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President Obama’s Predictable Budget: More Spending, More Tax Increases
President Obama tells us in the Overview to his Fiscal Year 2014 Budget just released last week that his budget proposes, “more than $2 in spending cuts for every $1 of new revenue from closing tax loopholes and reducing tax…
Out of Balance
Earlier this month, President Obama released his fiscal year 2014 budget, which calls for $1.1 trillion in higher taxes over the next decade, cuts of $400 billion from Medicare and Medicaid, and alterations to Social Security’s benefit rate worth about…
Social Security Cuts: Chained CPI is Obama’s Grand Compromise
Social Security was created as a way to protect the well-being of retired American citizens. Currently, new changes are being proposed that may upset the spirit behind the Social Security Act of 1935, but these changes are only brought up…
Column: Obama irking Democrats but still needs them _ Republicans, too _ for agenda passage
He wants to take on the expensive Democratic sacred cows of Social Security and Medicare. He doesn’t agree with a judge and women’s rights groups that girls of any age should have easy access to emergency contraception. He has hinted…
Obama’s Budget Revives Benefits as Divisive Issue
Whether or not Republicans ever agree to a budget deal with President Obama, one thing seems certain: now that he has officially put Social Security and Medicare benefits on the negotiating table, opponents on his party’s left will make that an…
2.3 Million Petitioners Urge Rejection of ‘Chained-CPI’ Social Security Cut
US Senator Bernie Sanders, Congressman Mark Takano, Congressman Mark Pocan, Congressman Rick Nolan and leaders of organizations that oppose President Obama’s anticipated assault on Social Security went to the White House Tuesday to present petitions signed by 2.3-million Americans who reject the president’s proposal for “chained-CPI.”…
Obama’s Social Security Gambit
Liberals are furious at the president over his Social Security proposal.Michael Tomasky says they have nothing to worry about—because Republicans won’t deal. With this week’s budget and its official embrace of tying Social Security benefits to the “chained” consumer price index, Barack…
Why Wouldn’t Obama Cut Social Security and Medicare?
Two recent news reports indicate that the President is “strongly considering” cuts to Medicare and Social Security in his upcoming budget, which is to be released in less than ten days. The question’s been asked for four years: Why would…
Progressives Push Back Against Obama’s Social Security, Medicare Austerity
The impact of President Obama’s budget plan on Social Security–and particularly the adoption of a “Chained-CPI” calculation scheme–is discussed in this OpEdNews.com article, along with observations about Social Security and deficit-reduction strategies and alternative approaches to ensuring the solvency of…
Obama seeks deal, proposes cuts to Social Security
This article, posted by Associated Press writers Jim Kuhnhenn and Andrew Taylor, provides an analysis of the potential impacts of President Obama’s proposed 2014 budget package scheduled for release during the week of April 8. The analysis characterizes both the…