2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Can we get honest here ... [View all]Proud Liberal Dem
(24,414 posts)don't like the policy but let's not lose our heads over this. President Obama put it out there as a proposal, which is all it is at this time- telling Republicans what he'd be WILLING to offer in exchange for higher taxes on the wealthy. He has NOT cut Social Security by executive fiat. It is NOT law. It is not even likely to become law. Whether you think that he should've proposed it or "put it on the table" or not is debatable but lots of stuff gets put on the table for negotiations that never ends up becoming law, so why should anybody assume that that's what will happen here? Lots of people are acting as though it's being immediately adopted (without concessions from the Republicans no less). People are spending a lot more time wringing hands over a relatively modest proposal to readjust cost-of-living adjustments to Social Security but losing sight of the fact that, if given the opportunity, the Republicans will adopt policies much more harmful and damaging to the future of Social Security, Medicare, etc.