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This is an important point in this discussion.

There is a a difference between dangling a carrot in front of the GOP, to get them to REACH for it, and "calling for cuts".

See ... if the President really wanted to cut social security, he had a real chance to do it back when the economy was in free fall. He could have explained to the American people that the cuts were necessary to help stop that collapse. And the American people would have bought it.

But that did not happen. Why not?

Moving beyond the collapse, does the President go out on the stump, or on TV and "call for cuts". No. Why not?

Because he's not in favor of them. He's daring the GOP to reach for the brass ring.

DU works itself into a frenzy every couple months on this point. And the same folks who used to predict ACTUAL impending cuts, had to walk that back and yet remain outraged even though nothing actually has happened. And they know it isn't going to happen.