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The New DU. Reply #13: How relevant will Congressional Democrats be in stopping social security and medicare cuts?
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Sat Jan-22-11 05:53 PM
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| 13. How relevant will Congressional Democrats be in stopping social security and medicare cuts? |
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They could only get 33 members of the entire Congress to sign a rather weak letter that simply urged President Obama to favor maintaining social security as a program! It didn't even mention any of the proposed cuts!
Read the letter.
Their unwillingness to stick to their guns when the caved-in and voted for a health insurance industry bill that didn't include any kind of public option lost them a great deal of credibility.
If they meakly stand by and go along with big cuts in Medicare, social security and other government social programs they will demonstrate less relevancy than Ralph Nader.
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