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Vinnie From Indy

(10,820 posts) Sun Apr 14, 2013, 10:48 AM Apr 2013

Chuck Todd on Meet The Press offers a reason for Chained CPI in budget proposal [View all]

Todd offers that by including the chained CPI in the President's budget, the Obama team believes that it gives them political cover to walk away from the budget impasse citing GOP intransigence.

I offer that Todd's view is hard to swallow simply because the Obama team seems to be shockingly deficient in pounding the obstructionism/intransigent position of the House GOP home to Americans. I am suspicious of the political maneuvering description of the President's budget proposal because there seems to be no urgency to flood the zone in the media about GOP obstructionism by the White House. In short, why include the chained CPI to put pressure on the GOP if you are not going to actually follow through and pressure the GOP?

Not a single Sunday show included any meaningful discussion of the chained CPI for more than a few minutes. Gun control, immigration and Jackie Robinson were the big discussions.

It all stinks to high heaven!

Cheers!

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Chuck Todd on Meet The Press offers a reason for Chained CPI in budget proposal [View all] Vinnie From Indy Apr 2013 OP

It would be nice if the President explained why he thinks its a good idea. dkf Apr 2013 #1

dkf NYC_SKP Apr 2013 #2

CITIZEN�S GUIDE TO THE 2012 FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT dkf Apr 2013 #11

It shows fine, but it's too small to be meaningful... SidDithers Apr 2013 #12

Right click and choose "view image". nm rhett o rick Apr 2013 #34

Odd, it's perfectly legible on my iPad when I zoom in on it. nt Flatulo Apr 2013 #45

I think you could add the link to the sigline... NYC_SKP Apr 2013 #14

Done! dkf Apr 2013 #18

LOL, yes, and... Oilwellian Apr 2013 #40

That's easy to asnwer--- trumad Apr 2013 #44

That would be a new concept. AndyA Apr 2013 #3

And here it is, link for you. Sunlei Apr 2013 #6

So it's just a bargaining position and not because he himself justifies it? dkf Apr 2013 #17

yes a barganing position in the budget- republicans have obstructed for months Sunlei Apr 2013 #24

The bully pulpit has proven useless, jazzimov Apr 2013 #80

"The Budget does all of these things as part of a comprehensive plan that reduces the deficit and rhett o rick Apr 2013 #61

Benefit Enhancements pscot Apr 2013 #62

good point Sunlei Apr 2013 #64

I stand corrected. nm rhett o rick Apr 2013 #79

agree, I wish we could ALL buy into medicare on a bell curve and be done with this :) Sunlei Apr 2013 #63

He has- the Deficit! n2doc Apr 2013 #8

he can't explain it Carolina Apr 2013 #53

And in addition, the administration tried hard to make the Chained CPI sound reasonable Babel_17 Apr 2013 #57

"my monkey strong bowels were girded with strength like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and progressoid Apr 2013 #83

Good catch, Vinnie. tblue Apr 2013 #4

UP with Steve Kornacki devoted a segment on CCPI on today's show. CTyankee Apr 2013 #5

Steve is just as incisive an interviewer and assembled just as good a panel carolinayellowdog Apr 2013 #51

Oh, Chris always had those people on his show! But they might be considered less CTyankee Apr 2013 #60

For once, I agree with Chucky. backscatter712 Apr 2013 #7

They can't say yes ... JoePhilly Apr 2013 #9

Thanks, this makes sense nt flamingdem Apr 2013 #21

When the whole thing customerserviceguy Apr 2013 #68

I believe Life Long Dem Apr 2013 #10

A death how? TheKentuckian Apr 2013 #13

SS needs fixing within 20 years Life Long Dem Apr 2013 #16

Oh please, don't bring up facts. Also, social security is not part of the deficit. We should bring still_one Apr 2013 #23

Speaking of facts Life Long Dem Apr 2013 #25

Is it not true that money from the Social Security fund has been used for NON-Social Security still_one Apr 2013 #26

Yeah lets get the Republicans to raise the cap Life Long Dem Apr 2013 #30

So your point is that we must "give" the Republicans something they like. rhett o rick Apr 2013 #39

