General Discussion

excuse.

Bottom Line, SS had nothing to do with causing the Deficit, it has nothing to do with the Fed Budget so why is the MAIN target of these discussions?

Democrats know why. And any Dem who supports cuts to SS will find themselves being seriously challenged in their next election.

There is now a coalition of Liberal and other advocacy groups together with Unions, who formed before the last election to address these kinds of problems because no one trusts elected representatives to protect their interests on this issues any more.

The inclusion of SS in Deficit Talks was the last straw, and that is a fact that can not be ignored or excuses made for or whatever. Like it or not, SS is STILL the Third Rail of politics despite the claims of political think tanks that the way has been paved, finally, to attack it successfully.

Paul Ryan eg, thought that to be the case when he advised George Bush in 2005 that it was now safe to go to all 50 states to talk about cutting/privatizing SS. I believe Bush had to go home after travelling to only about three of them.

Take the Chained CPI off the table. If it is so small a 'cut' that we should not worry about it, then it won't bother anyone to simply remove it.

Cuts to SS will not help the Fed Budget, in fact they will adversely affect it.

We know why SS is included in these discussions.