MB Civic

Jane ..

Face-to-face meetings are the way to make it real. You can show up any time of day tomorrow, just for 5 minutes, let them know in no uncertain terms how you feel about their plans to cut [Social Security and Medicare] at a time of economic hardship. The President lectures progressives on Friday about how we should all care about the nation’s fiscal health. We do. We know that [Social Security and Medicare] don’t need “tweaking.” The President then went on to say that he supported the cuts recommended by the Catfood Commission, which included cuts to Social Security and Medicare benefits, but as Commander-in-Chief he couldn’t support their cuts to defense. Someone should tell the President that if he wants to cut Social Security and Medicare benefits before defense spending, he’s not in any position to be giving advice to progressives

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