Video: My appearance on Your World with Neil Cavuto to discuss proposed cuts to SS and Medicare

[stevenleser]

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[RebelOne]

1. Great interview.

As a social security recipient, and speaking for other seniors, please keep fighting for us.

[stevenleser]

2. Thank you and on that you can rely. I will never support cuts to SS or Medicare

If you liked that interview, hear what I said on the topic on my radio show! Fast forward to the 50 minute and 45 second part: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/lesersense/2013/04/07/making-sense-with-steve-leser--n-korea-amina-femen-more

[haikugal]

3. Why

is it so hard for these people to understand that these programs are not part of the deficit? SS is not part of the deficit but raising the cutoff is raising taxes? Please..we need to take back the argument. I salute you on your willingness to go on a show like this...I wouldn't have the patience. I'm sick of hearing the rightwing, libertarian claims in regard to our safety net. That includes neolibs as well.

[stevenleser]

5. Thank you!

Thanks for your nice comments.

[quinnox]

4. nice respectable interview

surprising considering it was Fox.

[freshwest]

6. Thanks for your patience and sticking to the essentials. If only we could edit out Cavuto!

Then it would a great show! Will catch the podcast, too.

[pscot]

7. You did well

Nice work.

[senseandsensibility]

8. Good job!

Hey, Fox interviewed a progressive about the proposed SS cuts! They're one up on MSNBC!

[stevenleser]

9. LOL

Thank you!

[Dustlawyer]

10. Cavuto, "why is it always portrayed as Grandmother eating cat food?" Maybe b/c that

is her only option under your plan, take everything from her you heartless piece of...

[antigop]

11. 4:08 -- "Medicare -- I have to sit here and tell you that I don't have a great solution for that

right now myself."

Rather odd statement for a "Democratic strategist", imo.

[demwing]

12. Liar

you told Neil Cavuto that it was great to see him.

That sir, has got to earn you a big fat "Pant on Fire."

[stevenleser]

14. No, it's true.

Any Democrat that goes on Neil's shows with any frequency will tell you that. He's tough on camera but is a really nice guy off camera.

[demwing]

15. Well, having never met him, I can't argue

but the guys is such a right wing tool I just find it impossible to believe

[UnrepentantLiberal]

13. Great job.

I think it's cool that you post here to get a feel for what a cross section of Americans think (as well as some great points to make) and then go on national television with it. Most of the media only hear what others in the media think. It shows when you see them being interviewed.

If you don't mind my asking, how did these appearances on Fox come about?

[libodem]

16. Good on standing your ground

And remaining calm. I might have gotten mad. Nice job.

[colorado_ufo]

17. Thank you for standing up for what is right!

[kentuck]

18. Good job Steven!

Raising payroll tax cap is not the same as raising income taxes. People will know that where their taxes are going - to save Social Security. I think most Americans would agree with that framing of the issue.

Also, since the Bush taxcuts were extended for everyone up to $450K per year, they are now in a donut hole where they pay less in taxes than those making $110,000 per year. It is a question of fairness.

[DeeDeeNY]

22. Exactly right

Raising the cap just makes everything fairer, because then people making over $113,000 would pay into Social Security the same percentage of their salary as what is taken from people making under that amount.

[Roy Rolling]

19. Well said

Perhaps the argument "projections are always wrong" should be challenged with "then the projection that Social Security is underfunded is also wrong and strenghtens the argument that not cutting benefits is a reasonable course of action."

[kentuck]

20. Good point Roy!

Their "projections" are always right and everyone else's projections are wrong?

[gvstn]

21. Nice interview.

You did a good job of keeping things civil. I, personally, can't stand Cavuto and have an aversion to his very voice because of it. He must like you because he seemed to keep himself in check here as well.

[Quixote1818]

23. You always do a great job Steve! nt

[AgingAmerican]

24. "I'm budging, just in a different direction"

Awesome!

[steve2470]

25. Congrats for going into the lions' den and doing a good job ! nt