Very Few People Who Rely on Social Security Know That Bernie Sanders LED a Coalition to STOP DEMS from Cutting Social Security. By Election Time, THEY WILL!

“…Obama Flips on Social Security—a Big Win for Bernie Sanders. The president’s call to strengthen the program is a change of heart, and a breathtaking salute to the Vermont senator…”

It was only a few lines in the president’s lengthy speech in Elkhart, Indiana. The New York Times and The Washington Post both missed the story. President Obama declared his commitment to sustain and defend Social Security but also to expand its benefits for retired people. “We can’t afford to weaken Social Security,” Obama said. “We should be strengthening Social Security—and not only do we need to strengthen its long-term health. It is time we finally made Social Security more generous and increase its benefits so that people get the dignified retirements that they have earned.”

That statement alone is a 100 percent reversal of where Barack Obama started on this issue seven years ago. Then he aligned his presidency with billionaire financial gurus like Pete Peterson who are pressing for so-called “entitlement reform.” That is, whacking Social Security on the grounds that the government can no longer afford it.

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Alex Lawson, an imaginative young agitator who is executive director of Social Security Works, was not so surprised by the president’s shift; he expected it to happen at some point. But Lawson remains awestruck at the Sanders school of self-confident politics, at the Vermont senator’s single-minded guts, his strategic brilliance.“Bernie Sanders pulled the entire Democratic political establishment to this point,” Lawson said. “With his work before he was running for president and after he decided to run for president, he pulled the conversation to where it is now. But he wasn’t afraid to be out there all alone.”

The big media pundits generally dismiss Sanders. The party hacks portray him as a villain making life difficult for Hillary. Bernie pushes through. I asked Lawson what he takes away from all this. “Democracy works,” he said, “if you’re real smart about it.”

“….In 2012 Democrats were ready to cut Social Security. Many were silent in the hopes that other Democrats would fall on the sword and voters wouldn’t hold them accountable. Here’s Bernie Sanders on the Senate floor with the receipts….”

Bernie dropkicks Obama into the stratosphere for remaining SILENT on his positions on Social Security

In 2012 Democrats were ready to cut Social Security. Many were silent in the hopes that other Democrats would fall on the sword and voters wouldn't hold them accountable. Here's @BernieSanders on the Senate floor with the receipts. https://t.co/LbP7xcjEjw pic.twitter.com/VP3eTFINRg — People for Bernie (@People4Bernie) July 7, 2019







