Democrats planning to cut Social Security while acting as its protectors

[Adios]

Did he just say it is the fault of nam vets because they are getting care for being exposed to agent orange without knowing that at the time it would have bad bad health consequences?

Give the man a cigar.

[Don Coyote]

I totally see his point. All these old people are a drain on our economy and our hard working young people. If only he would realize that it is because of the vets that all our young people are pill poppers.

[Disco Pickle]

ACTUALLY THE REAL PROBLEMS TO SS IS

VETERANS

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/09/simpson-veterans-not-helping-us-save-country-from-debt.php

If Social Security is "a cow with 310 million tits"  then what's the proper metaphor for veteran's benefits? We don't know. But Alan Simpson seems to think they're too expensive. Or too overused. Or something. Anyway, it's bad.

"The irony (is) that the veterans who saved this country are now, in a way, not helping us to save the country in this fiscal mess," said Alan Simpson, co-chair of the White House's fiscal commission, according to the Associated Press.

Simpson was referring specifically to the disability benefits the Department of Veterans Affairs dispenses to Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange.

According to AP, Simpson declined to comment on whether this issue would be examined by the commission. But as TPM has reported, some members of the commission have sought to prioritize cuts to service members and veteran benefits over other defense spending cuts.

The AP has also reported that Vietnam veterans are more frequently compensated for diabetes than for every other ailment, besides no sure link between the disease and Agent Orange. In 1991 Congress created a system of automatic benefits for Vietnam veterans who were or may have been exposed to Agent Orange.

wow
can he be anymore of douche?

What a prick.

FTR:  that wasn't me that said that.

I'm a dick, but I'm not a COMPLETE dick.

[Freeky]

I beg to differ.

[Cain]

Called it, 10 months ago

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/in-debt-talks-obama-offers-social-security-cuts/2011/07/06/gIQA2sFO1H_story.html

President Obama is pressing congressional leaders to consider a far-reaching debt-reduction plan that would force Democrats to accept major changes to Social Security and Medicare in exchange for Republican support for fresh tax revenue. . . . As part of his pitch, Obama is proposing significant reductions in Medicare spending and for the first time is offering to tackle the rising cost of Social Security, according to people in both parties with knowledge of the proposal. The move marks a major shift for the White House and could present a direct challenge to Democratic lawmakers who have vowed to protect health and retirement benefits from the assault on government spending.

Also http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/07/us/politics/07fiscal.html

"The President wants to move well beyond the $2 trillion in savings sought in earlier negotiations and seek perhaps twice as much over the next decade."

[Dysfunctional Cunt]

 

YAY!!  Change we can believe in........

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

Which brings us to Social Security's financial "crisis." The issue isn't that Social Security is spending too much or that we're living too long. It's that we're not having enough children (or letting in enough immigrants).

Which brings us to Social Security's financial "crisis." The issue isn't that Social Security is spending too much or that we're living too long. It's that we're not having enough children (or letting in enough immigrants).

Which brings us to Social Security's financial "crisis." The issue isn't that Social Security is spending too much or that we're living too long. It's that we're not having enough children [size=9](or letting in enough immigrants)[/size].

Karma ITT.