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ProSense

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Fri Dec 6, 2013, 05:51 PM Dec 2013

Social Security expansion now very real. Thanks, Third Way! [View all]

Social Security expansion now very real. Thanks, Third Way!

by Joan McCarter

Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA.), honorary co-chair of Third Way and gubenatorial candidate, is now a cosponsor of a bill to expand Social Security. That's after Third Way president Jon Cowan, Jim Kessler, the group's senior vice president for policy called the legislation "exhibit A of this populist political and economic fantasy." The "fantasy" that is going to doom, DOOM, Democrats. Of course, Schwartz isn't leaving Third Way. And she's also coming pretty late to the "expand Social Security" party.

In April 2012, Schwartz voted for a deficit reduction plan that would have effectively cut benefits by adopting the measure of inflation known as chained CPI.

Schwartz was one of only 22 House Democrats to support the bill, known as the Cooper-LaTourette budget plan, which only received 38 votes overall. She touted her vote for the bill in an announcement on her House website that she had received the "Economic Patriot Award" from the Concord Coalition, a deficit-reduction group co-founded by Pete Peterson. Peterson is a billionaire who has spent nearly half a billion dollars advocating for cuts to Social Security and other government programs as part of a campaign for austerity.

Interesting that Schwartz isn't running on that, on her pro-austerity, cut Social Security record, but is instead essentially repudiating it. Not just that, she's now embracing that "populist political and economic fantasy" that Third Way swears is political ruin for any Democrat. Go figure.

When Sen. Sherrod Brown signed on to the bill to expand Social Security, it made news. It gave the movement real momentum. When Sen. Elizabeth Warren joined the team it catapulted the issue into what could be a centerpiece in the 2014 and 2016.

And that's what put Third Way and the whole world of Wall Street "Democrats" into panic mode, coordinating a full-frontal assault against her and this issue. That assault has fallen completely flat. Nothing proves that more than Allyson Schwartz's name on the Strengthening Social Security Act.

So thanks, Third Way! Now we've got ourselves a real rallying point for real Democrats.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/12/06/1260700/-Social-Security-expansion-now-very-real-Thanks-Third-Way


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Slowly but surely the tide is changing. I don't see how it can be stopped. randome Dec 2013 #1
This is good news. JimboBillyBubbaBob Dec 2013 #2
Thanks for posting this. Jackpine Radical Dec 2013 #3
Thanks Sherrod and Elizabeth and *cough, cough* Allyson-come-lately. freshwest Dec 2013 #4
Who are these "Third Way" Democrats? It sounds Cha Dec 2013 #5
There is a list of their "directors" floating around. Basically they are investment bankster vermin Vincardog Dec 2013 #9
Thank you, Vincardog Cha Dec 2013 #10
Welcome, Glad I could find it. Vincardog Dec 2013 #19
The Third Way I know of is Clinton's. Whisp Dec 2013 #18
They are the same. The DLC figured out that it is easier to raise money from the rich than from Vincardog Dec 2013 #21
Kind of explains the hair on fire against Warren then, doesn't it? Whisp Dec 2013 #22
Egg Zactly Vincardog Dec 2013 #23
This is triangulation. MADem Dec 2013 #30
That literal term was actually coined during the Clinton years Samantha Dec 2013 #29
Thanks Sam.. I like the current President, too.. and, Cha Dec 2013 #31
Third Way is an actual group. Bluenorthwest Dec 2013 #35
I know -- I read about their recommendations frequently Samantha Dec 2013 #43
Awesome. MannyGoldstein Dec 2013 #6
Thanks for posting. K&R! myrna minx Dec 2013 #7
K & R Scurrilous Dec 2013 #8
Schwartz can do one thing to try and win my support for PA gov: leave Third Way fbc Dec 2013 #11
+ A shit load! nt Enthusiast Dec 2013 #12
Politicians don't have "on the road to Damascus" sulphurdunn Dec 2013 #14
Wow sheshe2 Dec 2013 #13
It'll go nowhere fast Bohunk68 Dec 2013 #15
Maybe I am a pessimist, but I think the same thing. n/t RebelOne Dec 2013 #25
Not a pessimist, Bohunk68 Dec 2013 #32
I agree, but it's still worth the effort. OnionPatch Dec 2013 #33
For sure. Bohunk68 Dec 2013 #39
Thank you, Third Way, for joining real Democrats in the fight for Social Security Jack Rabbit Dec 2013 #16
wow! that's quite an article! BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2013 #17
k&r n/t RainDog Dec 2013 #20
How do we find out which Democrats are supported by or support The Third Way? rhett o rick Dec 2013 #24
Most likely ProSense Dec 2013 #27
Here you go Bluenorthwest Dec 2013 #36
Thanks, but I doubt that includes all Democrats they support. nm rhett o rick Dec 2013 #38
Thanks for posting this. Chef Eric Dec 2013 #26
Great post ProSense... blue14u Dec 2013 #28
After reading the article, I see it isn't "real", at all. n/t ronnie624 Dec 2013 #34
Just another corporate shill jumping on a bandwagon that he believes she can Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #37
Haaaaa-haaaa! n/t ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2013 #40
Give with one hand, and take away with the other. blkmusclmachine Dec 2013 #41
Kind of like thanking BP for making offshore drilling unpopular. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2013 #42
I wouldn't get too excited sweetapogee Dec 2013 #44
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