President Reagan said this in 1984 and it’s still true today.
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“Social Security has nothing to do with the deficit.” - President Ronald Reagan
This classic beltway assumption — that cutting the safety net is the very essence of political courage and ideological integrity — goes all the way back to the early days of Ronald Reagan, when he was making stuff up about Social Security going broke in 1964.
His budget plan is expected to be released in the next few weeks, but President Barack Obama hasn’t yet revealed if it’ll include the Social Security cuts that were in his budget last year. The president is facing a rebellion on his left flank, which is mobilizing against the so-called Chained CPI policy ahead of the November congressional elections. Chained CPI modifies the rate of inflation in a way that slows the growth of Social Security benefits, among other things.
Now is the time to BOOST Social Security, not cut it. The President needs to drop Chained CPI, which will cut benefits for seniors, veterans, and the disabled.
A very large amount of news articles regarding the President dropping Chained CPI from his budget:
Good News For Social Security Beneficiaries…For a Change. - Entitled to Know.
Obama drops Social Security cut. - The Hill.
Obama hands progressives a win on Social Security. - Chicago Sun-Times.
Obama budget proposal to drop Social Security cuts. - Reuters.
Feeling pressure from the left, Obama backs off of Social Security cuts in budget. - Washington Times.
Obama Budget to Delete Proposal to Limit Social Security. - Bloomberg.
White House drops chained Consumer Price Index for Social Security. - Daily Kos.
Obama’s Budget Drops Big Social Security Cut. - Fire Dog Lake.
GOP’s Social Security disaster: Conservatives just lost their chance to cut benefit. - Salon.
Chained CPI Out of Obama Budget! Victory for the New Populists. - Huffington Post.
How John Boehner Spared Democrats Their Own Civil War. - National Journal.
In last year’s budget, President Barack Obama raised the ire of liberal groups by proposing a technical change to the way Social Security benefits are calculated. A year later, an aide wouldn’t say if the measure, known as chained-CPI, will be in Obama’s forthcoming budget for the 2015 fiscal year.
Representatives from one of the country’s largest senior citizens groups have good and bad things to say about President Barack Obama’s most recent budget proposal and the changes it suggests for Social Security, Medicare and other programs that benefit older Americans.
via Bend Bulletin.
“We urged the President to support Social Security reallocation, as has happened without controversy 11 previous times, to avoid a massive benefit cut Americans with disabilities simply cannot afford. Today’s comment from the White House in support of this simple administrative fix is encouraging but we hope the President will reaffirm that position without any qualification in the State of the Union and use that opportunity to take a bold stand against these Social Security shenanigans in the House.”…Max Richtman, NCPSSM President/CEO
A top adviser to President Barack Obama on Friday slammed a House Republican maneuver aimed at forcing a showdown on Social Security as early as next year, signaling that it won’t fly with the White House.
via Talking Points Memo.
Related Reading:
Cutting Social Security Disability Threatens Millions of American Families.
Americans Push Back as Threat to Social Security & Medicare Grows.
No to Social Security Cuts: National labor leaders are warning President Barack Obama against including damaging cuts to Social Security and Medicare in any bipartisan budget agreement. “I and others have got to do everything that we can to make sure that we do not see cuts in Social Security,” Sen. Bernie Sanders told Salon.
Senator Bernie Sanders via Facebook.
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