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paleotn

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6. Reagan and Tip O'Neill did exactly that.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sun Jun 28, 2026, 09:02 PM

4 hrs ago

And congratulated each other for doing it because it was the right thing to do. Time to do it again. In fact, it's time to link the cap to inflation so it adjusts annually, and we don't have to re-fight this fight 40 years from now. In 1983, it had huge bipartisan support.

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Reagan and Tip O'Neill did exactly that. paleotn 4 hrs ago #6