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In reply to the discussion: Third Way has been trying to privatize Social Security since 1990s. This is not playing chess. [View all]Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)that we need the President to show leadership in "entitlement reform." I'm quite certain that "entitlement reform" does not mean improving the living standard of the elderly and disabled with better benefits. One of the other Sunday infotainment panel discussion shows started right off with talking about needing to find an alternative to the far right and the far left. The "far left" being defined as those who are resisting "entitlement reforms." Note "far left" does NOT even mean people who want to improve the things for the disabled and the elderly - it means - what once would have been called conservative - holding on to the status quo. I thought "far left" meant people who wanted to nationalize all the industries and make a socialist republic. But no, far left is now being defined by the "reasonable center" - including the third way Democrats - not even as wanting to expand assistance to the elderly and disabled - but holding the real meaning of the word conservative and simply wanting to hold on to the status quo. All of this against the backdrop of the full knowledge that the public is overwhelmingly against their so-called "entitlement reforms," and now defining the disregarding of the will of the people as "showing leadership and courage." Orwell must be rolling in his grave.