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Pharaoh

(8,209 posts)
Wed Dec 19, 2012, 10:42 PM Dec 2012

Nancy Pelosi Says Social Security Cut Proposed By Obama Would 'Strengthen' Program

Traitors.......................


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/19/nancy-pelosi-social-security_n_2333285.html


The chained CPI works by assuming that when the price of a product, such as beef, gets too high, consumers don't keep paying the higher prices. Instead, the model predicts they will switch to something cheaper, such as chicken, keeping their cost of living lower and leading to a lower rate of inflation, as measured by the chained CPI. The lower rate of inflation would mean a downward adjustment in cost of living, and thus stingier benefits.

The cuts would start small, but wind up costing beneficiaries thousands of dollars over time, which is why Democrats have traditionally fought the idea.

But Pelosi wrapped both her arms around it Wednesday, insisting she does not regard it as a "cut."

"No, I don’t," she told reporters. "I consider it a strengthening of Social Security, but that’s neither here nor there."

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Nancy Pelosi Says Social Security Cut Proposed By Obama Would 'Strengthen' Program (Original Post) Pharaoh Dec 2012 OP
the cut that Obama said the GOP asked for? Enrique Dec 2012 #1
And when chicken gets too expensive ... GeorgeGist Dec 2012 #2
https://twitter.com/NancyPelosi OFF THE CLIFF! nt Pryderi Dec 2012 #3
Nancy Pelosi should retire... She thinks she is a Republican. Agnosticsherbet Dec 2012 #4

Enrique

(27,461 posts)
1. the cut that Obama said the GOP asked for?
Wed Dec 19, 2012, 10:45 PM
Dec 2012

nice to know the GOP is so interested in strengthening Social Security.

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)
4. Nancy Pelosi should retire... She thinks she is a Republican.
Wed Dec 19, 2012, 11:51 PM
Dec 2012

From no on, I will have to write her name thus, Congressman Pelosi Rep.

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