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Response to RBInMaine (Reply #3)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 10:40 PM

limpyhobbler (6,632 posts)

4. Cuts are not needed. He should veto cuts to vital social programs as Bill Clinton did in 1995.

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Cuts to Medicare, Social Security, Medicaid or Veterans benefits should be vetoed.

If the Congress can muster 2/3 to override a veto fine.

Otherwise I don't understand what you are arguing for.

What is the point of having a Democrat for President if he will not even veto Social Security cuts?

Obama is giving away half the stuff before even going into the haggling. That's a pretty crappy negotiating technique. He's not stupid, so he must be doing it on purpose.

If the President signs cuts to social programs without making Congress come up with a 2/3 majority, that will be a betrayal of middle-class and working-class America.

ymmv.

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6 replies	Author	Time	Post
President Obama's Speech On Fiscal Cliff: I Refuse To Accept Any Approach That Is Not Balanced [View all]	mucifer	Nov 2012	OP
What programs is he planning to cut in this balancing act?	limpyhobbler	Nov 2012	#1
I think your post is purist bullshit. He isn't giving away half the store. He held the line on a	RBInMaine	Nov 2012	#3
Cuts are not needed. He should veto cuts to vital social programs as Bill Clinton did in 1995.	limpyhobbler	Nov 2012	#4
Dont Listen to the Other Guy. You are 100% Correct	boingboinh	Nov 2012	#5
er... I think things are still up in the air. Obama is honest, I don't think he presented anything	limpyhobbler	Nov 2012	#6
Good for him.	rosesaylavee	Nov 2012	#2

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