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April 6, 2013
20:25 • 1 month ago
Tags: chained CPI social security benefits obama chained CPI bernie sanders bernie sanders CPI from brooklynmutt
brooklynmutt: @SenSanders It’ll be interesting to see how much left-wing opposition to Chained CPI (which a non-elected liberal voice like Paul Krugman flatly decried as “purely and simply, a benefit cut”) manifests itself when President Obama’s budget comes out next week. Clearly Senator Sanders doesn’t fear going on the record, but he is, after all, a self-avowed socialist from Vermont. The broader reaction to this from the President’s own party will go a long way towards revealing whether the traditional Democratic coalition still holds, or whether it’s now simply an Obama coalition.

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It’ll be interesting to see how much left-wing opposition to Chained CPI (which a non-elected liberal voice like Paul Krugman flatly decried as “purely and simply, a benefit cut”) manifests itself when President Obama’s budget comes out next week. Clearly Senator Sanders doesn’t fear going on the record, but he is, after all, a self-avowed socialist from Vermont. The broader reaction to this from the President’s own party will go a long way towards revealing whether the traditional Democratic coalition still holds, or whether it’s now simply an Obama coalition.

February 25, 2013
16:08 • 2 months ago

Poll: Americans are largely in favor of cutting military programs over social ones

Tags: Politics Federal Budget Sequestration Medicare Social Security Pentagon Military Spending Budget Cuts numbers sc

  • 58% of Americans polled by The Hill said that cutting the national debt was a higher priority than maintaining current domestic and military spending levels.
  • 28% of those polled believe that the spending levels are more important than cutting our debt, with 23 percent supporting cuts to social programs like Medicare and Social Security.
  • 69% of pollees oppose cuts to social programs at all, which House Republicans have said must be on the table if a deal to avoid the $85 billion sequestration is to be reached before Friday. source

December 17, 2012
15:28 • 5 months ago
Tags: Politics Taxes Social Security Fiscal Cliff President Obama John Boehner sc
He Said What?!: With the threat continuing to loom over Washington, new reports suggest that President Obama and Speaker Boehner might be making some headway in their “fiscal cliff” negotiations. President Obama has allegedly agreed to consider conceding on Social Security cost-of-living increases in exchange for Speaker Boehner’s acceptance of tax hikes on the wealthiest Americans. If true, this might be the biggest compromise that either has made since taking office, though we suspect that neither will receive much support from their base. (Photo via US Department of Labor) source

He Said What?!: With the threat continuing to loom over Washington, new reports suggest that President Obama and Speaker Boehner might be making some headway in their “fiscal cliff” negotiations. President Obama has allegedly agreed to consider conceding on Social Security cost-of-living increases in exchange for Speaker Boehner’s acceptance of tax hikes on the wealthiest Americans. If true, this might be the biggest compromise that either has made since taking office, though we suspect that neither will receive much support from their base. (Photo via US Department of Labor) source

December 12, 2012
14:35 • 5 months ago

Bloomberg News poll reveals a majority of Americans believe in Obama mandate

Tags: Politics President Obama Polling Taxes Social Security Medicare Bloomberg News sc numbers

  • 65% of voters believe that President Obama has a mandate to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans after being reelected last month. That includes 45 percent of the Republicans surveyed as well.
  • 64% of voters believe that President Obama also has a mandate to protect programs like Medicare and Social Security during his next term. Considering Senate Republicans are now relying on filibusters of their own proposals related to the “fiscal cliff,” something tells us that Speaker Boehner was probably correct in telling House Republicans not to make holiday plans this year. source

October 6, 2012
20:13 • 7 months ago
Tags: rumble2012 jon stewart bill o'reilly es social security
Stewart: “I believe in Social Security, you believe in Social Security … so we’re both socialists.”

Stewart: “I believe in Social Security, you believe in Social Security … so we’re both socialists.”

September 19, 2012
16:58 • 8 months ago
Tags: romney redistribution welfare liberal economics social security medicare medicaid food stamps election 2012 obama obama reelection new deal economics debt deficit big government sm
[Mitt] Romney might believe in slightly less redistribution than President Obama does, but the idea that he doesn’t believe in redistribution is belied by every single thing he has ever said he will do as president, and for that matter, by everything he ever did as governor of Massachusetts.
Ezra Klein. Two days ago, Romney told Fox News that ”the president said yes, he believes in redistribution. I don’t.” Klein notes that despite this, Romney’s website proclaims his belief in “a progressive tax code, the Medicare program, the Medicaid program, the food stamp program, the Social Security program and pretty much every other feature of the federal government that’s involved in redistributing income.” source
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December 20, 2011
20:42 • 1 year ago
Tags: payroll tax extension social security payroll tax controversy congress social security trust fund
poetfire asks: So then. At the same time social security recipients are receiving a 3+% increase, Congress is debating over whether to keep social security cointributions ["payroll tax] articicially low. It is as if they are intentionally bankrupting the SS trust fund.

