Posted on 01/06/2012 6:38:10 PM PST by DJ MacWoW
KEENE, N.H. (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum called Friday for immediate cuts to Social Security benefits, risking the wrath of older voters and countless others who balk at changes to the entitlement program.
"We can't wait 10 years," even though "everybody wants to," Santorum told a crowd while campaigning in New Hampshire and looking to set himself apart from his Republican rivals four days before the New Hampshire primary.
Most of his opponents have advocated phasing in a reduction and say immediate cuts would be too big a shock to current and soon-to-be retirees.
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And the devil is always in the details....we need specifics for a true analysis
Cut out all the fraudulent disability claims, especially Ritalin medicated kids and all new immigrants.
This is an example of why he lost re-election of his home state by 20 points.
He is an idiot.
He is support taffis and voting agaisnt Nafta was going to hurt him in florida, this will finish him off..
Absolutely right.
Social Security is NOT the problem.
Government borrowing from the Social Security Trust Fund IS the problem.
Santorum needs to run on fixing the problem, not penalizing those who paid in to the Trust Fund for decades.
Sorry, Rick, but you are wrong on this one.
I absolutely agree.
Yeah, that’s going to play well in Florida and other retirement states. Dumb.
I’ll take Rick Perry’s calling SS a Ponzi scheme and calling for reforms that won’t affect those who have already paid and paid into it.
He might as well hang it up now!
Every part of the government budget needs to be cut, Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare included.
And if a senior lost money in the stock market, it is no one’s fault but their own.
Of course he is, even though his philosophy isn't far off the mark. Reminds me of the time, back in the early '70s, when I took a job as a Kirby vacuum cleaner salesman. "There are two things we never say," said the boss, while initiating me into the mysteries of salesmanship. "One is sales. The other is vacuum cleaner."
"Why?" I asked.
"Because!" he replied, incredulously, "that's what we do!"
Their? Then they can at least blame each other!
Removing illegals, druggies, and drunks would be a great start.
I believe you are right.
Place his campaign on a suicide watch.
Wow. I just posted on our FReepathon thread that Romney wasn’t going to attack Santorum -— he was just going to let him do himself in.
Good start, Santorum.
TMI and wrong timing.
The so-called “tax cut” was a cut in payments to Social Security. DUH.
Social Security is not the problem. Governent spending is and other such entitlement spending!
Wow. I just posted on our FReepathon thread that Romney wasn’t going to attack Santorum -— he was just going to let him do himself in.
Good start, Santorum.
TMI and wrong timing.
The so-called “tax cut” was a cut in payments to Social Security. DUH.
Social Security is not the problem. Governent spending is and other such entitlement spending!
He’ll get a book deal out of this campaign: “How to lose a campaign for POTUS”.
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