prospect.org - 1/8/2009
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The headline of an NYT article tells readers that "Obama Promises Bid to Overhaul Retiree Spending." The first sentence warns that "overhauling Social Security and Medicare would be 'a central part' of his administration’s efforts to contain federal spending, signaling for the first time that ...
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Progressive Breakfast: Bigger, Bolder, Better?
LiberalOasis : The Blog —
... of fiscal discipline and risk plunging the economy back into recession.
Social Security/Medicare Overhaul?
NYT headline sounds ominous: "Obama Promises Bid to Overhaul Retiree Spending." But
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">W. Post notes: "So far, however, [Senate Budget Cmte Chair Kent] Conrad said Obama's team has been cool to requests to establish a bipartisan task force that would reexamine the entitlement programs..."
Dean Baker: Does Obama Want to Cut Social Security or Did the NYT Send Out a False Alarm? ...
A Bit More On Obama & Entitlement "Reform"
Open Left - Front Page —
... , let me add one note about his declarations about Social Security and Medicare reform. Dean Baker doesn't think Obama's declaration on Social Security and Medicare automatically means he's looking to cut those programs. I agree that it doesn't automatically mean that - but I disagree with Dean that Obama's statement explicitly "does not indicate any intention to cut Social Security." Obama explicitly tied his goal of reducing the deficit to entitlement reform (not to tax increases, etc.) - which logically at least suggests the consideration of Social Security cuts to ...
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