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In reply to the discussion: BHO will never ever sign a cut to SS [View all]stupidicus
(2,570 posts)21. well, that's likely the most widely understood cause
I've long been convinced it's because it's what he wants to do, as he seemed to make clear with a speech he gave way back in 2006 about how so many wanna wrongly cling to things as "written in 1938".
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Since it's the Obama administration itself that keeps saying SS cuts are on the table...
forestpath
Feb 2013
#9
Gotta help pay for the largess bestowed upon Amgen and the tax cuts for those earning $250,000
indepat
Feb 2013
#12
It's especially quaint how income above that $250,000 threshold is free of social security
indepat
Feb 2013
#22
The President had wanted $250,000, but settled for $450,000. Now social security beneficiaries
indepat
Feb 2013
#62
Obama's "deficit" committee voted to recommend a 22% cut to the average recipient's benefits
MannyGoldstein
Feb 2013
#50
The President is STILL sticking to the shitty Gang of Six plan from at least 2011.
Poll_Blind
Feb 2013
#20
It's been the most telling thing, IMO, to see how he's chosen to spend the...
Poll_Blind
Feb 2013
#29
I haven't seen numbers that say raising the cap will make the program solvent until 2057
iandhr
Feb 2013
#35
Exactly, but don't raise the cap, eliminate it. SS does not contribute a penny to the deficit.
xtraxritical
Feb 2013
#39
l received an answer from a letter I wrote to Sen. Vitter of LA about ss problems.
juajen
Feb 2013
#56
Elderly Republicans have been warning that Obama wants to cut Medicare and Social
JDPriestly
Feb 2013
#46