# Rumor: Obama to propose cuts to SS during his SotU address... **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [December 20, 2010, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumor-obama-to-propose-cuts-to-ss-during-his-sotu-address/564822 "2010-12-20T10:15:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumor-obama-to-propose-cuts-to-ss-during-his-sotu-address/564822/12 "2010-12-22T02:37:32Z")
> [@](#): > > Mind you, Mace, I’m all in favor of SS reform. But my reforms would pretty much make sure I’d never be elected dog catcher for the remainder of my life. Are yours anything like mine? I’m pretty sure that my reforms, if seriously proposed by anyone with a platform, would draw creaky-jointed ninjas from the AARP as well as right-wing assassins on loan from Blackwater. My desire to eliminate the tax cap wouldn’t draw more than the usual amount of fire, but my proposal to institute means testing would have me drawn and quartered. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumor-obama-to-propose-cuts-to-ss-during-his-sotu-address/564822)._