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Showing Original Post only (View all)Obama is about to throw Medicare and SSD recipients under the bus in pursuit of a budget deal [View all]
The deal would increase spending by $80 bill over two years, and would be offset by Social Security Disability and Medicare benefit cuts. A Democratic president, striking a deal on the backs of those who can least afford it. I have no words for this. (Well, actually I do, but nothing I'd care to repeat in polite company.)
From The New York Times:
[font size=5]Congress and White House Near Budget Deal[/font]
[font size=2]By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN | OCT. 26, 2015[/font]
WASHINGTON Congressional leaders and the Obama administration are close to a crucial budget deal that would modestly increase domestic spending over the next two years, make cuts in social programs and raise the federal borrowing limit. The accord would avert a potentially cataclysmic default on the governments debt and dispense with perhaps the most divisive issue in Washington just before Speaker John A. Boehner is expected to turn over his gavel to Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin.
While congressional aides cautioned that the deal was not yet clinched, officials briefed on the negotiations said the emerging accord would increase spending by $80 billion, not including emergency war funding, over two years above the previously agreed-upon budget caps.
Those increases would be offset by cuts in spending on Medicare and Social Security disability benefits, as well as savings or revenue from an array of other programs, including changes to the nations strategic petroleum reserves.
If the deal happens, it would represent a significant breakthrough after years of gridlock in Congress, especially on fiscal issues, as each side compromised on a core issue. It also would give Mr. Ryan a clean start as speaker and Republicans a reset on trying to convince voters that they can be an effective governing majority.
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[font size=2]By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN | OCT. 26, 2015[/font]
WASHINGTON Congressional leaders and the Obama administration are close to a crucial budget deal that would modestly increase domestic spending over the next two years, make cuts in social programs and raise the federal borrowing limit. The accord would avert a potentially cataclysmic default on the governments debt and dispense with perhaps the most divisive issue in Washington just before Speaker John A. Boehner is expected to turn over his gavel to Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin.
While congressional aides cautioned that the deal was not yet clinched, officials briefed on the negotiations said the emerging accord would increase spending by $80 billion, not including emergency war funding, over two years above the previously agreed-upon budget caps.
Those increases would be offset by cuts in spending on Medicare and Social Security disability benefits, as well as savings or revenue from an array of other programs, including changes to the nations strategic petroleum reserves.
If the deal happens, it would represent a significant breakthrough after years of gridlock in Congress, especially on fiscal issues, as each side compromised on a core issue. It also would give Mr. Ryan a clean start as speaker and Republicans a reset on trying to convince voters that they can be an effective governing majority.
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Obama is about to throw Medicare and SSD recipients under the bus in pursuit of a budget deal [View all]
markpkessinger
Oct 2015
OP
I just researched a lot as I am going to be 65...here is the info you need and info on bills to stop
Gloria
Oct 2015
#99
Screw that. Let the Republicans take the heat for throwing the country into default if they dare.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Oct 2015
#2
I don't care about Ryan having a clean start! What I DO care about is a shutdown!
napi21
Oct 2015
#69
From the little I've heard, the adjustments to Medicarer and Disability are to be very minor
napi21
Oct 2015
#89
Those already on Medicare B were already going to be protected from premium hikes. It is
liberal_at_heart
Oct 2015
#91
Norm said the ubcreased charges to medicare becsause of no COLA this year were NOT
napi21
Oct 2015
#106
People know when something isn't fair. I don't know how they calculate COLA but I guarantee
liberal_at_heart
Oct 2015
#122
A "minor adjustment" to some is a major problem for people at the bottom end of the scale.
hobbit709
Oct 2015
#111
Tom Cole thought this was a good deal. Tom Cole. That tells me the long term pain inflicted
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Oct 2015
#107
My sentiment is not 'burn out of spite'. It's don't accept long term damage in return for a short
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Oct 2015
#144
We've had enough obamlicans lately! I want the old Democratic Party back...
cascadiance
Oct 2015
#27
no sooner than the election was over he came out with the CPI talk and I knew I had been had again.
DJ13
Oct 2015
#90
Obama did characterize himself as a RayGun Democrat before the GE in 2008. Unfortunately he
cpompilo
Oct 2015
#105
This is another example of a corporatist Democratic President screwing the American people...
TheProgressive
Oct 2015
#5
I'm sick and tired of the compassionate conservatives that have infiltrated the Democratic Party.
Ed Suspicious
Oct 2015
#46
More voters are getting the right glasses on to see what's underneath these bums!
cascadiance
Oct 2015
#65
Tonight Rachel Maddow brought this news up with Bernie and he said absolutley he would not
appalachiablue
Oct 2015
#58
Notify Sanders to stop voting on this bloated program, I saw today of the bloated helmet cost.
Thinkingabout
Oct 2015
#48
I know ... It would be comically sad, if it weren't so typical of DU these days ...
1StrongBlackMan
Oct 2015
#112
Why would having a medical exam make it harder for a person with a legitimate condition
pnwmom
Oct 2015
#66
As someone who is on disability, and in pain management, I see a LOT of fraud going on in my area.
Ghost in the Machine
Oct 2015
#101
they are requiring that doctors instead of SS people look at the applications first
dsc
Oct 2015
#120
Many of us are already paying 10% penalty TAXES on early redistribution of 401ks or IRAs
cascadiance
Oct 2015
#31
If equal distributions are taken yearly after 50-59 the 10% penalty can be avoided in certain
Thinkingabout
Oct 2015
#35
Spoken like someone who hasn't been screwed by this economy like so many others have...
cascadiance
Oct 2015
#39
I wish I could say you are wrong, been there done that, went back to work.
Thinkingabout
Oct 2015
#49
Yup. Any time the government predicts a 'savings' on any program that provides services to people
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Oct 2015
#108
The boy has been crying wolf for so many years I don't pay the slightest attention.
betsuni
Oct 2015
#45
So do you still think you should start developing a taste for cat food because of this deal?
Cali_Democrat
Oct 2015
#179
I won't believe anything that comes from ananomous sources printed by the NY Times, AKA Judy Miller
still_one
Oct 2015
#32
Anyone still getting outraged over headlines and snippets needs a refresher course in
Fred Sanders
Oct 2015
#52
Yes, the reality that people are being screwed by Democrats to "play nice" with the Republicans...
cascadiance
Oct 2015
#68
Obama and Korporate Amerika are at war with the retired now! Let that be known...
cascadiance
Oct 2015
#67
In exactly two months I will be at the age I can finally--------------------
turbinetree
Oct 2015
#62
I was just informed by my supposedly union, International Brother of Teamsters .....................
turbinetree
Oct 2015
#135
He has been wanting to do this since day one. He is a neoliberal, Third Way, corporate politician
emsimon33
Oct 2015
#63
How about we stop paying "defense" contractors for equipment even the Pentagon doesn't want?
dflprincess
Oct 2015
#74
Tom Cole likes it. That alone tells me it's a crappy deal for the poor.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Oct 2015
#110
And its the usual suspects that will accept any deal under a Democratic leader.
liberal_at_heart
Oct 2015
#134