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Bernie Sanders who is no Independent, is on auto FAIL
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Al Gore pledged during his presidential bid to “veto any plan that takes money out of Social Security and uses it for any other purpose.” Then he sort of contradicted himself when he said he would keep SS fully funded but use any surplus to pay down the debt.
Were there any struggling cripples at the time? If so, was Gore a heartless monster for not pledging to not use SS funds to pay their rent?
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Bernie Sanders Exposes Republican Plot To Cut Social Security For 11 Million Disabled People
By: Jason Easley
Monday, January, 12th, 2015
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is warning that Republicans are plotting to cut Social Security benefits for 11 million disabled Americans through a rule change that would make it more difficult to fund the disability account.
In a statement, Sen. Sanders explained what the House rules change will mean for disabled Americans who depend on Social Security:
“Around 11 million Americans, including nearly 2 million children with a disabled parent, rely on Social Security to help keep them out of poverty,” said Sanders, the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee.
A new House rule creates a legal obstacle course that would make it harder to shift funds from the Social Security retirement account, which has a big surplus, to the smaller disability account. Such transfers have been done routinely in the past under both Republican and Democratic presidencies, including four times under President Ronald Reagan.
Without a transfer to shore up the disability fund, Social Security Administration experts say the disability program will run short of money next year, and there will be only enough to cover 80 percent of scheduled benefits.
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The Republican rule change that would lead to more benefits cuts will only push millions of Americans with no source of income further into poverty. House Republicans are repeating a pattern of attacking those who most need assistance. Since they have taken over the majority, Republicans have tried to cut benefits for the unemployed, children, wounded veterans, the elderly, and the disabled.
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The Republican desire to remake America into an oligarchy knows no limits. Sen. Sanders is leading the charge against the oligarchs, and the economic future of millions depends on his warnings being heeded.
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So you see no problem in robbing Peter to pay Paul? You can't ripoff one program to sustain another one without eventually destroying both and neither are particularly solvent, they say SS could start experiencing major problems in the next couple of decades, stealing from it now won't help.
Acknowledging that Social Security insolvency is decade and decades away makes you smarter than just about every other rightwing/Republican on this M/B - good on you. Given that SS is solvent for the "next couple decades", how do you propose fixing it?
If you/Republicans choose to abolish SS, Dwight D, Eisenhower thinks you're "stupid", so you may want to consider Ronald Reagan's fix, raise taxes on the middle class and-----and if the mantra of former Republican Presidents of being stupid and/or raising taxes on the middle class doesn't appeal to you, how do you propose we fix SS in "next couple decades"?
"This bill demonstrates for all time our nation's ironclad commitment to Social Security. It assures the elderly that America will always keep the promises made in troubled times a half a century ago. It assures those who are still working that they, too, have a pact with the future. From this day forward, they have one pledge that they will get their fair share of benefits when they retire." ~ R. Reagan, April 20, 1983
"...anyone attempting to abolish Social Security is stupid." Dwight D. Eisenhower, November 8, 1954
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