re: #240 Hecuba’s daughter

re: #130 Nerdy Fish

How are they not cutting anything? They are explicitly cutting benefit amounts.

Because they’re not saying, “We’re reducing the amount of money in your Social Security checks.” Think in terms of weasel words; this is the language of Republicans. By defining “cutting Social Security” in very narrow terms, they can get away with saying, “but we’re not cutting Social Security,” and a large portion of their base will buy it.