Pelosi says that cuts to seniors' benefits are "absolutely" off the table .

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"What we're about is policy," she added. "What we want is to change the view that the Republicans have that it is OK to abolish Medicare to make seniors pay more for less while we give tax breaks to big oil. That's not a formula that I think works for the middle class."

Pelosi said that cuts to seniors' benefits are "absolutely" off the table in the ongoing deficit reduction negotiations, but suggested that Congress could improve Medicare by working to eliminate fraud and also by giving the Secretary of Health and Human Services unilateral authority to negotiate for lower prices for the endangered entitlement program.

"When you talk about Medicare, the first thing I would do if I ruled the world would be to allow the secretary of HHS to negotiate for lower prices. That would save tens of billions of dollars," Pelosi said. "The last place we need to go -- we don't ever have to go there -- is to what the Republicans are doing: Eliminate Medicare make seniors pay more for less as you give tax breaks to big oil and say that's how we have to reduce the deficit. We don't subscribe to that."

Pelosi said the election in 2012 "is not about Paul Ryan . It is about the Republicans in Congress."

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/exclusive-pelosi-democrats-good-chance-win-back-house/story?id=13737681

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1. Whatever. She said she was for "the strongest possible public option", until she wasn't.

Which, as I recall, took about eight months, end to end.

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. But..she WAS consistent in keeping Bush impeachment off the table.

:mad:

[closeupready]

8. True, that.

Funny how that works, huh. :mad:

[Ship of Fools]

2. all talk, Ms. P? heard it before. tired of it.

[Scuba]

3. Thank you Nancy! You're one of the best!!!

[DJ13]

4. "Cuts to seniors..."

Ryan's bullshit plan doesnt cut seniors either.

The latest DC weasel words have to be parsed CAREFULLY, because they are hiding behind the above statement Pelosi made, but they specifically are NOT promising those nearing retirement wont get screwed over.

[socialist_n_TN]

9. And this was what I noticed.........

Ryan's plan doesn't cut seniors either. At least not current seniors.

[Scuba]

6. Pelosi, Reid and other leading Dems have been consistent...

...in referring to seniors present and future.


They must be held to that, true, but I don't believe they need to spell it out with every comment.

[w4rma]

7. Sometimes it seems as if Rep. Pelosi is the only Congressperson with any brains. (nt)

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10. There's the official denial... so it's coming

Actually, they already have been cutting benefits through COLA manipulation and currency devaluation. But shhh! People aren't smart enough to realize how they are being squeezed.