I've been schooled by Obama supporters that he isn't the first president to cut Social Security benefits
as I wrote in this post. I was unaware that Aid to Families With Dependent Children fell under the Social Security administration, so when Bill Clinton "reformed welfare as we knew it" the cuts came under Social Security. I doubt that most people think of Social Security as "welfare" or know that "welfare reform" was a cut to Social Security benefits, but technically it was.
So, I amend my statement: No Democratic president has ever before in history proposed a cut to Social Security Retirement benefits. I'll have to check to see if any have ever been bold enough to cut disability and Veterans benefits before (which the Chained-CPI will do.)