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MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)
12. The NY Times is CORRECT. Or the White House is lying, too.
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 09:20 AM
Feb 2012
The Moment of Truth: Report of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform

A majority of the commission voted for the thing.

It even has the White House seal on the front cover!

Speaking of the White House, THEY refer to it as the Fiscal Commission Report. From the 2012 Budget:

The Fiscal Commission’s report opened a debate on many of these topics, such as tax reform and Social Security. The President hopes to build on the work they did to create space to discuss these issues, and begin a process of reform that results in putting the Nation on sound fiscal footing, creating the conditions for long-term economic growth, and doing both in a way that remains true to our most deeply-held values.


(Notice above that, again, Obama is using his hand-picked anti-Social-Security commission as an excuse to continue his assault on Social Security! Shame!)

So while the White House and its flacks might want to pretend that Simpson-Bowles didn't exist, now that election time is here and the 99% are finally realizing how badly they're getting crushed, it certainly did exist in all of its dark majesty.

It's true that they didn't have enough commissioner votes to have their report automatically be subjected to an up-or-down vote in Congress, but that's different than what the OP claims.

So, I request that either you alter this post, or add a post to similarly call out the White House as liars.

Thanks.
You are ruining manufactured outrage with FACTS!!! JoePhilly Feb 2012 #1
Mischaracterization (specifically, trying to pass off RW propaganda as "news") is about 95% of ... Faryn Balyncd Feb 2012 #2
Thank you, Faryn Balyncd JDPriestly Feb 2012 #7
There we go, this is the answer. Bunch of liars, "we can't afford ..." Yes, we can. closeupready Feb 2012 #15
Message deleted by the DU Administrators safgertrt Feb 2012 #3
"The New York Times badly misled readers..." unkachuck Feb 2012 #4
Nor does anybody care outside of the Beltway, the think tanks and the newspaper editorial boards bluestateguy Feb 2012 #5
Your words fairly sum it all up. truedelphi Feb 2012 #8
Follow the dollars. Less Medicare means more federal money McCamy Taylor Feb 2012 #6
I stopped reading the NYT because its editorials and its hand chosen truedelphi Feb 2012 #9
The only thing in defense of the NYT is that it is a company town paper and the main WCGreen Feb 2012 #10
I am sorry, but the entire philosophy of what constitutes real journalism does not truedelphi Feb 2012 #21
Untrue! Simpson and Bowles have completed their report and submitted it electronically. TrollBuster9090 Feb 2012 #11
The NY Times is CORRECT. Or the White House is lying, too. MannyGoldstein Feb 2012 #12
False, surely? Yo_Mama Feb 2012 #13
Thank you! MannyGoldstein Feb 2012 #14
indeed. i wish you would make an OP out of both the times piece and the facts you present? nt xchrom Feb 2012 #17
Why don't you? Yo_Mama Feb 2012 #18
I wish I had words of consolation or to say you're wrong. xchrom Feb 2012 #20
I read the NYT piece Alcibiades Feb 2012 #16
This "report" was little better than the Ryan Plan. SunSeeker Feb 2012 #19
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