Obama will not address the issue of Social Security. Those who supported his campaign to become president have told him to stow it and loose the key. The issue of future benefits and the costs to our nation is way too much to handle these days as he assembles a staff (Joe Biden), to answer the questions of future monies and the new trickle-up money program.
For the new administration its priority is to satisfy those who got him elected and those who may re-elect him. Social Security beneficiaries are not considered as primary vote getter's. As well, Social Security could out pace monetarily, any program on Obama's immediate menu.
Another reason for keeping Social Security in the closet is that anything this President does is a shot in the dark and the outcome is a crap shoot. The chance of blaming Obama for the further sinking of our economy can always be re-targeted to the previous administration. Putting Social Security on the front burner has no multiple outcomes, only one road is available, and any action now would put the onus on Obama if he should take the wrong fork in the road.
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