At last it's clear why repugs call for closed door negotiations again and again [View all]

[NobodyInParticular]

When Boehner brought up the need to cut Social Security and Medicare near the end of the Stephanapolis interview, http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023798382#post10 he blurted out what's at the core of the right-wing agenda. They don't want the baby boomers to collect the benefits they earned over the years through hard work. They want the soc. sec. money siphoned off to the stock market where they can then cash it out and pocket it. But they don't dare to be open about it at a time like this--they know that the public is on to them, so they pull their cards at secret, closed-door meetings, hoping democratic negotiators will soften up and give them what they want...