I get that some democrats are just bad people and want to slash Social Security and Medicare, but I also think some are genuinely deluded and think that if they can only come to some "deal" they can put the issue behind us forevermore. It's like the Lord Saletans of the world who thought that if only abortion rights supporters would agree that abortion was "icky" and make it that much harder for poor women to get abortions, then anti-choice people would agree that contraception was okay and then we'd all get along. They'll never stop trying to go after the giant pot of money that is Social Security. They'll never stop trying to funnel more of your end-of-life money to big corporations.