…finance Social Security, Medicare, and all other public-sector activities, population aging could strain government budgets.“ Our growth rate has slowed dramatically to a near-zero. Projections show a possible decline by…

…them.) 2.Obama’s proposed chained-CPI cut would typically reduce benefits for 3 percent, and by as much as 6 percent for some recipients. 3.The White House’s decision to label this cut…

…Originally, I’d thought he meant that he wanted Obama to simply capitulate to the House Republicans and let them gut discretionary spending, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid. In other words, delegate…

…signify a mandate to increase taxes on the wealthiest Americans, and the GOP generally pushing for benefit cuts to Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security –irrelevant to the deficit and actively…

…the GOP attempt to label the Dems as the tax-and-spend party, the GOP turned out to be the tax-cut-and spend-anyway party. Government grew under Bush, even while revenues shrank. The…

…well-funded Veteran’s Administration system for the health needs of former soldiers 10. Wanting to preserve Medicare and Social Security for future generations 11. Wanting to balance the Federal budget (somehow)…

…kitchen-table issues, including energy and Medicare. His website is heavy on biography and light on policy. He’s trying to run as a generic, largely uncontroversial Democratic candidate who, as one…