Just in case you haven’t pulled your hair out completely yet, we also recommend you check out the White House’s fact sheet for seniors, which incredibly claims this budget will strengthen Social Security while failing to provide even a single mention of Social Security benefit cuts which start at $130 the first year for the average 65 year-old retiree. The cumulative cut for that individual would be $4,631 or more than three months of benefits by age 75; $13,910 or nearly a year of benefits by age 85; and $28,004, more than a year and a half of benefits by age 95.
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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.
The President’s budget plan ignores his statements made during and after the election that Social Security should not be used to cut the deficit and also his promises for a balanced fiscal approach that wouldn’t target middle-class Americans. In truth, President Obama’s budget will cut $127.2 billion in Social Security benefits by adopting the stingier Chained CPI and further means testing in Medicare. It also raises less than half the new revenue offered in previous proposals.
But Obama acknowledged that Social Security and Medicare — big drivers of federal spending — wouldn’t survive without some changes to save money. Obama added that Republicans must first agree to more revenue hikes before the White House would concede on changes to entitlement programs, senators attending the luncheon said.
President Barack Obama’s proposed budget will call for reductions in the growth of Social Security and other benefit programs while still insisting on more taxes from the wealthy in a renewed attempt to strike a broad deficit-cutting deal with Republicans.
This year, like last year, the President’s budget proposes no changes in the way Social Security benefits are determined, which is good news for seniors. Thanks to the tireless efforts of the National Committee and its members, the FY 2017 budget does not include any Social Security proposals that would negatively impact benefits for current or future beneficiaries.
Click through to read more about the President’s budget.
via NCPSSM.
Preserving Social Security and Medicare is not a partisan issue and we’ll call out any politician who’s wrong on these issues, regardless of their party. Means Testing and the Chained CPI will hurt America’s seniors yet President Obama and some Democrats in Congress are using them as a bargaining chip to lure Republicans to the budget table.
That’s simply wrong.
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.
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.
National Committee members and supporters will be converging on the White House tomorrow to protest President Obama’s
budget plan to cut benefits for seniors, retired veterans and people with disabilities.
WHO: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA)
Max Richtman, NCPSSM President and CEO
Damon Silvers, AFL-CIO
Manny Hermann, MoveOn.org
Stephanie Taylor, Progressive Change Campaign Committee
Jim Dean, Democracy for America Chair
Roger Hickey, Campaign for America’s Future
Bonnie Grabenhofer, National Organization for Women
Former Obama for America Supporters & Seniors on Social Security
WHAT: Delivery of more than 1 million petition signatures directly to the White House
WHEN: Tuesday April 9, at 12:30pm (ET)
WHERE: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW - Washington DC (In front of the White House opposite of Lafayette Square)
For those who can’t join us in person, have no fear there’s another way our activists can truly make a difference. Please join our Congressional Call-in Day on Wednesday. One simple toll-free call will connect you directly to your members of Congress and Senate.



