Video: Robert Reich On Why You Shouldn’t Accept President Obama’s Cuts To Social Security

by Gary Kopycinski on April 7, 2013

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Social Security is not driving the deficit, therefore it should not be part of reforms aimed at cutting the deficit. The chained CPI, deceptively portrayed as a reasonable cost of living adjustment, is a cut to Social Security benefits that would hurt seniors.