
> > > heart let one cherish all living beings." --Sutta Nipata 1.8
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> "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
> merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
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