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RAY SUAREZ (Newshour): President Obama has said he's open to finding ways to fix the program's problems.
But he said in the White House Rose Garden last week that any changes to Social Security should be separate and distinct from the current deficit reduction efforts.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: I have said before, Social Security is not the primary cause of our deficits, but it does face long-term challenges as our country grows older, and both parties are going to need to work together on a separate track to strengthen Social Security for our children and our grandchildren.
One of the interviewees said, "I want to acknowledge this is a political debate. It's going to require compromise." Problem, today's Republican Party (aka Tea Party) will NOT compromise, that's a dirty word in their rightard-dictionary.
They will sacrifice anything and anyone (elderly, sick, poor, middle class, etc) to their edict that nothing is worth paying for, except giveaways to the rich. (aka money is more important than people)
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