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63. called it, baby

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Dean Baker: The Washington Consensus Wants To Cut Social Security Benefits With A Chained CPI [View all] Better Believe It Apr 2012 OP

du rec. nt xchrom Apr 2012 #1

Here it comes kenny blankenship Apr 2012 #2

The Washington elite want to steal our earned Social Security benefits fasttense Apr 2012 #3

Chained CPI - MY ASS. anti-alec Apr 2012 #25

Want to steal it? They stole it decades ago. hughee99 Apr 2012 #39

That's it...in a nutshell. Fawke Em Apr 2012 #52

Anyone ProSense Apr 2012 #4

And Obama proposed the chained CPI in April of last year. woo me with science Apr 2012 #6

And ProSense Apr 2012 #7

That is flatly, utterly, brazenly untrue. woo me with science Apr 2012 #10

Really? ProSense Apr 2012 #11

This is what is happening to our party, folks. woo me with science Apr 2012 #12

Oh ProSense Apr 2012 #13

So if a proposal never gets enacted it doesn't count? eridani Apr 2012 #21

Woo me, you have wooed me: I despise every right-wing initiative, no matter its origin, indepat Apr 2012 #24

+1 nashville_brook Apr 2012 #35

I think by now, people are too smart to accept anything other than sabrina 1 Apr 2012 #46

Woo did NOT say Obama signed a proposal to cut Social Security Autumn Apr 2012 #14

That ProSense Apr 2012 #15

Not a fucking rumor, so it must have been one of Autumn Apr 2012 #17

Yeah, ProSense Apr 2012 #19

Has he made any public statements squashing that 'rumor' yet? sabrina 1 Apr 2012 #45

Can you show where George W. Bush signed a proposal to privatize Social Security? TheKentuckian Apr 2012 #56

. ProSense Apr 2012 #9

I think you are failing to convince people. girl gone mad Apr 2012 #28

No, just the same ones... Bobbie Jo Apr 2012 #30

Oh, that's rich, woo me with science Apr 2012 #34

and I don't think I've Bobbie Jo Apr 2012 #40

No, actually I'm perfectly serious, Bobbie Jo. woo me with science Apr 2012 #41

As was I... Bobbie Jo Apr 2012 #42

How nice. woo me with science Apr 2012 #44

Of course Bobbie Jo Apr 2012 #48

No, the point is that your posts are virtually *always* drive-by nastiness about other DUers, woo me with science Apr 2012 #50

No, let's be clear about this. Bobbie Jo Apr 2012 #53

Welcome to the new DU! nt woo me with science Apr 2012 #54

Indeed. Bobbie Jo Apr 2012 #57

Mirrors can sometimes be more uncomfortable woo me with science Apr 2012 #59

yep. it's a fact. nt inna May 2012 #62

I like idea of developing an "elderly" CPI. Hoyt Apr 2012 #5

By "elderly CPI" you mean one that more accurately reflects the need for higher COLA benefits. Better Believe It Apr 2012 #18

Not necessarily. For example, if we figured out a reasonable way to control/lower medical, housing, Hoyt Apr 2012 #20

Today's average SS benefit is $1230. And that average is right-skewed a bit, meaning most HiPointDem Apr 2012 #58

Except, folks on SS depend on the younger folks putting money into system. Hoyt Apr 2012 #60

That *is* the way it's supposed to work & is the way it's always worked. What's new HiPointDem Apr 2012 #61

Of course they do. It is a sustained assault, woo me with science Apr 2012 #8

+1 HiPointDem Apr 2012 #23

Occupy now, Occupy always. Zalatix Apr 2012 #32

'All the inside Washington types seem to agree' MineralMan Apr 2012 #16

It is exactly the same tactic as "Some people say..." bullshit. Ikonoklast Apr 2012 #37

Precisely the same. MineralMan Apr 2012 #38

The Washington Consensus has fucked up the entire planet malaise Apr 2012 #22

What we need is more bi-partisanship! I'm sure we'll see a lot of that after the election. Better Believe It Apr 2012 #26

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Apr 2012 #27

to DU readers: unless you are the upperclass... you are screwed fascisthunter Apr 2012 #29

For Sunday DU'ers Better Believe It Apr 2012 #31

reflexively recc'ing without reading article... KG Apr 2012 #33

Some of the data behind the article Yo_Mama Apr 2012 #36

Good post, thank you. sabrina 1 Apr 2012 #55

Am I correct in thinking that some of the most vital items to life (food) are not included in the jwirr Apr 2012 #43

"consensus" librechik Apr 2012 #47

For those who question Obama's intent Oilwellian Apr 2012 #49

Unhook and inflate away. cottonseed Apr 2012 #51

called it, baby HiPointDem Dec 2012 #63