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kelliekat44

(7,759 posts)
Tue Sep 30, 2014, 12:09 PM Sep 2014

Bingo!! There it is. President's Budget included cuts to SS. Nevermind that the PBudget had to

include cuts in personnel across the board as a result of sequestration and the process of submitting budgets within the PBudget is that heads of agencies cannot ask for more than the overall PBudget calls for. That's why Congress uses such opportunities to recommend more money than has be asked for but really only approves (except in cases of favorite agencies like NIH and Defense) the budget that cuts what they want.

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Bingo!! There it is. President's Budget included cuts to SS. Nevermind that the PBudget had to (Original Post) kelliekat44 Sep 2014 OP
Was this discussed in the hearing right now? riderinthestorm Sep 2014 #1
Why cut it newfie11 Sep 2014 #2
It seems to be the dream of both the GOP and the Third Way. djean111 Sep 2014 #3
Obviously all rich or insane and possibly both newfie11 Oct 2014 #4
Corporateering philosophy is to dump public sector costs. HereSince1628 Oct 2014 #5
Huh? That's old news, his budget back then did include the cuts, and that was a bad move nt geek tragedy Oct 2014 #6
I like keeping things like this in view so that just maybe, during campaign season, prospective djean111 Oct 2014 #7
 

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)
1. Was this discussed in the hearing right now?
Tue Sep 30, 2014, 12:16 PM
Sep 2014

If so, did the republicans have even a bit of guilt on their faces??



newfie11

(8,159 posts)
4. Obviously all rich or insane and possibly both
Wed Oct 1, 2014, 07:50 AM
Oct 2014

If they were like most Americans they would look forward to that extra money during retirement.

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
5. Corporateering philosophy is to dump public sector costs.
Wed Oct 1, 2014, 07:53 AM
Oct 2014

From government's view this 'serves the public' by keeping taxes low.
From the privateers view, it's motivation for the government to give away revenue streams.

Although SS isn't a tax as such, managers of investments take huge amounts of the gains and face no-risk. Such low risk money-making makes turning over SS to private companies the holy grail

 

djean111

(14,255 posts)
7. I like keeping things like this in view so that just maybe, during campaign season, prospective
Wed Oct 1, 2014, 10:10 AM
Oct 2014

candidates can be asked how they feel about things like this. On the record. Not that candidates feel as if they should actually stand by their campaign blather, but at least we can get an idea of what to watch out for.

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