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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders's attack machine comes back to haunt him [View all]Gothmog
(145,264 posts)115. Sanders' Social Security 'adjustments' undercut Biden attack
sanders and Sirota lied about Joe Biden and social security . sanders has called for cuts also https://apnews.com/31c432f20acba807a569c7004abaf473
As a congressman in the 1990s, Bernie Sanders expressed an openness to making adjustments to the tax and benefit structure of Social Security. He also praised an overhaul of the social safety net program signed into law by President Ronald Reagan that reduced benefits and increased taxes on working families.
Sanders presidential campaign and allies have highlighted similar remarks by Joe Biden to attack the former vice president and make the explosive charge that Biden was an outspoken proponent of slashing the program.
With Iowas first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses less than a week away, Sanders remarks from decades ago are surfacing as a counterpunch to the criticism of Biden, as the two top candidates in the Democratic race escalate a feud over the nations most popular entitlement, an issue that has particular reach among older voters.
Sanders, a democratic socialist, is a favorite of progressives who admire him for his convictions and consistency on issues. But when it comes to Social Security, it appears that wasnt always the case.
In 1994, after Republicans took control of the House for the first time since the Eisenhower era, they brought a renewed focus on fiscal restraint and deficit reduction.
Biden and Sanders both bowed to those pressures in some respect.
Today, Social Securitys long-term finances are sagging under the weight of the ballooning number of baby boomers who are collecting benefits. The options available to sustain the programs financing also remain the same: Benefits can be cut, taxes can be raised or a combination of the two can be enacted.
Sanders allies have specifically highlighted Bidens past use of the term adjustments a word they say was deployed as a euphemism for cuts.
Yet Sanders himself used the word in an election-year opinion article about Social Security that ran in The Burlington Free Press in 1996.
Sanders presidential campaign and allies have highlighted similar remarks by Joe Biden to attack the former vice president and make the explosive charge that Biden was an outspoken proponent of slashing the program.
With Iowas first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses less than a week away, Sanders remarks from decades ago are surfacing as a counterpunch to the criticism of Biden, as the two top candidates in the Democratic race escalate a feud over the nations most popular entitlement, an issue that has particular reach among older voters.
Sanders, a democratic socialist, is a favorite of progressives who admire him for his convictions and consistency on issues. But when it comes to Social Security, it appears that wasnt always the case.
In 1994, after Republicans took control of the House for the first time since the Eisenhower era, they brought a renewed focus on fiscal restraint and deficit reduction.
Biden and Sanders both bowed to those pressures in some respect.
Today, Social Securitys long-term finances are sagging under the weight of the ballooning number of baby boomers who are collecting benefits. The options available to sustain the programs financing also remain the same: Benefits can be cut, taxes can be raised or a combination of the two can be enacted.
Sanders allies have specifically highlighted Bidens past use of the term adjustments a word they say was deployed as a euphemism for cuts.
Yet Sanders himself used the word in an election-year opinion article about Social Security that ran in The Burlington Free Press in 1996.
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Lacks the racism and misogyny of many of Cenk's screeds. But he's a Left Wing hero now.
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#84
i didn't bother to read it. why the hell would i. after trump she'll be calling dems socialist again
Kurt V.
Jan 2020
#20
How entitled does someone have to be to 'splain to someone else what they *really* think?
lapucelle
Jan 2020
#76
Certainly Cenk used to be a RWer....and very racist and misogynist. Expelled from Justice Dems even.
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#89
His comment came after he was asked about Hillary's people calling him unqualified.
aikoaiko
Jan 2020
#13
He isn't a dem..he's an independent. He's using the dem party to run his campaign as he did in 16
Thekaspervote
Jan 2020
#31
Again, there's more to the Clinton/Sanders "qualified to be President" dustup
TiberiusB
Jan 2020
#23
sanders was such a weak candidate that he has never been vetted and was treated with kid gloves
Gothmog
Jan 2020
#43
Her analysis is spot on. In doling out honest criticism of Sanders, she shows she is certainly
emmaverybo
Jan 2020
#45
Hillary Clinton was correct to be worried about sanders' bogus attacks and lies on real Democrats
Gothmog
Jan 2020
#46
sanders is such a weak general election candidate that trump will easily win 45+ states
Gothmog
Jan 2020
#57
Thank you!! Politics is a very messy business. It's not about purity and governing just the far left
Thekaspervote
Jan 2020
#64
Coming back to haunt him? Looks to me like it's propelling him to Number 1 position!
m-lekktor
Jan 2020
#95