Can somebody provide me a link to a reputable news source where the President said he was cutting SS

[snooper2]

please

[yodermon]

1. just wait a few days. n/t

[snooper2]

2. wait a few days for what?

Only thing I know that's coming up is some big storm system.....and meetings I've got in my Outlook calendar...

[Raine1967]

3. I would like one as well. Thanks, Snooper2.

I have spent a good part of the morning trying to sort all of this out.

[slackmaster]

4. Good question snooper2. I'm in too.

[Comrade_McKenzie]

5. It was an "anonymous" administration official.

Tomorrow is when the budget officially comes out.

[snooper2]

6. Got a Link? who's reporting this? (Not some fake news rawstory crap)

[Comrade_McKenzie]

9. I'm on your side, by the way... but it all originated from this New York Times article.

“The president has made clear that he is willing to compromise and do tough things to reduce the deficits, but only in the context of a package like this one that has balance and includes revenues from the wealthiest Americans and that is designed to promote economic growth,” said a senior administration official, who, like others, declined to be identified confirming details about the coming budget.

“That means,” the official added, “that the things like C.P.I. that Republican leaders have pushed hard for will only be accepted if Congressional Republicans are willing to do more on revenues.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/us/social-programs-face-cutback-in-obama-budget.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

The part many ignore is "WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED IF"

[snooper2]

12. when CPI is mentioned does that always mean they are talking about SS?

[Comrade_McKenzie]

13. Yes, but here's another overlooked part (in bold) by the perpetually outraged:

From the same article: "Mr. Obama’s budget will propose a new inflation formula that would have the effect of reducing cost-of-living payments for Social Security benefits, though with financial protections for low-income and very old beneficiaries, administration officials said."

[AnotherMcIntosh]

7. You're looking for him to use those words, "cutting SS"? Nah. He's going to say that he's

"strengthening it," or "preserving it for future generations," or "forward," or whatever.

He'll think of something.

Then, after he says what he's planning to say, those who want to be oblivious can come back here and say something like "He never said he was cutting SS."

Or "he doesn't have the votes," "Are you disappointed that you didn't get a pony," or some other such nonsense.

I hope that's not you.

[fredamae]

8. This provides an outline

http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/sequester/the-presidents-plan

Scroll down. "Spending Savings" No details at all--$130B In the bigger picture what is $130B "worth" these days when the WoD's was Increased and wastes (imo) somewhere around http://www.drugsense.org/cms/wodclock

[snooper2]

10. so people are just speculating?

[Comrade_McKenzie]

11. Yes. nt

[fredamae]

14. Well I guess it depends

upon ones definition of speculation...
He's clearly added this in his proposal and made Several Public Statements that He WILL do this.

[Fearless]

16. In the same way someone says

they're going to do something and then just happens to do so.

[Cleita]

15. Chained CPI is future cuts to Social Security. It's all over the news.

I don't know how you missed it. Chained CPI is thousands of small cuts until Social Security is destroyed forever, leading the way to Wall Street run privatized security, which has proven to be a big failure every where it has been tried, notably Chile and Great Britain. Senator Bernie Sander's news website has plenty of information on it. I'm sure Google will lead you there. You will never hear the words cuts to Social Security, but weasel words like chained CPI.

[forestpath]

19. +1

[cthulu2016]

17. This OP would be sad if it were sincere.

[forestpath]

18. He doesn't call it "cutting." He calls it "protecting."

http://www.thenation.com/blog/173314/senate-democrats-press-obama-chained-cpi#

President Obama visited Capitol Hill on Tuesday afternoon in an effort to get Senate Democrats on board with his sequester replacement plan, which contains some tough sells for the caucus—particularly on Chained CPI, a new and less generous way to calculate government benefits.

When Senate Democrats proposed their sequester replacement last month, it didn’t have Chained CPI, and many members have openly spoken out against it. Accordingly, Obama was repeatedly pressed on the issue—and appeared to hold firm in his position.

Senator Bernie Sanders described the exchange to The Nation on Tuesday afternoon. “The issue came up. The president raised his concerns about the long-term sustainability of programs like Social Security, and indicated that he believed something like Chained CPI is an effective way—what he considers to be [an effective way], to protect the program,” said Sanders.

On that, Obama got pushback from multiple senators. “Some of us suggested there are other ways to address the problem in terms of the long-term solvency of Social Security, such as doing what he proposed in 2008, which is to lift the cap of taxable income,” said Sanders.

[Bradical79]

20. here's one

WASHINGTON -- White House spokesman Dan Pfeiffer said Sunday that the administration would only implement the Social Security cuts included in its "compromise" budget under two conditions. First, Pfeiffer said on ABC's "This Week," it must be part of a "balanced package" that includes higher revenue and the closure of tax loopholes, and second, it must be coupled with protections for seniors.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2013/04/07/chained-cpi-social-security-obama-budget_n_3032825.html

So its on the table under certain conditions.

[fredamae]

21. Here's a pretty good

discussion...Note Who POTUS chooses as "advisers"?!? http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/04/08/1200201/-White-House-says-their-plan-is-not-ideal

[Glitterati]

22. Just go to whitehouse.gov

And watch the last 3 days of the press briefing. Carney confirms it every single day.

Are you trying to infer this is BS?

For another source, while at whitehouse.gov, watch Obama's weekend statement video. He confirms it there!!!

These are BOTH straight from the horse's mouth.