The middle class and poor are the ones who have been paying for the incompetence. still_one Apr 2013 #50

I keep hearing the "raise the cap" people customerserviceguy Apr 2013 #73

Raising the cap is thrown out there a lot Life Long Dem Apr 2013 #81

It fits on a bumper sticker customerserviceguy Apr 2013 #82

I wish we could tatoo that on back of hand of everyone who keeps posting "SS doesn't impact debt." Hoyt Apr 2013 #28

I agree Life Long Dem Apr 2013 #31

That's another good analysis, and Obama's budget includes that 10 year "bump." Hoyt Apr 2013 #36

No, the AARP is not "full of it". Jim Lane Apr 2013 #65

Not as bad as AARP portrays Life Long Dem Apr 2013 #67

I would like to see which economists agree with you. Do you have rhett o rick Apr 2013 #46

Where did all the surpluses from the decades past go? usGovOwesUs3Trillion Apr 2013 #69

We all know they spent like drunken sailors. Life Long Dem Apr 2013 #70

And, just like 'drunken sailors' usGovOwesUs3Trillion Apr 2013 #72

That's what they want you to believe. However, the evidence doesn't support that theory, only usGovOwesUs3Trillion Apr 2013 #58

Which reminds me, Americans aren't much for conversation BeyondGeography Apr 2013 #15

The huge corps that own the media and evade paying taxes by hiding profits in tax havens Triana Apr 2013 #19

Yup, it's all about raiding the Treasury. Pigs at the trough. nt valerief Apr 2013 #38

I agree, todd's view is BS. I look back on the ACA when we had the votes, and why the Senate threw still_one Apr 2013 #20

LIEberman, Lincoln, Conrad, Baucus, et al BumRushDaShow Apr 2013 #54

That is the problem. Exactly. Obama thinks he needs political cover... Tom Rinaldo Apr 2013 #22

Why, does the President think it will hurt him when he runs for reelection in 2016? still_one Apr 2013 #27

Personally I think it was another example of Obama jimlup Apr 2013 #29

"It all stinks to high heaven! " bvar22 Apr 2013 #32

Spitzer and Nadler were infinitely quotable this morning on UP with Steve Kornacki, for two hours carolinayellowdog Apr 2013 #33

Nadler was superb and Spitzer was not bad either! Samantha Apr 2013 #37

Toady Todd, GOP shill. nt valerief Apr 2013 #35

Is it possible that Todd JEB Apr 2013 #41

"Gun control, immigration and Jackie Robinson" = The latest shiny objects. AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #42

Ploy fjlovato Apr 2013 #43

but if you read the OP--the problem with that argument is that NoMoreWarNow Apr 2013 #48

Welcome to DU Fjlovato! hrmjustin Apr 2013 #85

yes, well said NoMoreWarNow Apr 2013 #47

Well, you can't blame him for trying to figure out why it was included in the budget. No one sabrina 1 Apr 2013 #49

Tell me, in what thawed out hell has Chuck Todd ever been right about anything? 1-Old-Man Apr 2013 #52

Of course it could not be true treestar Apr 2013 #55

Kabuki. Awesome! GeorgeGist Apr 2013 #56

You lost me at "Chuck Todd". Don't care what he thinks. nt TeamPooka Apr 2013 #59

Chuckie Toad, never fails to be himself. What a tool! n/t Cleita Apr 2013 #66

Todd is likely correct, though. AverageJoe90 Apr 2013 #71

doubt it usGovOwesUs3Trillion Apr 2013 #74

I agree, Todd usually IS wrong, but this is definitely a rare exception to that rule, no question... AverageJoe90 Apr 2013 #75

there are no exceptions usGovOwesUs3Trillion Apr 2013 #76

According to whom? CounterPunch? Jane Hamsher? Who? n/t AverageJoe90 Apr 2013 #77

anyone who has been paying attention for the last 4 or 5 decades usGovOwesUs3Trillion Apr 2013 #78

"Meet the Presswhores" has been pure propaganda for years just1voice Apr 2013 #84