{"id":5690,"date":"2011-08-25T01:07:13","date_gmt":"2011-08-25T08:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=5690"},"modified":"2011-08-25T01:07:13","modified_gmt":"2011-08-25T08:07:13","slug":"perry-no-social-security-and-no-medicare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/25\/perry-no-social-security-and-no-medicare\/","title":{"rendered":"Perry: No Social Security and No Medicare"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because he is now the clear frontrunner for the Republican nomination, it is important that we pay attention to what this man says, what he has said, and the difference between the two.  Whatever Rick Perry may say to the contrary, he has made it abundantly clear that his vision for America includes no Social Security and No Medicare.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Rick Perry has managed to fly below the radar on this, but on August 14 he told a gathering of Iowa Republicans that it’s "a fact" that Social Security and Medicare are going to be eliminated for future generations<\/strong>, adding that we need to have an "adult conversation" about "how are we going to make the transformation." And it’s on video:<\/p>\n

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…Obviously, the big thing here is that Rick Perry, as a candidate for the presidency, has taken the position that Social Security and Medicare are going to disappear, and that instead of saving them, we need to talk about how to transition away from them. He said people who are now in their sixties would be spared, but for everybody else, Perry’s position is that we’re going to get rid of Social Security and Medicare<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Needless to say, that’s a radical position, and it’s a pretty big deal. It should be major issue as the campaign moves forward.<\/p>\n

It’s also worth noting that Perry urged his audience to read his book to learn more about his views on the issue. And yes, that’s the same book that his spokesman just said<\/a> was "not meant to reflect the governor\u2019s current views."\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Ed Shultz pointed out the conflicts as well.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news<\/a>, world news<\/a>, and news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n

Be very clear.  This is a dangerous man.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Because he is now the clear frontrunner for the Republican nomination, it is important that we pay attention to what this man says, what he has said, and the difference between the two.  Whatever Rick Perry may say to the contrary, he has made it abundantly clear that his vision for America includes no Social […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5690\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}