Reply #69: Why does Senator Sanders want the deficit commission to achieve credibility? [View All]

[Better Believe It]

"in order for your commission's recommendations to have credibility with Congress, we respectfully urge you to remove Sen. Simpson from the commission."

Senator Sanders should call upon President Obama to disband the commission and not say or do anything that will lend credibility to a commission that will propose major cuts in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

That was a pretty weak statement. He can and should do much better.

I hope that Senator Sanders makes a clear public statement in opposition to ANY and ALL methods that might be proposed to cut Social Security benefits including "means testing" and using a new formula for calculating "cost-of-living" increases. Senator Sanders has indicated his opposition to privatìzing Social Security and increasing the full retirement age.