Sunny day here, need to be out exercising. Have been reading the posts on Chained CPI will he won't , its not that bad, cutting granny instead of War Profitters is effed up.....
Where Are Unions On This?
Unions have changed their strategy since the first term, were ready to roll right after the election with very proactive actions around the country to gain support for no cuts to the safety net.
Was wondering what the plan was now in lead up to a possible debt ceiling deal.
Found this at Salon
Will Obama cave on Social Security?With chained CPI a likely part of any debt ceiling deal, outraged progressives are organizing in advance
By Josh Eidelson
SNIP
Obama has repeatedly touted chained CPI as an aspect of a potential “Grand Bargain” with Republicans to reduce the deficit. In a “Meet the Press” interview aired on Dec. 30, the president highlighted it both as an example of his willingness to make concessions to the GOP and part of his “pursuit of strengthening Social Security for the long-term.”
The same day that interview aired, Republicans reportedly dropped their insistence on including chained CPI in the scaled-down so-called fiscal cliff deal, signaling they expect it to be part of a larger deficit deal in the next few months. So, it appears, does Obama. Can labor stop them?
“The White House has signaled many times they’re very open to this concept, which puts us in a very precarious situation,” said Eric Kingson, a co-chair of Strengthen Social Security. That coalition, whose 300-some member groups include the AFL-CIO and some of its largest unions, supports increasing Social Security benefits and opposes chained CPI, which Kingson called “a disguised benefit cut.”
Kingson and fellow co-chair Nancy Altman told Salon they would recommend that the Strengthen Social Security coalition oppose any overall deficit deal that includes chained CPI. Altman, whom the AFL-CIO is urging Obama to nominate as Social Security commissioner, said, “I think we would certainly have the view that there should be a line in the sand that should not be crossed.” But she noted that individual coalition members would “have to weigh a lot of things” in deciding whether their own groups would also support torpedoing an overall deal over chained CPI.
Hats off to the Unions and other 300 other member groups of Strengthen Social Security for not leaving possible cuts to chance.
300 member groups. Whoa.
Will be interesting to see what the Union leadership meeting this week produces.
The AFL-CIO’s strategy for the current budget wars will be a topic of discussion at its Executive Committee meeting on Wednesday.
Bernie Sanders: Tens of Millions Needed To Protect Social Security
As Senator Bernie Sanders said recently:
Sen. Sanders says he's 'not confident' Obama will protect Social Security
By Sam Baker - 01/05/13 10:17 AM ET
Entitlement programs must stay off the table in the next round of budget negotiations, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said.
Sanders said he's "not confident" that President Obama will try to protect entitlements — particularly Social Security — during upcoming talks about raising the country's debt ceiling.
"Well, we've got to make the president and Republicans and any Democrats that want to cut Social Security an offer they can`t refuse, and that is tens of millions of people have got to make it very clear to Congress -- Social Security has nothing to do with the deficit,"Sanders said Friday night in an interview with MSNBC's Ed Schultz.
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Not Sure Chained CPI Coming, But Want To Be Proactive?
Here's an action on the 300 organization members Strengthen Social Security site:
Complete the form below to send this message to President Obama
President Obama,
The Chained CPI is a benefit cut to a program that does not contribute to the deficit. Do not barter it away in the name of deficit reduction.
Stand strongly against all cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
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Send this message to President Obama now -- just add your name below
LINK http://strengthensocialsecurity.org/...
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1:43 PM PT: From the comments
Military and Veterans orgs/associations too (1+ / 0-)
We have already been contacted by two. Looked up a quick link to put in your thread.
link
by Militarytracy
------------------- Senator, veterans groups line up against chained CPI
http://federaldaily.com/...
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