Okay, I'll shut up and go and do some sprouting.

lol

Melody

sprouting is soooo much better for your health than letting this back and forth between them all upset you

they will work something out....they all want votes!!

it is very frustrating not being able to talk about politics in a topic , social security disability, where politics is everything to it, from staffing levels to handle claims, to the number of alj's, to degree of difficulty to get on ssdi, to congress people who should be contacted to look into a delay in claim or payment,to cost of living increases, to potential or advocated cuts, ad infinitum. these are all political decisions. this particular section of neuro talk should have the no politics rule eased.

Today, when I went shopping I met up with a person that I know. I asked her "Do you think the checks will go out?" She said "I am not worried one little bit" I said "really???" How come?

She said "They have to send us the checks, it's against the law if they don't, don't you know that?"

No I didn't know that, but I'm certainly going to look into that.

lol

Melody

You can discuss most of those things without it getting political or biased.
The difficulty arises when certain political parties or members of such, or the president starts to get blamed personally. Some members may agree on something, but others might have a totally differing viewpoint - that's when the issues arise.

We've been through all this and have seen the problems come up many times, so we just prefer very limited discussion on Politics for peace & harmony on the main pages of the site.

We do have the Social Group sections available where there is a more open format for deeper discussion. We suggested using it during the last election and it worked well.
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/group.php

You can even start your own group if the others don't fit for what you want to discuss.

If you want to discuss the NeuroTalk guidelines or other forum related topics, the Community & Forum Feedback - is the place to post.
(Discuss ideas and offer feedback about our community here. It's a also a place to ask any questions you may have about the community itself.)
here-
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum3.html

Discussing politics is not the problem as much as getting into partisan arguments. We don't have rules saying NO POLITICS!, only that the discussion should be very *limited*. So you can still discuss the issues without disrespecting any specific politician or party.

During the 08 elections, we relaxed the rules for a while and there were battles on many forums where those who are usually friends were going for each other and our inbox full of reported posts for flaming etc.

So again, discussing the politics of the issue is not prohibited....it is becoming *partisan*, disrespecting a specific politician or party, or potentially starting a political argument that is not ok

All I can say it better be here the middle class and lower class people have carried this country long enough!!!!!!

I have a question I haven't been able to find an answer for. Maybe one of you can tell me:

Where is it specified what doesn't get paid 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc., if the country defaults on its debts?

In other words, why are SS, SSI, veterans etc first to go?

Why not congressional salaries?

White House staff salaries?

ALL federal salaries cut 50%?

Huh?

That's a great question......I'd love to know, too.