» SFB says: You can look at it that way … but, maybe this is just us talking: Perhaps they realize it’s a recession and that the economy needs a jump start. They can raise it when the economy is robust again. Not that you don’t have a point, but the logic seems sound to us. — Ernie @ SFB

October 27, 2011
15:24 • 1 year ago

Wide gap between Democrats, Republicans on deficit cuts

Tags: deficit-reduction gop deficit reduction gop tax cuts medicare social security super committee supercommittee tax cuts

  • $2.2 trillion in cuts offered by super committee GOP source

» Cut spending, or do a little of everything? The above figure is, in fact, about $800 billion less than the deficit reduction the Democratic plan would have achieved, which relied on a nearly even mixture of spending cuts and tax increases (including some politically tough cuts to Medicare). The GOP plan, conversely, offers no such tax increases, instead relying on heavier spending cuts to Medicare, Social Security, and low-income welfare programs such as food stamps, along with lowering tax rates which they’re claiming will stoke hundreds of billions of extra economic activity. So, basically, the same argument is playing out exactly like it does every time, though now there’s only twelve people instead of a full Congress.

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September 22, 2011
21:28 • 1 year ago
Tags: rick perry social security google debate googledebate
Perry begins his response to a question about Social Security by assuring seniors that they’ll be fine; clearly, he’s thinking about the Florida primary, and the abundance of seniors who’ll be voting in it.

Perry begins his response to a question about Social Security by assuring seniors that they’ll be fine; clearly, he’s thinking about the Florida primary, and the abundance of seniors who’ll be voting in it.

September 12, 2011
20:29 • 1 year ago
Tags: rick perry tea party debate social security from dcdecoder
dcdecoder: shortformblog: “Slam dunk guaranteed” that seniors already on Social Security will be able to rely on that money, says Perry. He’s once again doubling-down on the “Ponzi scheme” line. Rick Santorum wins this entire thing entirely, in terms of sticking up for himself - Why are the candidates allowing Wolf Blitzer to ask them whether they’re in the Mitt camp or the Perry camp? It’s sidelining them in terms of their own plans and principles. It was quite refreshing to hear Santorum derail the entire premise of the conversation. Absolutely. Santorum got a huge applause when he rejected the Romney-Perry dichotomy, and then Wolf Blitzer moved on to another question.

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“Slam dunk guaranteed” that seniors already on Social Security will be able to rely on that money, says Perry. He’s once again doubling-down on the “Ponzi scheme” line.

Rick Santorum wins this entire thing entirely, in terms of sticking up for himself - Why are the candidates allowing Wolf Blitzer to ask them whether they’re in the Mitt camp or the Perry camp? It’s sidelining them in terms of their own plans and principles. It was quite refreshing to hear Santorum derail the entire premise of the conversation.

Absolutely. Santorum got a huge applause when he rejected the Romney-Perry dichotomy, and then Wolf Blitzer moved on to another question.

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20:25 • 1 year ago
Tags: rick santorum tea party debate social security
Rick Santorum deftly turns a question about Social Security into an answer about his electability. 

Rick Santorum deftly turns a question about Social Security into an answer about his electability. 

20:23 • 1 year ago
Tags: jon huntsman tea party debate social security
Huntsman is once again going hard on the attack, accusing both Perry and Romney of fear-mongering. He also plugged Paul Ryan’s plan, and managed to eek out an applause.

Huntsman is once again going hard on the attack, accusing both Perry and Romney of fear-mongering. He also plugged Paul Ryan’s plan, and managed to eek out an applause.

20:21 • 1 year ago
Tags: ron paul tea party debate social security
Ron Paul gets a huge applause for proposing an opt-out provision for Social Security.

Ron Paul gets a huge applause for proposing an opt-out provision for Social Security.

20:18 • 1 year ago
Tags: Mitt Romney Rick perry social security tea party debate
Mitt Romney is drawing a distinction between criticizing the financing and structure of Social Security, and the questioning the constitutionality of its existence. He’s also directly asking Perry whether he thinks Social Security should be phased out. Hardball!

Mitt Romney is drawing a distinction between criticizing the financing and structure of Social Security, and the questioning the constitutionality of its existence. He’s also directly asking Perry whether he thinks Social Security should be phased out. Hardball!

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