Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) tore into President Obama on Thursday for "unraveling Social Security."We can only dream.
The liberal senator was unusually tough in criticizing Obama, who Harkin said would deprive the Social Security fund of roughly $100 billion by extending the two-percentage-point payroll tax cut through the end of 2012. That tax funds the Social Security trust fund.
“I never thought I would have to see the day when a Democratic president of the United States and a Democratic vice president would agree to put Social Security in this kind of jeopardy," exclaimed a visibly agitated Harkin from the Senate floor. "Never did I ever imagine a Democratic president would be the beginning of the unraveling of Social Security.”
Friday, February 17, 2012
Sen. Harkin rips Obama for 'unraveling Social Security' with tax cut
The Hill reports:
