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In reply to the discussion: Obama: Dems don't get enough credit for willingness to cut Social Security and Medicare [View all]joshcryer
(62,270 posts)If there's a Chained CPI it's cuts because it cuts what people get due to "new calculations." So you wind up eating more bread and less meat, etc.
If there's a retirement age increase that's 2-3 years (or more) you're not getting retirement, this is a "cut in entitlements." There hasn't been an increase in the retirement age since 1983 (though it didn't take effect until 2000).
If there's a cap increase, which is probably the best option (but the poster you're responding to hates the idea, search for Bernie Sanders' proposal), and is the option that Obama talks about in speeches, they will call it a "cut" because people will be paying higher payroll taxes (nevermind it would only be the top 5% who would get the tax increase, not the other 95%, the media would still play it as a "tax increase" .