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In reply to the discussion: So now the talking point is that Obama destroyed chained CPI with his masterful brinksmanship. [View all]TekGryphon
(430 posts).. the same bullshit false equivalency I see being peddled here on double overtime.
Obama is NOT championing cuts to Social Security. His entire career in office has been expanding benefits to seniors, veterans, the sick and elderly, and the unemployed.
He put Chained CPI in his budget as a clearly labeled compromise that was demanded by John Boehner in order to get Republicans to the table. That budget is nothing but a conversation piece. If you thought there was even a .001% chance that it was going to get passed before negotiations began, you're fooling yourself.
By putting it in his budget he is FORCING the country to talk about it and, in so doing, has ensured it's political suicide for the Republicans to insist on.
The ONLY two groups I see pushing this narrative that Obama is for cutting Social Security are the extreme ignorant right (led by Rush Limbaugh and Michelle Bauchman) and the extreme gullible left.
No one in their right minds thinks Obama is for Chained CPI, and this whole last week should be all the proof you need.