Posted on 04/14/2013 8:03:26 AM PDT by SMGFan
A growing number of House Democrats are concerned that President Obama's proposal to cut Social Security benefits will haunt the party at the polls in 2014.
Although Democrats have long-championed the retirement program, they say Obama's plan to reduce payments for future beneficiaries through a chained consumer price index (CPI) has weakened their stance and opened the door for Republicans to vilify the president.
The leader of the campaign arm for House Republicans, Rep. Greg Walden (Ore.), on Wednesday called Obama’s plan a "shocking attack on seniors."
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (Md.), the former head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said Walden's comments foreshadow a line of attack the GOP will use on the campaign trail next year. It's a reason, he added, for Democrats to worry.
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Well the 6 year in office mid term elections do tend to hurt the President.
*Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the American Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian.” Henry Ford*
Dems have nothing to worry about...the lib MSM will blame the GOP...it’s what they ALWAYS do.
Not to worry. The gang of 8 republican members will give Obama cover and further weaken their own party.
Also need to stop the dead from voting,illegals and felons too.Wait,that’s their base!
Sure...any day now.
First the government stole $13.4T from Social security and tried to blame baby boomers and now they want to use their theft as a reason to raise taxes.
Wait till Barky’s retirement fund raid begins to sink in...
As usual, “cuts” are reductions in the rate of increase in the future. Only in government.
Not true. It is a creation of the Democrats to bilk money out of productive citizens while buying votes with unearned benefits given to those who do not pay into the system. The Democrats only seem to champion the program. Rather, they oppose any real reform to make it a viable program vice the Ponzi scheme they know it has always been.
The Democrats use the Social Security program as their piggy bank, much as the mob uses union retirement funds.
yes, and the Republicans will apologize and join a bipartisan committee and pass liberal legislation while singing “Kumbaya” together.
and no one will point out the money he is wasting in a gazillion other ways, while he cuts money that Americans personally paid in, under law, during their working lives. Will anyone in Congress point out what the money that Americans paid in would be worth today if it were put in a private funds? Will anyone point out that obama paid 18.4% taxes on over 600K income in 2013, while he wants to cut $ to Americans. this jack*ss is just asking to be slapped into submission, if the rinos had some gonads.
Put the push now on for mandatroy voter ID for EVERYONE!
It didn’t hurt them in 2012. They will lie and say it was the GOP who raised taxes. This budget is a sucker punch
“Put the push now on for mandatroy voter ID for EVERYONE!”
Put the push on now for mandatroy voter ID for EVERYONE!
I didn’t drink enough coffee before posting . . .
Dems have nothing to worry about...the lib MSM will blame the GOP...it’s what they ALWAYS do.
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Exactly right. You beat me to posting this. :)
That’s how Republicans roll (over).
The Obamabots will stay home. The only reason Mitt Romney lost to Obama in 2012 was because he was a whimp, just like John McCain. IMHO, Obama and the Democrats will lose both the Senate and House in 2014 to the Republicans.
They never learn that the 2nd ammendment cannot be eliminated by statute, it can only be temporarily altered by force.
If it can be "altered" by statute, it can be "unaltered" by statute.
It happened in '94, it will happen again.
What goes around, comes around.
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