Pres Obama: David, in pursuit of strengthening SS, I'm willing to cut SS benefits

[JDPriestly]

153. I'm not "advocating" for anything.

But facts are facts. There are other alternatives, and if Democrats do not speak for the people who elect them, the people who elect them will seek those alternatives out.

That's the way politics works. That is democracy.

A party is a group of people who agree on certain policies. The economic policies of today's Democratic Party are taking a turn that does not serve Democratic voters. That could easily destroy the party.

And the fact is that veering away from Democratic principles and programs like Social Security will make voting for Democrats far less appealing.

It will ultimately strengthen Republicans because third parties are unlikely to have the clout to beat Democrats.

That is why Democrats need to hold true to the ideals and ideas and programs that Democratic voters support.

This is not about Obama. This is about he future of the country. Democrats need to hold on and not panic.

We older people paid the tax rates that will return if we go over the cliff. Our economy thrived.

Obama's chained CPI plan would shift to the generation that paid those higher rates for years the burden of maintaining the Bush lower rates for the younger generation. It's unfair and makes no sense.