This Week in the Mercury
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
$$$ / Politics Obama: No Guarantees Social Security Checks Will Go Out If the Debt-Ceiling Deal Doesn't Go Through
Posted by Paul Constant on Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 2:59 PM
What will the teabaggers do now? I would love it if they had to march on Washington D.C. to get their checks.
In an interview with CBS Evening News, President Obama says he can't guarantee Social Security checks will go out Aug. 3rd if a debt-ceiling deal is not reached by the Aug. 2nd deadline.
Threatening old peoples' Social Security is ice-cold, but Obama doesn't really have any other choice; just this morning, John Boehner said the debt ceiling was President Obama's problem. (Presumably, Boehner is too busy creating jobs to worry himself with the debt limit).
Most Commented on Blogtown, PDX
-
Scenes from the the No on Fluoride Party. Which Is Winning by Denis C. Theriault
-
Bunkered Down: Pro-fluoride Edition by Dirk VanderHart
-
Fluoride 2013: Let's Just Start Drinking a Poison We All Agree On (Hint: It's Alcohol) by Denis C. Theriault
-
Gloaters Gonna Gloat by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey
-
Game of Thrones Recap: Wedding Bells Edition by Joe Streckert
-
Birth of a Killer Tornado by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey
-
Union Way by Marjorie Skinner
-
If You Missed KBOO's Election Roundup (with Yours Truly as a Guest), Listen Here by Denis C. Theriault
-
Steven Spielberg Presents Halo: The Television Series by Bobby Roberts
-
Tweet Wars: Michael Ian Black vs. Marc Maron by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey
Our Friends
- UrbanHonking
- Culture Shock
- Portland Roundball Society
- Steph Cassano
- Cort and Fatboy
- Street Roots
- Powell's Books Blog
- Portland Transport
- Portland Afoot
- Bike Portland
- Eater: PDX
- Portland Food and Drink
- Mr. Movie
- Sunday Softball
- BlueOregon
- Sightline Institute
- Ultra: Arts Portland
- Bitch Magazine
- Blazer's Edge
- Reading Local: Portland
- Portland Food Carts
- Stumptown Vegans
Our Enemies
RSSGoing to Seattle?
