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In reply to the discussion: Obama "Open to Compromise".... [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Not to worry, this time the people 'got this' and one encouraging thing he did state that this time he 'heard' the people. So I'm optimistic.
Anyone in this country who meddles with SS learns, as others have, that no matter what party you belong to, you are stepping on a 'third rail'. Bush learned it, Paul Ryan learned it. Up to now no Democrat has even attempted it although a few Third Wayers have hinted at it.
So with the huge support for making sure Republicans do not try to use this Lame Duck session to bring up SS as even part of the Deficit discussion and the majority of Americans totally opposed to mixing SS in with the Deficit, it would be political suicide, as it always has been, for any politician to even try it.
And anyone who cares about this President is advising him not to fall for any Republican attempts to force SS into the Deficit discussions.
Of course Right Wingers would love to see him be the first Dem to do so because they know what that would do the Dem Party. Therefore they WILL push to use SS and this President will need all the support he can get to resist those tricks. That's the job of US citizens.