Wait a minute...since when was proposing cuts to the safety net a step towards "the center"? [View all]

[YoungDemCA]

Cutting Social Security is a step towards the Right, especially the Far Right.

I keep reading about the President's supposed "political courage" in "going against the wishes of his base", which will endear him to "the center."

Let me be absolutely clear; there is nothing, nothing courageous about proposing cuts to Social Security-or any other social program, for that matter-when right-wing government policies have meant that the rich have gotten richer, the poor poorer, and the working and middle classes have seen a decrease in their standard of living for the last three decades.

There is also nothing "moderate" or "centrist" about agreeing with the Right that government benefits are "too generous" to the poor and middle class, and should therefore be "rolled back."

If we're going to talk about what is being done, let's at least have some semblance of intellectual honesty here.