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In reply to the discussion: White House:We only proposed cuts to SS because the GOP asked us to WTF!!!! [View all]enlightenment
(8,830 posts)105. That's not what it says.
The President has made clear that any such change in approach should protect the most vulnerable. For that reason, the Budget includes protections for the very elderly and others who rely on Social Security for long periods of time, and only applies the change to non-means tested benefit programs.
http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/682536/130410-obama-2014-budget-full.pdf (page 46)
You say "with exception for certain low incomes" - that is definitely not what it says in the budget. As a matter of fact, the phrase "low income" occurs only in a couple of references: encouraging "low income" folks to use generic drugs and reducing funding for the HOME investment partnership program. It also pops up in a table that spells out what LIHEAP means (a line item).
You're making suppositions - since you feel comfortable with that, why don't you:
Define "very elderly".
Define "long periods of time".
List "non-means tested benefit programs".
Unless you have a third eye, your ability to determine what will or will not happen means nothing. It is pure conjecture - which makes your argument no more valid than those you are denigrating with the tired "Obama haters" title.
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White House:We only proposed cuts to SS because the GOP asked us to WTF!!!! [View all]
bigdarryl
Apr 2013
OP
He gave them what they want, but they won't give him what he wants, so no deal.
alfredo
Apr 2013
#80
Ryan has already said he will not give on anything. I don't think Obama's budget
alfredo
Apr 2013
#87
There is another poison pill the Reps won't swallow, that is raising the minimum wage to $9.
alfredo
Apr 2013
#119
Did you not see the "-with exceptions for certain low incomes-" part of my post?
randome
Apr 2013
#11
"the man who gave us Obamacare gayrights, gun control and a consistent push for equitable taxation."
Scuba
Apr 2013
#24
I guess you won't benefit from health care, are not gay, don't care about Newtown...
randome
Apr 2013
#43
To complicate things, Democrats favor 'compromise' (in general) more than republicans
pampango
Apr 2013
#33
This has always been the problem. We liberals are not representative of the entire Democratic party.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Apr 2013
#92
He HAS used the bully pulpit on gay rights, gun control, equitable taxation, etc.
randome
Apr 2013
#98
And if any actual cuts -other than hypothetical ones- get through the entire budgetary process...
randome
Apr 2013
#40
I don't like it, either, and I don't want to be in the position of saying it's right.
randome
Apr 2013
#79
Well then Mr President are you working for the Republicans or working for the American people?
avaistheone1
Apr 2013
#7
Why don't they do what progressives tell them to do rather than what the GOP tells them to do?
Cali_Democrat
Apr 2013
#12
Money is not involved in pushing for gay rights, gun control and revenue increases.
randome
Apr 2013
#103
So much for the oft- repeated "B-b-but he KNEW they wouldn't ACCEPT it!!!1!" talking point. NEXT?
forestpath
Apr 2013
#37
ROFL. Their Homecoming King keeps yanking their talking points right out from under 'em.
forestpath
Apr 2013
#108
It was an exercise in "audacity" to cave to the Republicans and "hope" the left would suck it up.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Apr 2013
#93
Ever the victim, this WH plays that role well. Nothing but excuses and the blame game.
SammyWinstonJack
Apr 2013
#106