Biden guarantees: 'There will be no changes in Social Security'

Saying I'm not sure or no comment would leave "plenty" of room for interpretation. He made a guarantee. Not just a regular guarantee but a flat one. No taksey backsie's Joe

Do you ever consider that you're missing the whole picture or are you just in attack dog mode?

impossible

plain and simple.

we are heading toward a brick wall @ 1000mph and Biden is living in his own reality where the wall is made of marshmallow and lollipops.

...It is impossible to have an honest debate about the budget — and government's size and role — unless this changes, because aiding the elderly is now the main thing the federal government does. If you remove that, fearing a backlash from the 50 million or so Social Security and Medicare recipients, you condemn yourself to bad choices:

(a) You can't deal with deficits, which may crowd out productive investment and risk a financial crisis; (b) you must dramatically squeeze the rest of government, including the social safety net, defense and research; or (c) you must raise taxes sharply, which may further slow the economy.

Even now the size of the problem isn't fully appreciated. Here's one indicator: Under plausible assumptions, including "full employment" and cutting defense and non-defense discretionary spending by a third, the Congressional Budget Office projects a 2023 deficit equal to 6.75% of the economy. Covering that would require $1 trillion more in taxes, a hike one third higher than the 1970-2011 average.

Let me now assert the caveats: At 66, I am not against older Americans. I don't want to dismantle Social Security and Medicare. But I do want these programs modernized — to reflect longer life expectancy and the elderly's greater wealth; to lighten the burden on the young (whose taxes support these programs, because almost nothing has been "saved" to pay for them); and to protect government's other functions. Finally, it should be possible to discuss these issues candidly, without being accused of "throwing Grandma under the bus."

It isn't now. Democrats' relentless campaigns against Republicans as threatening to "destroy" Social Security and Medicare have succeeded at intimidation — and, oddly, Ryan is proof....

Biden may not be in the ticket in a few hours. So much for his iron-clad promises when he might not be on the ticket in November.

That "brick wall" is an illusion manufactured by Tea Partiers and Grover Norquist.

Maybe you're thinking of Medicare....

That "brick wall" is an illusion manufactured by Tea Partiers and Grover Norquist.

Maybe you're thinking of Medicare....

Maybe he will retire to the Florida Evergators

But if he goes into the local 7/11, he might need to work on his Indian accent.

not if Romney puts him in chains before he has a chance to go to Florida.

That "brick wall" is an illusion manufactured by Tea Partiers and Grover Norquist.

Maybe you're thinking of Medicare....