2016 Postmortem

jeff47

(26,549 posts)

35. Obama put chained CPI into the "grand bargain" negotiations.

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #27)

Fri Nov 13, 2015, 12:08 PM

Nov 2015

The fact that the Republicans were too racist to take him up on his offer does not mean the offer was not made.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

59 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

When a president is willing to cut Social Security [View all] Eric J in MN Nov 2015 OP

A US Senator's first loyalty should be to uphold the Constitution, and to look after the PatrickforO Nov 2015 #1

BULLSHIT: Obama never caved on SS, and the debt ceiling was still raised AllTooEasy Nov 2015 #11

thank you. SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2015 #16

Chained CPI? That Guy 888 Nov 2015 #20

Well, here's the link. PatrickforO Nov 2015 #22

And to those that doubt President Obama would never cut Social Security, ask a senior citizen A Simple Game Nov 2015 #26

Excellent research, PatrickforO! beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #28

President Obama did move far to the right and a primary opponent might have willvotesdem Nov 2015 #23

Fortunately, the Republicans wouldn't take yes for an answer. Broward Nov 2015 #25

Obama created the Catfood Commission. He appointed two anti-New Deal Zealots to head it. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #30

Rep. John Conyers threatened protests in front of the White House think Nov 2015 #33

Clip their Wings DJ13 Nov 2015 #2

...+1 840high Nov 2015 #4

Did he cut SS? sheshe2 Nov 2015 #3

absurdity DJ13 Nov 2015 #5

I did not ask for pictures. sheshe2 Nov 2015 #7

My appologies your Highness DJ13 Nov 2015 #8

Try answering the question without your condensending rolling eyes! AllTooEasy Nov 2015 #12

Did he try, or not? DJ13 Nov 2015 #14

He has used this same tactic in the past... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #31

During the 2012 Democratic Convention Eric J in MN Nov 2015 #55

Republicans never compromise AgingAmerican Nov 2015 #57

If you aren't aware of it, did you even bother to look? kristopher Nov 2015 #17

It took a long time for murielm99 Nov 2015 #19

No it didn't. It has NEVER fallen short. PatrickforO Nov 2015 #24

He did not cut SS. murielm99 Nov 2015 #29

No, but he tried. Dawgs Nov 2015 #34

Yep. Any policy disdagreement is an excuse to "bash" Armstead Nov 2015 #39

You're purposely missing the point. Yes, I KNOW, I KNOW that Obama was not PatrickforO Nov 2015 #49

He threatened to, but didn't follow through -- partly because of the pushback from the "base" Armstead Nov 2015 #38

Follow through? He proposed it to the Republicans. jeff47 Nov 2015 #44

the COLA hollysmom Nov 2015 #9

When was the COLA formula changed? Recursion Nov 2015 #18

it was proposed change by Obama a while back. hollysmom Nov 2015 #46

No--because of massive popular resistance eridani Nov 2015 #10

Good point. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #21

He did not, but I don't see anything wrong with the lovemydog Nov 2015 #15

I could not agree sheshe2 Nov 2015 #53

Oh I wish you well with that. lovemydog Nov 2015 #54

Good point. Obviously he didn't, but some folks will use hypotheticals to bash Obama. Hoyt Nov 2015 #27

Obama put chained CPI into the "grand bargain" negotiations. jeff47 Nov 2015 #35

But cut didn't happen. Maybe he knew what he was doing, and you didn't. Hoyt Nov 2015 #37

Because taking a gigantic risk with Social Security is a fantastic idea. jeff47 Nov 2015 #40

It worked. Of course, Obama is held to a different standard. Hoyt Nov 2015 #42

The standard where we believe he isn't lying? jeff47 Nov 2015 #43

Maybe he got so much criticism for it........ Armstead Nov 2015 #41

The WORST thing he did was to "put it on the table". bvar22 Nov 2015 #45

No, because the Republicans refused to compromise. Eric J in MN Nov 2015 #48

recommended Skittles Nov 2015 #6

K & R AzDar Nov 2015 #13

The idea that a twice-elected Democratic President put SS cuts on the table to pay for ... Scuba Nov 2015 #32

There were plenty of reasons to hope for a primary opponent ibegurpard Nov 2015 #36

A Senator's first loyalty should be to the people who elected him/her. Sadly most of our sabrina 1 Nov 2015 #47

knr and NO n/t slipslidingaway Nov 2015 #50

Interesting, here in print for everyone to see, yes he wanted Obama primaried. Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #51

Because Sanders is a liberal who hoped a primary challenge Eric J in MN Nov 2015 #58

I'm on Social Security. When do those cuts start? MineralMan Nov 2015 #52

The Republicans refused to compromise. The Obama Administraion Eric J in MN Nov 2015 #56

When we stop organizing massive fightbacks eridani Nov 2015 #59