CBS: Obama says he cannot guarantee Social Security checks will go out on August 3

CBS NEWS ^ | 7-12-11 | Corbett Daily

[tcrlaf]

President Obama on Tuesday said he cannot guarantee that retirees will receive their Social Security checks August 3 if Democrats and Republicans in Washington do not reach an agreement on reducing the deficit in the coming weeks.

"I cannot guarantee that those checks go out on August 3rd if we haven't resolved this issue. Because there may simply not be the money in the coffers to do it," Mr. Obama said in an interview with CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley, according to excerpts released by CBS News.

[Girlene]

------If he delays the checks the retirees will be so scared that they will back any GOP plan---------

No, they won't. They'd sign off on anything to ensure those checks keep coming -- the bulk of them anyway.

That's what the dems/obama are counting on.....with a little help from their media friends producing endless sob stories about what will happen to granny, disabled Johnny, if they don't get their checks in the next few weeks.

Repub's need to be on top of this, and ask (accuse) obama why he's threatening the most vulnerable to get his way....

[FortWorthPatriot]

"NOW it was serious. A double-dog-dare. What else was there but a "triple dare you"? And then, the coup de grace of all dares, the sinister triple-dog-dare."

[yoe]

Another whopper by Obama.....SS will be paid...if not by the US, then by China.

[sam_paine]

I know I know. I got that!

I’m asking you how she left the END OF THE call. your story wasn’t finished!

[Kaslin]

Remember how the White House tried to scare the military a few month ago that they would not receive their checks? This nothing but another scare tactic.

I am a senior citizen and tell the republicans to stand firm and do not give in

[Tolsti2]

We’ve known SS is going to go away at some point. They should’ve saved. Or they can have family take care of them.

There’s no reason to have a gigantic socialist system that pays so much more than it takes in and will bankrupt the entire country.

Once again, you ‘conservatives’ for the ponzi scheme are living in a fantasy world.

[bcsco]

I smell a troll. They love to incite. Just as you’re doing. Keep it up. Let’s see what happens...

[BlowNegative]

This lack of guarantee applies to Military Retired checks as well accoring to his interview.

[esoxmagnum]

Just take the money out of the lockbox.....

[cookcounty]

"Democrats have been claiming on every single TV/political show that SS is fully self funded and is NOT adding a dime to the deficit or debt. So how can the debt limit have any bearing on these SS payments?"

I don't recall this being said (of course, listening to Democrats is like listening to fingernails on chalkboard, so I could easily have missed it).

[Red Badger]

THEY SHOULD!..............

[hal ogen]

I’m an “old people”. Bring it on, you commie freaks!

[Patriotic1]

I am in favor of a graduated slow-down of SS. We do owe the people who played by the rules the right to be supported.

[nralife]

Bumping to save this list. Thanks!

[Red Badger]

Disagree. The fool has a gun pointed to his own head, threatening to pull the trigger unless they cave.

[fightinJAG]

Wonder why Obama chose Social Security to scaremonger on.

Would the LSM dutifully reported it if he had said he couldn’t guarantee that the welfare checks and foodstamps would go out on August 3rd?

[jpsb]

Fine, then from now now I pay no more taxes, no sales taxes, no property tax, no income tax, no school taxes, nothing, nada. Since yall have ripped me off for almost 50 years I am done supporting your lame asses. Support your self for a change.

[bcsco]

I don’t understand the reasoning of some of you. My grandfather has worked hard all of his life and paid into Social Security and Medicare.

Kill it?

That's just it. No one on this forum, as far as I can recall, has ever called for ending SS without consideration for those in the system. No one. Yet here it is from Tolsti. And with a sign-up date after Obama's election, I'm really smelling sleeper Troll on this one, taking advantage of a major issue to incite damaging remarks.

[esoxmagnum]

By tomorrow, all the news papers and lame stream will be siting how President Obama “mispoke”, as he and the very intelligent professor types are prone to do....

[Patriotic1]

I think it’s way past the time for Congress to use its franking privileges...