My sensible centrist Democratic Congressman supports Chained CPI

[neverforget]

I'm not surprised. He's on a mission to make life miserable for the poor and middle class. I really dislike this guy. Oregon has 4 Democrats and 1 Republican in the House. This turd thinks it's great but Walden the Republican hates it. What the fuck is wrong here?

Obama's Social Security proposal finds a supporter, but mostly critics in Oregon delegation
Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., parted ways with the rest of the Oregon congressional delegation Wednesday by praising President Barack Obama's proposal to trim the size of Social Security cost-of-living increases.

Schrader, who frequently has sought to carve out a middle-ground approach on budget and tax issues, said Obama was taking a reasonable step to preserve Social Security's financial stability by proposing a new cost-of-living formula that would cut costs by $130 billion over the next decade.

"It's the least egregious change that can help make sure these programs are here for a long, long time," he said.

Schrader's fellow Democrats mostly savaged the idea, as did the state's lone Republican congressman, Greg Walden.
http://www.oregonlive.com/mapes/index.ssf/2013/04/obama_social_security_proposal.html#incart_m-rpt-2

[QC]

1. Naturally. His net worth is $6,400,000.

http://www.theclassist.com/shorts/finding-the-one-percent-oregon-congressional-representatives/

[WorseBeforeBetter]

2. So the Republican is against Chained CPI?

LOL Way to go, O-B-A-M-A!

[TheKentuckian]

3. Got to FLUSH that TURD!

Eliminate with extreme prejudice.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

4. What district does he represent?

(I used to live in Oregon, and I'm a big fan of DeFazio and Blumenauer.)

[neverforget]

6. He represents the 5th district. I was in Blumenauers but was redistricted

into shithead's.

[hrmjustin]

5. It sounds like it is time for a primary there.

[stanchaz]

7. Grand Betrayal...not Grand bargain

Barack: Do you REALLY want to throw Grandma
-and disabled vets- under the bus?

This is not a "Grand Bargain" Sir.
Your chained C.P.I. proposal is a GRAND BETRAYAL
... a betrayal of the ideals and programs that Democrats
have fought for so long and hard over the years.
Don't make me ASHAMED of being a Democrat,
AND your supporter, Mr. President.
YOU DONT COMPROMISE YOUR
BASIC PRINCIPLES AND IDEALS, MR. OBAMA.
You don’t try to balance the budget on the
backs of the most vulnerable!
This is not compromise - it’s capitulation.
Any person in Congress who votes for this proposal will live to regret it,
because we will not forget at the polls,
...and the primaries ..and the fund raisers.
It looks like your not much of a fighter, Mr. President.
We'll, you've got a hell of a fight on your hands now,
if you don't come to your senses.
You keep on “compromising” towards the so-called “middle”-
while they laugh at you, and move the goalposts to the right.
Again, and again,.and again.
Stop and stand your ground. Make us proud of you again.

[bhikkhu]

8. The most important part is in the details of the proposal

where SSI payments are increased for those who rely on SS for their primary income, leading to an actual increase in benefits to those most in need.

I'd guess that anyone who supports Obama's proposal has probably actually read the proposal. I would support it myself, though I'd rather the whole thing were somehow dumbed down to where it didn't sound so bad to begin with.

[msongs]

9. and a decrease for everyone else who legally gets SS. thanks for your compassion...

"where SSI payments are increased for those who rely on SS for their primary income, leading to an actual increase in benefits to those most in need."