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In reply to the discussion: Obama: Dems don't get enough credit for willingness to cut Social Security and Medicare [View all]gulliver
(13,180 posts)Based on Obama's actions, the so-called cuts he is reportedly willing to accept are certain to be just like the "cuts" to Medicare. The "cuts" would be on paper, politically advantageous, and calculated and counterbalanced to have a strong net positive effect on the middle and working classes. When I see more posts from Manny and the broken record squad attacking Republicans on Social Security and Medicare for a change, maybe I will take them seriously. Why bother even reading them until then? They can't judge Obama's commitment by his actions to date and can't see the true, avowed, and active enemies of Social Security and Medicare, the Republicans.
Manny's posts represent a misguided attitude that creates a false equivalence with Republicans and badly hurts the causes Manny claims to support. Maybe he would like to see a Vice President Paul Ryan spearhead a President Mitt Romney's bill on Social Security and Medicare for an all-Republican Congress. Would that be enough contrast for Manny et al to finally sense the difference?