Tag: progressives
Three Arguments Progressives Are Using to Defend Social Security Cuts and Why They’re Wrong
Some progressives are still bending over backward to whitewash the chained CPI — a Social Security cut that President Obama has offered Republicans in the past and remains on the table for the next fiscal deal. It is important to know the arguments these progressives are making and why they do not hold water.
DNC Attendees Skeptical of Compromise on Social Security & Medicare
- Attendees of the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC. Picture courtesy of New York Magazine.
Democratic Party delegates interviewed on the floor of the Democratic National Convention hall in Charlotte, NC, last week, were skeptical of a compromise that would cut Social Security and Medicare.
