Boehner backs off Social Security cuts (uncomfortable with the focus on Ryan's crazy plan?)

[ProSense]

Ezra Klein: Boehner backs off Social Security cuts

The big concern that progressives had going into the State of the Union address was that President Obama would propose cuts to Social Security. That didn't happen. And now, a few days after the State of the Union, John Boehner is backing off the cuts he'd previously proposed to Social Security.

Before the election, Boehner had said we should raise the retirement age to 70; he now says that proposing cuts was putting the cart before the horse. "I made a mistake when I did that because I think having the conversation about how big the problem is is the first step," Boehner told CNN's Kathleen Parker. "And once the American people understand how big the problem is, then you can begin to outline an array of possible solutions." I take this as another example of the GOP's flight from specificity.

Details on Ryan's plan.

[RC]

1. Something else is going on. Our owners must have some respect for the third rail.

Look at what is happening in Egypt and Jordan.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x285284

[Kdillard]

2. Yeah like he had a choice.

[phleshdef]

3. This whole "cut social security" thing is pretty much going where some of us said it would.. nowhere

[thelordofhell]

4. President Obama pushed the republicans on SS

And they folded like a cheap suit. Can people see now what the President is doing.....or do they still think that SS is going to get cut?

[golfguru]

5. If this news is true, SS is in trouble

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110127/D9L0BDUG0.html

However my POV is that no one really knows. It all depends on
jobs created. If lot of new jobs are created, more SS tax comes
in but recipients remain the same. And vice versa.

[golfguru]

6. Another troubling news item re: Social Security

http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20110126/US.Social.Security/

[treestar]

7. Boner is caving?

Say it isn't so!!!!!!! :rofl:

[old mark]

8. The GOPers read the polls showing how many voters want to KEEP SS and not cut it...

or privatize it. That's all that really happened.

mark