"You can't call yourself a Democrat and support Social Security benefit cuts"

[BlueCaliDem]

18. There are actually TWO. The one you propose

and the one where we create jobs with the help of the U.S. Government. Unfortunately, the Republicans said NO. And for better or worse, they rule Congress despite our majorities in the Senate. The House is securely within their power, and the votes for raising the cap and lower the eligibility age are as dead in the water as passing another jobs bill that doesn't kill jobs and lines the pockets of the already insane wealthy.

Did you miss this part in my post:

The Chained CPI would create a minimum baseline for Social Security benefits so that no one who works their whole life has to live in poverty in their retirement.

Now pay attention here: the minimum benefit would be above the poverty line, for the first time fulfilling the promise of Social Security to end elderly poverty and actually boosting benefits for the lowest wage workers, which the protectors of the Entitlement Status Quo {like Stoka} are effectively against.

The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, one of most well-respected liberal think tanks on policy analysis, and the Center for American Progress, Washington’s most powerful liberal think tank, have both recommended the chained CPI in its comprehensive Social Security reform plan.