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bradley manning again
apparently the pushback from uh...
from these a different op eds and in
the wake p jake rally the
state department spokesperson being fired for stating the obvious that
the treatment of bradley manning has been stupid and
counterproductive
and unnecessary
uh...
that the other development
just don't think it underwear away
but they put a mimic a large burlap sack
an engineered burlap sack
that is uh...
consistent wave
the humiliation and uh...
he tends to break someone down in prison
uh...
that there's actually a quote from manning
uh... this is comes from a report from him though i am still required stripped
and make it in my cell and i i am now given that's mark
first i did not want to wear this item of clothing due to how course it was and
how come comfortable it felt however
the break now orders me to where the smock
so there you have
heads really is stunning
it really is stunning and this
there was a report somewhere that
obama was
looking for ways to reach out to his base
which is reaching out to
some form of responsibility and in this day it's just stunning
uh...
and this story which
really set alarm bells off for me
there
and enviar the arm
jonathan shot at the new republic who is
the new republic a corset their job it is to be the
responsible
element of the democratic party in other words they're basically just the
establishment and administration ask issues
more often than
and
at
he quotes this piece from alexander bolton in the hale
which is a
sort of like uh... you know it's a small
mal paper that goes to staffers and whatnot
you know again when you see stuff like this
it just sets off alarm bells with me because it is clearly somebody's trying
to frame the context of the day
and the
title of this piece of sh carry reform splits white house
political and economic teams
now we have her
earned for months
that there was rumor that obama may bring up
uh... social security
quote-unquote reform which means cuts the social security
completely
completely
irrelevant in terms of the deficit
social security is i mean i guess to the extent that you know
it's relevant in the same way that if we said we're going to default on all our
bonds and all our lungs
that would be relevant to the deficit to
if we didn't have to pay me back anybody back for anything
then yes we would cut our deficit
but then if we were gonna pay anybody back for anything
we would have to worry about the deficit
because it would be one
if we defaulted on all of our loans in our bonds
and of course yes
there would be no deficit
so that's what you would have to say
uh...
is the only connection between the deficit in soc carry
uh... that that's just the reality
we have this story
with a year
treasury secretary kemp the diner national economic council director gene
sperling and sperling stepping jason furman leading figures in the
president's economic team
are pressing obama to cut social security benefits if necessary
say sources familiar with their positions
but obama is political team
led by david axelrod did apply often jim sena
urging the president to understand that backing benefit cuts could prove
disastrous to his twenty twelve election hopes sources say
the political team is winning the argument so far but internal debate
rages at the white house
as republicans in congress insists weeping efforts to restore government
finances
must include social security reform
there are two camps the source ad
added
one camp wants to be able to throw a bone to the republicans and some
centrist democrats
the political people prefer not to be accused of being the party that cut
social security in those ways
some political people would like to see the president out there defending the
program in making the case it has nothing to do with the deficit
when i read something like this
that there is a leak
from of the white house obviously m is obviously come for the white house
the responsible in economic people
the economic advisers say we must cust or security
and uh... political people
are saying don't cut it 'cause it's bad for electoral politics
i get very very worried
in addition obviously
to these economic and advisers
who are basically saying to the president
look you can default on
the loans
that have been offered to us by the soc kerti trust fund
you can default on those bonds
and these are interest-bearing bonds remembered
the loans at the social security
trust fund has made
to the general fund arb are is actually bearing interest
hundreds of billions of dollars of interest
you can default on those promises because there is word those are those
his money lent to us by
by workers
by the middle class
we would never ever think to suggest
that you default on the loans that were paid to us by
foreign countries
by large institutional players
by millionaires and billionaires who have
treasury bonds
or investment bankers for that matter
will but treasury bonds uh...
because they were solid investment
a solid safe and secure investment
those we would never suggest you default on
the ones coming from so security yes we would we would we would suggest you do
uh... this piece also says the trust fund has a
theoretical
two point six trillion surplus
but that money has been spent by the federal government
like general revenues
so if this is fascinating phrasing it
because we would never say
well yes you have a bond but it's theoretical
yes it's on paper but it's theoretical it's a theoretically
theoretically the u_s_ government will pay back
know what we say in those instances is that this is backed by the full faith
and credit of the united states
which makes it the safest investment
probably in the world at this point
which is why interest rates are so low
which is why when you lower less money we give you such a small return because
it's so safe and secure
but the use of theoretical in this context
you
is a clear indication of where the writer is coming from
and then we have jonathan
try it
responding that of this would be a great move by the president
i'd argue that politically speaking andy can you imagine
we know all the numbers on social security right we know that
and in fact i would argue that it was the the polls that came out
at the end of last year that show that republicans are more trusted its most
security than democrats are now
the republican party who has been trying to dismantle social security for seventy
years
is more trusted than democrats
we know that poll after poll after poll after poll
trovit eighty percent of the american people say
do not touch social security
that would include some tea party years that would include many republicans
so we know that
but riot argues
politically speaking obtaining a bipartisan deal on the deficit is likely
to be popular
while the specifics of cutting entitlements are extremely unpopular
the general met our message of bipartisan cooperation
highly popular
people tend to fall the broad
the respects
of whether the parties are getting along rather than the specifics
a new story
you cut people's pension that they and their ancestors have paid into
their parents at paid into it
justin's in the same way that
your parents benefited from their parents paying into the system
that's not
likely to be defeated by the bride humorous takes
a bipartisan support but this of course
is part of the agenda this is the
the sales job
of the monied elite and their water carriers
in the establishment media
to the american public that live here
yes
the sixty percent of u who rely on social security for over fifty percent
of your retirement income
the nex quintile which is surely
about two edgy into that same category
of relying on social differ more than fifty percent of your retirement income
because your four o_ one k_ is
we're devastated
you will be yeah
bask in the heuristics of
bipartisan support
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