From The Huffington Post:
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will not renew his pursuit of a stealthy cut to Social Security and other entitlement programs by proposing a cheaper way to measure inflation, according to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).
Many budget-cutters on both sides of the aisle have proposed stemming the growth of entitlement programs by changing the government's standard measure of inflation, the consumer price index, to one that grows more slowly, known as the chained consumer price index.
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"It is my understanding that the chained CPI will not be in the president's budget," Sanders said in a Capitol Hill press conference. Sanders called the conference to emphasize that he would aggressively oppose any Republican budget proposals that failed to acknowledge the realities of record poverty, income inequality and falling middle-class wages.
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Well, that's a relief. Some will say, "hold on, dude - it's merely Bernie's 'understanding' - it's all Kabuki! Wahhhhh", and sure, that's a possibility. But I don't think Senator Sanders would say this in a press conference without approval from the President himself.
President Obama tried cooperation for 6 years, and only got unprecedented obstruction from the GOP. I think he is done making risky concessions. These next two years are going to be fun. :)