Trumka Willing To 'Accept The Consequences' Of Holding The Line On Ending Wealthy Tax Rates

Democratic House leader (DCCC),  congressm­an Chris Van Hollen made an interesting parsing slip on CNN [searchword: "partial"]­ about that very point (he never was the brightest color in the box -- Democratic voters are d00med if this is the future leadership of the party).

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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