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Gerrymandering the Jobs Bill

…repeal of the withholding which today saves $10 billion in lost taxes. To counter the revenue loss the Republicans have a solution (as paid for by Medicaid/SS recipients): “all legislation…

Rick Perry’s 20-20 Vision

…opt in, guaranteeing significant revenue loss. [OPENING QUOTE ADDED, sans original links; go read the whole thing] And Andrew Samwick piles on with the politics: And now we have another…

WHAT KOTLIKOFF (REALLY) SAID

…pay in advance for our own care using a system that protects our money from loss due to inflation, including “medical inflation.” Medicare is NOT the young paying for the…