eyeheartlenin
20th September 2011, 04:29
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Since January, 2009, Barack Obama has been Social Security’s relentless antagonist. He has succeeded in maneuvering the program into “the middle of the budget deficit debate, where it does not belong and from which it has been purposely shielded since its origins in President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal.” When the president and his allies chant “Go Big” on deficit reduction, they are aiming at Social Security’s heart
http://www.blackagendareport.com/content/obama-subverts-social-security
Wow! From the story: "... [Obama's] methodical subversion of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Back then, the Republicans were avoiding a frontal assault on Social Security, remembering George Bush’s first-term butt-whippin’ on the issue. It was up to Barack Obama to keep Social Security on the chopping block." ... "The GOP can count on Obama to offer up Social Security on the altar of austerity, as he has done consistently since January, 2009, while still president-elect...." "Obama has for the past two and a half years been in league with Republicans in falsely conflating Social Security and the federal debt. He is now positioned to knock the program from its protective pedestal...." and so forth
Since January, 2009, Barack Obama has been Social Security’s relentless antagonist. He has succeeded in maneuvering the program into “the middle of the budget deficit debate, where it does not belong and from which it has been purposely shielded since its origins in President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal.” When the president and his allies chant “Go Big” on deficit reduction, they are aiming at Social Security’s heart
http://www.blackagendareport.com/content/obama-subverts-social-security
Wow! From the story: "... [Obama's] methodical subversion of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Back then, the Republicans were avoiding a frontal assault on Social Security, remembering George Bush’s first-term butt-whippin’ on the issue. It was up to Barack Obama to keep Social Security on the chopping block." ... "The GOP can count on Obama to offer up Social Security on the altar of austerity, as he has done consistently since January, 2009, while still president-elect...." "Obama has for the past two and a half years been in league with Republicans in falsely conflating Social Security and the federal debt. He is now positioned to knock the program from its protective pedestal...." and so forth