[sickoflibs]

RE :”Now that Republicans control the House and Obama is facing reelection, the political dynamic is different and liberal groups fear the president might be willing to cut a deal on Social Security. Labor unions and liberal groups worry Obama could endorse a boost in the retirement age or a change in cost-of-living adjustments when he discusses strategies for reducing the federal deficit later this month.”

And what would Republicans get out of this ‘deal’? Or worse yet, what (else) would they have to give in on to get it?

Republicans walking the plank on SS right now sounds like a bad idea. As with tax cuts ‘for the rich’ Obama would claim that Republicans forced him to cut Social Security.

[sickoflibs]

And how can Obama support these measures to ‘cut the deficit’ anyway when Democrats are all claiming that SS is fully funded the next 10 years using the SS trust fund money ?

Jim DeMint recently made a similar claim but said that that money was borrowed but still owed by the govmnt (future taxpayer???) to the future SS retirees (??)

NEWS ALERT! THERE IS NO TRUST FUND! FICA TAXES WERE ALL SPENT UPON RECEIPT. THAT IS WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES AND THAT THE VOTERS DEMAND, EVERY DIME SPEND AND MORE!

[Liz]