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In reply to the discussion: Not since the New Deal [View all]

ProSense

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5. Still pushing
Sun Apr 8, 2012, 06:30 PM
Apr 2012
Rep. Conyers: Obama Demanded Social Security Cuts--Not GOP


"We then offered an additional $650 billion in cuts to entitlement programs -- Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security."
- Remarks by the President, July 22, 2011

...debunked claims and distortions?

Here's the President's full statement

Essentially what we had offered Speaker Boehner was over a trillion dollars in cuts to discretionary spending, both domestic and defense. We then offered an additional $650 billion in cuts to entitlement programs -- Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security. We believed that it was possible to shape those in a way that preserved the integrity of the system, made them available for the next generation, and did not affect current beneficiaries in an adverse way.


I mean, you insisted that the payroll tax holiday was the President's attempt to undermine Social Security.

I suppose that means Conyers voted to undermine Social Security: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll072.xml

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Not since the New Deal [View all] arely staircase Apr 2012 OP
Both sides fundamentally agree on most issues MannyGoldstein Apr 2012 #1
you have a source for either claim? arely staircase Apr 2012 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Apr 2012 #3
Sure. MannyGoldstein Apr 2012 #4
Still pushing ProSense Apr 2012 #5
"did not affect *current* beneficiaries in an adverse way." MannyGoldstein Apr 2012 #6
As i suspected arely staircase Apr 2012 #8
Yep MannyGoldstein Apr 2012 #11
This is key: ProSense Apr 2012 #7
the stark ideological choice Enrique Apr 2012 #9
Well ProSense Apr 2012 #10
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