Reply #64: And here's the exact context and quote for you Mad

[Catherina]

Co-chairman Alan Simpson, along with Dave Camp, Judd Gregg, Tom Coburn and Mike Crapo, made statements supporting cutting or privatizing Social Security. Sen. Richard Durbin told "bleeding-heart liberals" to be open to Social Security cuts. Alice Rivlin co-authored a 2005 report titled Restoring Fiscal Sanity that advocated $47 billion in entitlement cuts, including an "increase in the retirement age under Social Security."

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/commentary/commentary-hands-off-social-security-there-are-better-769878.html

By ANDREW TAYLOR
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - The co-chairman of President Barack Obama's deficit reduction commission said Tuesday that Obama would endorse its findings, including politically toxic tax increases and painful cuts to retirement benefits that the president was unwilling to propose on his own.

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“Conservatives on this commission need to open their minds to the safety net in our country and the troubling plight of many working Americans,” said panel member Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate. “And the bleeding-heart liberals on this commission have to open their mind to what it takes to inspire competition and economic growth in our economy and make real sacrifices to strengthen our nation.”

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But the options for curbing the deficit _ cutting spending on popular entitlement programs and broad-based tax increases _ are so politically toxic that the only way Obama and his Democratic allies controlling Congress are willing to take them on during this midterm election year is through the commission.

The powerful seniors' lobby AARP issued a news release warning it to "Take Social Security Off the Table for Deficit Reduction

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From the article "Deficit panel leader says Obama will OK findings" http://www.wtop.com/?sid=1937572&nid=111

And there you have it ladies and gentleman, the elderly and the poor can subsidize the free ride of the rich courtesy of our Democratic Majority.