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In reply to the discussion: People here should know who Third Way is. [View all]ehrnst
(32,640 posts)69. Like praising a Reagan era law that cut off people under 67 for benefits?
That includes a major 1983 bill signed into law by Reagan that came as the program was on the brink of insolvency. It raised taxes on working families, froze benefit increases for six months and gradually raised the age at which retirees can receive full benefits from 65 to 67.
During a 1999 press conference, Sanders went further, praising the 1983 law as a good example of people coming together to enact a solution without draconian changes.
We should remember that in 1982, Social Security was within a few months a few months of not being able to pay out all benefits owed to Americans, Sanders said at the time. And then people came together and said of course we want to save Social Security. They worked together, and they did.
During a 1999 press conference, Sanders went further, praising the 1983 law as a good example of people coming together to enact a solution without draconian changes.
We should remember that in 1982, Social Security was within a few months a few months of not being able to pay out all benefits owed to Americans, Sanders said at the time. And then people came together and said of course we want to save Social Security. They worked together, and they did.
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I love how you're supposed to listen contritely as you're lectured about "big tent-ism"
Doremus
Jan 2020
#41
Umm, if he were part of Third Way, he'd be listed on the Third Way website with their staff.
DanTex
Jan 2020
#62
I was quite aware of the authors when posting. They made some very good points
Thekaspervote
Jan 2020
#11
Thank you! Nailed that one. "Establishment Dems" speaker Pelosi, prez Obama, Schiff, Lewis,
Thekaspervote
Jan 2020
#17
We Democrats are the party that championed Social Security and have protected it
OneMoreCupOfCoffee
Jan 2020
#23
And before that, too. They've been wanting to cut Social Security for over a decade.
DanTex
Jan 2020
#36
The other "third way" moved Dems to the right 35 years ago and called it progressive.
Go Vols
Jan 2020
#29
the our revolution crowd seeks to undermine democrats using any poison available IMO nt
msongs
Jan 2020
#31
Are you defining HRC as third way? She is just right of Sanders. Harris is left of Sanders.
Bananaluver
Jan 2020
#34
What? There's no "defining" Third Way. It's an actual organization, with staff and funding.
DanTex
Jan 2020
#39
You mean the people who got us the only Presidential wins between 1980 and 2020?
Recursion
Jan 2020
#38
It seems your biggest beef with Third Way is their stance on Social Security.
beastie boy
Jan 2020
#40
That's correct. Because that's the only stance they have that has ever mattered.
DanTex
Jan 2020
#44
A funny definition of "cut". Of course, it called for some creative rhetoric.
beastie boy
Jan 2020
#50
Yes, chained-CPI would make future social security payments to seniors "less" than they are now.
DanTex
Jan 2020
#54
No, chained CPI won't make SS payments "less" than they are now. This fact is obvious on its face.
beastie boy
Jan 2020
#55
SS COLAs are not guaranteed by law unless and until they've been announced.
OilemFirchen
Jan 2020
#67