{"id":4356,"date":"2011-03-20T07:30:08","date_gmt":"2011-03-20T14:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=4356"},"modified":"2011-03-20T07:30:08","modified_gmt":"2011-03-20T14:30:08","slug":"the-latest-republican-lies-about-social-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/20\/the-latest-republican-lies-about-social-security\/","title":{"rendered":"The Latest Republican Lies about Social Security"},"content":{"rendered":"

Social Security remains the biggest Republican target that that are still afraid to touch, but they keep up the steady stream of propaganda, in the hopes that more people will come to believe the lies, and let them get away with stealing our retirement.  Rep. Paul Akin (R-MO) provided us with some whoppers.  He won\u2019t tell you what their real goal is.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"20FICA\"As Republicans gear up to cut social welfare programs like Social Security, they\u2019ve been careful to craft a public message that says they support these programs, and that their reform efforts are merely attempts <\/strong>to save<\/strong><\/a> the social safety net<\/strong>. \u201cMost young people acknowledge that it\u2019s broken \u2014 it\u2019s broken so badly that the only way we fix it<\/a> and the only way it can continue is we have to look at the eligibility,\u201d Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said yesterday.<\/p>\n

But appearing on CSPAN\u2019s Washington Journal this morning, Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO), who sits on the Budget Committee, had a more honest (and negative) assessment of Social Security… <\/p>\n

…Watch it:<\/p>\n