Grand Bargain in the works?
Dean Baker takes note of the code word ‘tweaking’ regarding Social Security, and points us to one aspect of the Grand Bargain thinking apparently in vogue in DC.
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The GOP’s extortion demands: cut Social Security or we’ll shoot the country in the foot The GOP created the fiscal cliff beginning with the “temporary” tax cuts passed in 2001, 2003 and 2004 under the...
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Way to rally the base Turtle Neck! NY Times: No Social Security Raises Even if Medicare Soars WASHINGTON — The 60 million people on Social Security will not receive any cost-of-living increase in their...
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In a speech to a Morgan Stanley group on April 18, 2013, WikiHillary praised the SimpsonBowles deficit reduction plan, which included reforming the tax code to increase investment and entrepreneurship...
View ArticleGrand Bargain in the works?
Dean Baker takes note of the code word ‘tweaking’ regarding Social Security, and points us to one aspect of the Grand Bargain thinking apparently in vogue in DC. The post Grand Bargain in the works?...
View ArticleThe GOP’s extortion demands: cut Social Security or we’ll shoot the country...
The GOP’s extortion demands: cut Social Security or we’ll shoot the country in the foot The GOP created the fiscal cliff beginning with the “temporary” tax cuts passed in 2001, 2003 and 2004 under the...
View ArticleWho foots the "grand deal (no capitalization on purpose)" costs.
by run75411 Who foots the “grand deal (no capitalization on purpose)” costs. Everything You Need to Know about the Fiscal Cliff Deal “Wonkblog” Zachary Goldfarb This was the model to describe what...
View ArticleShorter Mitch McConnell: “Zero Social Security COLA Too Generous”
Way to rally the base Turtle Neck! NY Times: No Social Security Raises Even if Medicare Soars WASHINGTON — The 60 million people on Social Security will not receive any cost-of-living increase in their...
View ArticlePaul Krugman Gets Berned. Er, Burned.
In a speech to a Morgan Stanley group on April 18, 2013, WikiHillary praised the SimpsonBowles deficit reduction plan, which included reforming the tax code to increase investment and entrepreneurship...
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