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In reply to the discussion: CNN: corker just confirmed...chained CPI off the table.. [View all]Tom Rinaldo
(22,912 posts)40. Reid: "we’ll not agree to cut Social Security benefits as part of a small or short-term agreement.”
Off the table for now. From above:
Sunday afternoon, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) went down to the Senate floor to make his position explicit and public. Were willing to make difficult concessions as part of a balanced, comprehensive agreement, he said, but well not agree to cut Social Security benefits as part of a small or short-term agreement.
I'm glad ii's not on the table for any New Year's Eve deal, but that is all that we can be sure of for now. That is what the context for the statement is about. Attempts to achieve a "grand bargain" have not been called off and at some point new negotiations will begin. The "fiscal cliff" is a warm up to "the debt ceiling."
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Agreed. He should not have put the chained CPI on the table, but I am glad that he is
JDPriestly
Dec 2012
#78
The people who screamed bloody murder get the credit. Those who tried to shut
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#80
Dems know the Repubicans will accuse them of cutting Social Security during the next election
Samantha
Dec 2012
#24
Just because Prez Obama offered them chained CPI before doesn't mean he's offering it now
magical thyme
Dec 2012
#41
Ever consider the possibility of posturing as a negotiating tactic to create a public uproar?
proverbialwisdom
Dec 2012
#27
As one who has successfully negotiated in difficult situations, I would say it is pretty stupid.
JDPriestly
Dec 2012
#79
I am a very small white woman. I look older, middle class if not disheveled.
JDPriestly
Dec 2012
#91
That is exactly how some people will view it. The corporatists who are in control will merely
plethoro
Dec 2012
#50
I post Friday that this might happen. Will it help the Republicans as long as they
plethoro
Dec 2012
#53
"because we can't win an argument that has Social Security for seniors versus taxes for the rich."
hootinholler
Dec 2012
#45
Reid: "we’ll not agree to cut Social Security benefits as part of a small or short-term agreement.”
Tom Rinaldo
Dec 2012
#40
No, I don't think so. He said at the very beginning that SS did not contribute to the
juajen
Dec 2012
#74
Damn well better be. SSI is spit in the ocean. These obstinate bastards are trying
geckosfeet
Dec 2012
#61
I'm pretty sure there's a good reason congress saw fit to draft their own
NorthCarolina
Dec 2012
#66
Good. I called my entire delegation, as well as incoming's, about it. Guess they got the message.nt
silvershadow
Dec 2012
#76