Damnit All to Hell ~ Bipartisanship you should reject! Yes You Can!!!!!

[boston bean]

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/07/republicans-and-democrats-endorse-major-changes-to-social-security.php">Republicans And Democrats Lining Up Behind Major Changes To Social Security

Is there a new, bipartisan consensus forming on Capitol Hill about whether (and how) to scale back Social Security benefits? A surprising number of signs point to "yes" -- and that has many progressives looking ahead a few months to what they believe could become a serious fight.

Several of the most powerful members of the House -- Republicans and Democrats -- have recently voiced real support for the idea of raising the retirement age for people middle-aged and younger as part of a larger plan to reduce long-term deficits, inching closer to what not too long ago was the third rail of American politics.

The strongest backer of this plan is House Minority Leader John Boehner, who recently told a Pennsylvania newspaper, "I think raising the retirement age going out 20 years so you're not affecting anyone close to retirement, and eventually getting the retirement age to 70 is a step that needs to be taken."

There's no big surprise there. The Republican minority in the House doesn't have a lot of power, but if Boehner had his druthers, he might well take things quite a bit further. He's the one, after all, who won't take Social Security privatization off the table if Republicans retake the House.

[slipslidingaway]

1. knr nt

[msongs]

2. two unneeded nuclear subs could be cancelled nt

[Radical Activist]

3. Further screwing of the young.

Hey, why does it matter that I won't get the same Social Security benefits of the people I'm currently paying for? If the Senate keeps stalling on climate change there's not much chance that we'll have anything resembling a stable society by the time I reach 70. No social security will be the least of my worries.

[Romulox]

4. The old will happily sell out the young before it's done.

Bipartisan, indeed.