Obama Plans to Hit Road With Oh-So-Popular Message of Cutting Social Security and Medicare

... (like military and oil subsidies) and where to strengthen (SS and Medicare) and where to invest (education, infrastructure).


How much of an economic boost would it be if the federal government bought some of this debt like the Occupy movement?

civic leaders, labor and business
where are the people in this??

they might want to sell the SS trust bonds to debt collectors for pennies on the dollar.

There is no specific mention of SS or Medicare in the article. Also, they are using Woodward (Woodward?) as a source.

I think he did refer to the recent Woodward documents.

http://presspass.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/11/15089281-white-house-grand-bargain-offer-to-speaker-boehner-obtained-by-bob-woodward

... or we need to send a very loud message to get with the program.

because the clear intent on his part is to ram this attack on the Safety Net through before people know what's happening.

If there is a Athens style march on D.C. I'll be there, and wouldn't miss it for the world. On the other hand, if all the "loser liberals" and "whipped dog progressives" are planning on waiting -once again- until it's too late to stop another Obama Betrayal, I'll be in the bar, waiting to tell you "I told you so."

and you'll see the usual assortment of morons and goons around here standing on their chairs and cheering.

Whip us! Beat us! Send our kids to war! We love you Obama!

by cutting benefits. You're propagating a right-wing talking point. What the president should do is GROW IT.

... lifted and SS taxes taken from capital gains. That would strengthen the program.

"Grow" would imply more beneficiaries wouldn't it? Are you advocating lowering the age?

of the benefit cutters. If the president is really firmly against any benefit cuts, period. Then he should say that.

Grow mean just what it says - more benefits, more beneficiaries, more money.

Many (most?) Americans think of "strengthening" as making more secure. "Grow", frankly is a much easier word to co-opt, using exactly the words you used: more, more, more.

he isn't a liberal. My R friends like to says he's liberal. But he's not a liberal. But cutting these programs is only a good idea 100 years from now! That is far enough out to fix the problem.

... which makes me laugh and scratch my head at the same time, because the TRUE Obama is obviously center-right.

so far and I trust him to continue doing so.

just kidding.

took a look at what was in this sequestrian, and Social Security as well as medicare are not in the cuts. The document I saw had Defense cuts and tax increases for everybody across the Board. It also had cuts in Food stamps as well as unemployment benefits. Unemployment benefits will not be extended. This will hurt the republicans more and people within their Districts.

The sequestrian cuts has nothing to do with whatever document Bob Woodward has. President Obama has more leaverage now than earlier so I don't know what Woodward thinks he wants to accomplish here by interjecting himself into the Discussions? As far as I'm concerned he is a snake. He needs to go back into the Black Hole he slithered out of.

As far as the Unions, this author needs to rethink or he will make the same miscalculations the GOP did in this Election. The Unions have a lot of power now after this election and their performance in the Midwest. Guess how far 2014 is with elections, specifically in Ohio,Illimois, Wisconsin,Florida and yes California. Rick Scott maybe an endangered species in the next elections if the Obama organization keep their ground forces ready to go. They can really go after some of these Republicans in these Blue States if they don't stand down. And they are not that far from taking over the House.

His ego will not permit him to shut up, no matter his irrelevance.