Chained CPI--
It doesn't matter at this point if this decision on the part of The President was brilliant or bone-headed, it WAS BALLSY, and in so doing, he just proved that yeah, there sure as hell is still juice in that Rail. Doesn't matter what the Coprorate Overlords want now, no politician will grab that sucker for at least another 5 years (well into the next Presidential term).
Even if Obama thought it might be a safe play, (and therefore, something he could use as a throwaway in exchange for a "Grand Bargain"
he just proved that fucking around with The People's Pension is a bad idea, no matter WHAT the Chamber of Commerce would like to see happen.
I will leave it to smarter people than me to determine what the Presidents ACTUAL intention was. But the RESULT is that any talk of screwing around with SocSec now seems like a complete non-starter in DC.
I guess that means we can have a budget discussion about things that are actually RELAVANT to the budget now, right?
RIGHT?
