Blog Buzz: To extend, or not to extend the Bush tax cuts?
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Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security will account for almost half of spending by 2015. Even if we reform Social Security, which we should, any plausible …

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Wonkbook: Stimulus reax; Mitch Daniels' plan; Obamas opposes tax cut extension
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The rate increases largely apply to policies for individuals and small businesses and don't include people covered by a big employer or Medicare. …
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Labor Day RoundupWashington Post (blog)
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John Boehner's stale 'two-step job creation plan'
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Payroll tax surpluses, generated under the Greenspan plan to "save Social Security," have been used for all these years to purchase Treasury notes which in …
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Obama unveils pro-business “jobs” planWorld Socialist Web Site
Boehner Slams Obama Economic Plans, Calls for Extending All Bush Tax Cuts for …CBS News
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A 'Race to the Top' for Social Security
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
Because, in the states whose plans were chosen, jobs would be exempted from the federal Social Security payroll tax, a total 12.4 percent for employee and …
A tax cut we need — but won't getWashington Post
'Journal Editorial Report': Dems Scramble for a Tax Cut Plan; Social Security …FOXNews
A solution for Social SecurityBismarck Tribune

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Privatizing Social Security unworkable politically, economically
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
The poll also found that 49 percent of voters would feel very uncomfortable about a candidate who proposed to phase out Social Security and instead allow …
Social Security fix needed nowSan Angelo Standard Times
Letter: Republicans are putting Social Security in jeopardyTCPalm
30 options for reforming Social Security — and how much they'll saveWashington Post (blog)
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A 'Race to the Top' for Social Security
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
If you're below a certain age, your annual Social Security statement is accompanied by a fact sheet titled “What young workers should know about Social …
A tax cut we need — but won't getWashington Post
'Journal Editorial Report': Dems Scramble for a Tax Cut Plan; Social Security …FOXNews
Social Security…Celebrating 75 Years of MismanagementLegal Broadcast Network (blog)
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30 options for reforming Social Security — and how much they'll save
Washington Post (blog)
Means testing Social Security would create a huge implicit marginal tax on saving for the upper middle class. When deciding whether or not to save an extra …
Social Security not a cause of, and not a solution to, national debtAtlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
Advice to President Obama's Deficit Commission: Tax Social Security PaymentsOUPblog (blog)
Social Security, What's In It For Feds???FederalNewsRadio.com
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Dems launch $2M pro-reform blitz
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Not only is RomneyCare a miserable failure, not only do seniors understand that cutting $500 billion from Medicare doesn't "improve" anything and not only …

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The harsh math behind Obama's tax-cut pledge
Washington Post
Those savings aren't going to come, in the medium term, from entitlement spending: Medicare and Medicaid have already been squeezed by health reform, …
Going Against Former Boss, Obama's Former Budget Director Says Bush Tax Cuts …ABC News (blog)
Peter Orszag Thinks the Rich Need Tax Breaks More Than the Unemployed Need JobsFiredoglake (blog)
Bush tax cuts big reason behind faltering economyThe News Journal
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Social Security's perfect payout record
Washington Post
4 editorial "Alan Simpson's truthiness" pointed out that by 2037, "Social Security's reserves will have been drained, and it will be able to pay only 76 …
DAN THOMASSON: Simpson should leave Social Security panelSan Angelo Standard Times
Fire Alan SimpsonGateway
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