Well fuck me to tears--the Obama administration announced today that in the President's upcoming budget the cuts to Social Security (also known as the "Feeding Grandma Catfood Cuts") known as Chained CPI will not appear (but are still on the table?).
The cuts, which would have cost the average senior citizen $28,000 by the age of 95 (no problem--they could always mop the floors of the senior home for the much needed extra cash), have been proferred by the President to show his seriousness for cutting the budget, regardless of the fact that Social Security does not increase the deficit in any way.
A bone to the base in an election year? It's a start, but you're going to have to do much better than that Mr. President--especially after signing that abominable farm bill.
Peace,
emaycee
Showing posts with label Chained CPI. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chained CPI. Show all posts
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Future shock
Like many Democrats, I greatly appreciated the solidarity our party showed in the face of republican intransigence on both the government shutdown and the raising of the debt ceiling--which culminated in the greatest victory our party has had since the passage of Obamacare.
But--and mark these words--if future negotiations (considering the insanity of the tea party caucus they still might not happen regardless of the ass kicking they took in popularity this time around) result in any cuts to Social Security, any cuts to Medicare, or any raising of the age limits for either, it will all have been for naught.
Social Security and Medicare are as important to the core social fabric of our party's philosophy as legs are important to running. To cut them would be akin to republicans asking for the tax rates to be raised on the wealthy and corporations back to 1950s levels (roughly 91% and 50%, though not many actually paid those rates).
Today the AFL-CIO made it perfectly clear that any Democrat voting for any cuts to either program could essentially go fuck themselves--they would receive no support from the union (another reason to love unions).
The rest of us should do the same.
Peace,
emaycee
But--and mark these words--if future negotiations (considering the insanity of the tea party caucus they still might not happen regardless of the ass kicking they took in popularity this time around) result in any cuts to Social Security, any cuts to Medicare, or any raising of the age limits for either, it will all have been for naught.
Social Security and Medicare are as important to the core social fabric of our party's philosophy as legs are important to running. To cut them would be akin to republicans asking for the tax rates to be raised on the wealthy and corporations back to 1950s levels (roughly 91% and 50%, though not many actually paid those rates).
Today the AFL-CIO made it perfectly clear that any Democrat voting for any cuts to either program could essentially go fuck themselves--they would receive no support from the union (another reason to love unions).
The rest of us should do the same.
Peace,
emaycee
Friday, April 12, 2013
The test of our progress
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have too much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."--Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Had I not worked this past Monday, I would not have known that today is the sixth-eighth anniversary of the death of the greatest American President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. I work in a thrift store, and each day we get (much appreciated) donations to keep us in product to sell to customers to help us provide for the needy. On Monday I happened to go through a box of donated goods that contained a series of articles from the issue of Life magazine that was released the week after his death. Considering the articles were from 1945, they were in surprisngly good condition, and yesterday I had the chance to read through them. While the articles themselves contained nothing extraordinary, they did paint a picture of a man who was beloved by American because he loved Americans. Franklin Roosevelt put human dignity, moral conviction, and human compassion at the forefront of his agenda.
It is sad that two days before the anniversary of President Roosevelt's death, the American people were betrayed by our current President, in a wisdom that is evident to no one, when he decided to embrace cuts known as Chained CPI to President Roosevelt's signature economic accomplishment, Social Security. Social Security is the most successful government program in history, and has kept millions of Americans out of poverty.
In the midst of the Great Depression, with millions of Americans in need, Franklin Delano Roosevelt showed courage and worked to provide enough for those who have too little. In the midst of the Great Recession, with millions of Americans in need, Barack Obama decided to stroke his own ego in search of a Grand Bargain.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt touched greatness because he cared about the American people, and didn't give a damn about his legacy. Too bad for the well-being of ordinary Americans that we will never say the same of Barack Obama.
Peace,
emaycee
Had I not worked this past Monday, I would not have known that today is the sixth-eighth anniversary of the death of the greatest American President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. I work in a thrift store, and each day we get (much appreciated) donations to keep us in product to sell to customers to help us provide for the needy. On Monday I happened to go through a box of donated goods that contained a series of articles from the issue of Life magazine that was released the week after his death. Considering the articles were from 1945, they were in surprisngly good condition, and yesterday I had the chance to read through them. While the articles themselves contained nothing extraordinary, they did paint a picture of a man who was beloved by American because he loved Americans. Franklin Roosevelt put human dignity, moral conviction, and human compassion at the forefront of his agenda.
It is sad that two days before the anniversary of President Roosevelt's death, the American people were betrayed by our current President, in a wisdom that is evident to no one, when he decided to embrace cuts known as Chained CPI to President Roosevelt's signature economic accomplishment, Social Security. Social Security is the most successful government program in history, and has kept millions of Americans out of poverty.
In the midst of the Great Depression, with millions of Americans in need, Franklin Delano Roosevelt showed courage and worked to provide enough for those who have too little. In the midst of the Great Recession, with millions of Americans in need, Barack Obama decided to stroke his own ego in search of a Grand Bargain.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt touched greatness because he cared about the American people, and didn't give a damn about his legacy. Too bad for the well-being of ordinary Americans that we will never say the same of Barack Obama.
Peace,
emaycee
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