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Edited on Wed Sep-14-11 10:47 AM by CoffeeCat
Obama spent weeks touting the "reforms" and "changes" that were necessary with the Soc Sec program.
Hasn't Obama also put Social Security cuts 'on the table' during the recent debt-ceiling debate?
We all know that "reform", "cuts", and "changes" are code words when it comes to Social Security. It means a slow, systematic dismantling of this program.
It's what the corporations want and it's what the neocons and the elites want. Unfortunately, most of our politicians are beholden to *these* interest groups and no longer listening to "We The People".
Both parties are willing to cut Social Security and begin the great dismantling.
Rick Perry may be more blatant about it. Obama and other Democrats may use more euphemisms and pretty marketing speech. But in the end--the rich, connected and powerful want Soc Sec destroyed and Obama putting Soc Sec 'on the table' and his willingness to use the corporatist lines about Soc Sec being "an entitlement" and position the program as one that is in dire need of change--says quite a bit.
So sorry--I'm not seeing Perry and Obama on opposite sides of the Soc Sec issue. Their rhetoric may be different, and the neocons/corporatist may not attain their goals as fast as they would with Perry in office--but I do not SEE Obama standing up and fighting like hell (in words and in deeds) to preserve Social Security and other essential programs, such as Medicare, Medicaid.
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