White House Backs Down On Social Security Cuts In State Of The Union

"How could the White House "back down" from Social Security cuts when they didn't even propose or hint at proposing Social Security cuts in the first place?"

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Not only is Obama talking about it, Democrats in Congress are, too.

And they have their version of Frank Luntz (Celinda Lake) polling it -- She's finding that Obama's Social Security Talk Is Turning Voters Off, Pollsters Say 


Obama put Social Security on the table for cuts and privatizin­g by his Debt Commission­:

Obama Packs Debt Commission with Social Security Looters:

Obama has filled his new 'debt commission­' with Wall Street insiders determined to gut Social Security

Obama Packs Debt Commission With Social Security Privatizat­ion & Benefit Cut Supporters

Meet Obama's Deficit Commission Appointee David Cote - the Most Dangerous Man in America

You don't put Social Security on the table at all before a 'Deficit Commission­' (it's not in danger of going broke, to begin with) or put people like this on your commission if you weren't signaling that you're open to doing it. 

Obama has already said that he'll go along with whatever plan comes out of the commission (which will take 14 of the 18 commission­ers to agree on), and more than 14 of them came on to the commission supporting privatizin­g Social Security.
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