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Hoyt

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5. I like idea of developing an "elderly" CPI.

Reply to Better Believe It (Original post)

Sat Apr 7, 2012, 01:10 PM

Apr 2012

We are in a different economy and I'm not going to go ape-chit crazy if REASONABLE people look at SS, Medicare, Medicaid, etc. Of course, Republicans aren't reasonable.

But, if we don't get some things better aligned for the future, we are ALL going to be in a world of hurt. As someone just about to go on SS, I'll feel a whole lot better about the future if the economy is improved (not necessarily like the 1990s or anything) and younger people have better hopes for their future. I'm not saying cuts are the way to go, but I think we have to consider everything -- including taxing wealthy.

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Dean Baker: The Washington Consensus Wants To Cut Social Security Benefits With A Chained CPI [View all] Better Believe It Apr 2012 OP

du rec. nt xchrom Apr 2012 #1

Here it comes kenny blankenship Apr 2012 #2

The Washington elite want to steal our earned Social Security benefits fasttense Apr 2012 #3

Chained CPI - MY ASS. anti-alec Apr 2012 #25

Want to steal it? They stole it decades ago. hughee99 Apr 2012 #39

That's it...in a nutshell. Fawke Em Apr 2012 #52

Anyone ProSense Apr 2012 #4

And Obama proposed the chained CPI in April of last year. woo me with science Apr 2012 #6

And ProSense Apr 2012 #7

That is flatly, utterly, brazenly untrue. woo me with science Apr 2012 #10

Really? ProSense Apr 2012 #11

This is what is happening to our party, folks. woo me with science Apr 2012 #12

Oh ProSense Apr 2012 #13

So if a proposal never gets enacted it doesn't count? eridani Apr 2012 #21

Woo me, you have wooed me: I despise every right-wing initiative, no matter its origin, indepat Apr 2012 #24

+1 nashville_brook Apr 2012 #35

I think by now, people are too smart to accept anything other than sabrina 1 Apr 2012 #46

Woo did NOT say Obama signed a proposal to cut Social Security Autumn Apr 2012 #14

That ProSense Apr 2012 #15

Not a fucking rumor, so it must have been one of Autumn Apr 2012 #17

Yeah, ProSense Apr 2012 #19

Has he made any public statements squashing that 'rumor' yet? sabrina 1 Apr 2012 #45

Can you show where George W. Bush signed a proposal to privatize Social Security? TheKentuckian Apr 2012 #56

. ProSense Apr 2012 #9

I think you are failing to convince people. girl gone mad Apr 2012 #28

No, just the same ones... Bobbie Jo Apr 2012 #30

Oh, that's rich, woo me with science Apr 2012 #34

and I don't think I've Bobbie Jo Apr 2012 #40

No, actually I'm perfectly serious, Bobbie Jo. woo me with science Apr 2012 #41

As was I... Bobbie Jo Apr 2012 #42

How nice. woo me with science Apr 2012 #44

Of course Bobbie Jo Apr 2012 #48

No, the point is that your posts are virtually *always* drive-by nastiness about other DUers, woo me with science Apr 2012 #50

No, let's be clear about this. Bobbie Jo Apr 2012 #53

Welcome to the new DU! nt woo me with science Apr 2012 #54

Indeed. Bobbie Jo Apr 2012 #57

Mirrors can sometimes be more uncomfortable woo me with science Apr 2012 #59

yep. it's a fact. nt inna May 2012 #62

I like idea of developing an "elderly" CPI. Hoyt Apr 2012 #5

By "elderly CPI" you mean one that more accurately reflects the need for higher COLA benefits. Better Believe It Apr 2012 #18

Not necessarily. For example, if we figured out a reasonable way to control/lower medical, housing, Hoyt Apr 2012 #20

Today's average SS benefit is $1230. And that average is right-skewed a bit, meaning most HiPointDem Apr 2012 #58

Except, folks on SS depend on the younger folks putting money into system. Hoyt Apr 2012 #60

That *is* the way it's supposed to work & is the way it's always worked. What's new HiPointDem Apr 2012 #61

Of course they do. It is a sustained assault, woo me with science Apr 2012 #8

+1 HiPointDem Apr 2012 #23

Occupy now, Occupy always. Zalatix Apr 2012 #32

'All the inside Washington types seem to agree' MineralMan Apr 2012 #16

It is exactly the same tactic as "Some people say..." bullshit. Ikonoklast Apr 2012 #37

Precisely the same. MineralMan Apr 2012 #38

The Washington Consensus has fucked up the entire planet malaise Apr 2012 #22

What we need is more bi-partisanship! I'm sure we'll see a lot of that after the election. Better Believe It Apr 2012 #26

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Apr 2012 #27

to DU readers: unless you are the upperclass... you are screwed fascisthunter Apr 2012 #29

For Sunday DU'ers Better Believe It Apr 2012 #31

reflexively recc'ing without reading article... KG Apr 2012 #33

Some of the data behind the article Yo_Mama Apr 2012 #36

Good post, thank you. sabrina 1 Apr 2012 #55

Am I correct in thinking that some of the most vital items to life (food) are not included in the jwirr Apr 2012 #43

"consensus" librechik Apr 2012 #47

For those who question Obama's intent Oilwellian Apr 2012 #49

Unhook and inflate away. cottonseed Apr 2012 #51

called it, baby HiPointDem Dec 2012 #63