Boy lots of activity in and outside the blogosphere on the SS front. Trial balloon? or the Airship Hindenberg? Anyway what other people are saying (Bruce):
Jamie Hall
Policy Fellow, Social Security Works
1825 K St. NW, Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20006
www.strengthensocialsecurity.org
Truthout
Obama’s debt talks alarm Democrats about Social Security
Steven Thomma & David Lightman
July 8, 2011
http://www.truth-out.org/...
Newsmax
Pew poll: maintaining benefits outweighs cutting deficit
Henry Reske
July 8, 2011
http://www.newsmax.com/...
Minnesota Post
Obama risks losing the left by considering entitlement cuts
David Henry
July 8, 2011
http://www.minnpost.com/...
Clips 07-08-11
NEWS:
Kaiser Health News
Democrats fear political pain from entitlement cuts
Staff Writer
July 8, 2011
http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/...
Bloomberg
Talk of Social Security cuts greeted with bipartisan opposition
Laura Litvan & James Rowley
July 8, 2011
http://www.sfgate.com/...
Oakville Patch
Social Security group skirmishes with AARP
Jason Rosenbaum
July 8, 2011
http://oakville.patch.com/...
The Hill
GOP voters divided over entitlement cuts
Alicia Cohn
July 8, 2011
http://thehill.com/...
Businessweek
Talks: inflation change could cut Social Security
Stephen Ohlemacher
July 7, 2011
http://www.businessweek.com/...
The Columbus Dispatch
Changes to Social Security included in bipartisan talks
Staff Writer
July 8, 2011
http://www.dispatch.com/...
CNN
Debt ceiling: perils of a ‘grand bargain’
Jeanne Sahadi
July 8, 2011
http://money.cnn.com/...
Bloomberg
Talk of U.S. Social Security cut meets bipartisan opposition in Congress
Brian Faler & Heidi Przybyla
July 8, 2011
http://www.bloomberg.com/...
Sun-Sentinel
What’s going to happen to Social Security and Medicaid?
William Gibson
July 7, 2011
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/...
National Journal
Debt limit talks breakthrough hinges on Social Security cuts
Elspeth Reeve
July 8, 2011
http://www.nationaljournal.com/...
Newsmax
Obama considers cutting Social Security full payment
Staff Writer
July 7, 2011
http://www.newsmax.com/...
The State Column
Nanci Pelosi rejects plan to cutting Social Security
Staff Writer
July 7, 2011
http://www.thestatecolumn.com/...
Daily Kos
AARP ‘will not accept any cuts to Social Security as part of a deal to pay the nation’s bills’
Joan McCarter
July 7, 2011
http://www.dailykos.com/...
Huffington Post
To appear reasonable, Obama unreasonably offers to cut Social Security and Medicare
Roger Hickey
July 7, 2011
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
Huffington Post
Progressives won’t criticize Obama for proposed Social Security cuts
Elise Foley
July 7, 2011
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
TPMDC
Sources: House Dems stunned by White House debt proposal, read Obama the riot act
Brian Beutler
July 7, 2011
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/...
TPMDC
Pelosi: Medicare, Social Security benefit cuts are line in the sand on debt limit bill
Brian Beutler
July 7, 2011
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/...
Bloomberg
Social Security cuts weighed by lawmakers under change in inflation gauge
Brian Falter & Heidi Przybyla
July 7, 2011
http://www.bloomberg.com/...
OP-ED:
Wall Street Pit
Have you heard of the chained CPI? Time to learn as Social Security benefits may be altered
“TraderMark”
July 8, 2011
http://wallstreetpit.com/...
MRZine
On using the chained CPI for Social Security cost of living adjustments
Dean Baker
July 8, 2011
http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/...
TMPDC
What’s in a name? Dems support Social Security benefit cut—by calling it something else
Brian Beutler
July 8, 2011
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/...
Business Insider
Cheap tricks on Social Security
Dean Baker
July 8, 2011
http://www.businessinsider.com/...
Economic Populist
Screwing America under the cover of deficit reductions
Robert Oak
July 8, 2011
http://www.economicpopulist.org/...
Times Union
It’s Obama against the extremists
Ruth Marcus
July 8, 2011
http://www.timesunion.com/...
Huffington Post
From New Deal to Raw Deal: the real economics of cutting Social Security
Thomas Ferguson & Robert Johnson
July 7, 2011
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
Politico
Progressives: wise up on Social Sec.
Jon Cowan & Jim Kessler
July 7, 2011
http://www.politico.com/...
BLOGS:
Business Insider
Soon enough people will realize the ‘debt ceiling compromise’ is completely bogus
Bruce Krasting
July 7, 2011
http://www.businessinsider.com/...
AFL-CIO
Trumka: Social Security cuts should not be on the table
Tula Connell
July 7, 2011
http://blog.aflcio.org/...
BNet
Why Obama is playing with fire by targeting Social Security
Alain Sherter
July 7, 2011
http://www.bnet.com/...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:
News Star
Social Security was never meant to be relied on solely
Rickey Crain
July 7, 2011
http://www.news-star.com/...
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Jamie Hall
Policy Fellow, Social Security Works
1825 K St. NW, Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20006
www.strengthensocialsecurity.org
Office: (202) 587-6197