Numerous Democratic politicians including Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and others have said that Social Security and Medicare are off the table in the deficit talks.
Tag: federal budget
Fiscal problems and entitlement reform; apparently no big deal
Do you remember this? The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (often called Bowles-Simpson/Simpson-Bowles from the names of co-chairs Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles;
Managing the deficit is not on anyone’s agenda
Hundreds of millions in savings from winding down the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and we immediately find new ways to spend the money, not reduce
How to increase the deficit lickety split
In case you were interested in what Congress just did to the deficit by extending the 2% cut in the Social Security payroll tax, read
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