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Quick, Let’s Reform Social Security!
Suburban Guerrilla —
... have a simultaneous orgasm, well to hell with that. If the point is to keep the Blue Dogs on the team, the price is too high. If it’s that they have a super-duper, multi level chess game planned, they probably should wait until the second term. After watching Rahm’s crack legislative strategy on the stimulus, I think they might need a little bit more practice before they try to outmaneuver the Republicans on something this important.
Duncan isn’t too happy about the idea, either.
Personally, I can’t wait to hear how Rahm and ...
They're talking about you....
The Sideshow —
... Josh Marshall has been busy telling us how Susan Collins got a key whistleblower protection stripped from the stimulus bill, and noting that Obama is either dumb or disingenuous on bank nationalization, but isn't it funny that he hasn't said anything about Obama's continual hints that he plans to cut the Social Security benefits you have already paid for? It's all very well for Matt Yglesias to say he would object, and for Atrios to say: No I believe this is what we in the professional blogging biz call "trolling," but I'll bite. ...
Obama, Social Security and the Diamond-Orszag Plan
Firedoglake —
... Atrios calls it trolling. Perhaps it is, but there have been signs that serious Social Security reform is in the works, and people who have been briefed on the administration's plans indicate that things like raising the retirement age and cutting benefits are under consideration. ...
Midday Open Thread
Daily Kos —
... Ben Smith alleges that the left would give Obama a pass if he tried to mess with Social Security and Medicare. Who, now? Atrios wouldn't give a pass (and thinks Smith is trolling with this one -- I tend to agree so I'm not going for the link-bait). ...
Social Security ‘Reform’ Etc.
Suburban Guerrilla —
... Atrios calls it trolling. Perhaps it is, but there have been signs that serious Social Security reform is in the works, and people who have been briefed on the administration’s plans indicate that things like raising the retirement age and cutting benefits are under consideration. ...
The Progressive Flank: Does It Exist?
TalkLeft —
... at daily kos played the "unhinged" card on Krugman, in the best traditions of A Sullivan (prior to his conversion from adulating Bush to adulating Obama) because Krugman was critical of Obama on the stimulus package. But it also brought to mind the attacks, led by Atrios , on ...
If Obama Messes With Social Security . . .
Tennessee Guerilla Women —
... -Atrios It's true. If Obama dares, all differences on the left will be forgotten. Finally, we will get that elusive unity pony. The New York Times: In advance of the fiscal responsibility meeting, the president last week shelved a ...
