“The set of policy recommendations issued today by the Co-Chairmen of the Commission are incredibly out of touch with the needs and priorities of Americans, young and old.  This report does a disservice to current efforts to address our country’s very serious fiscal problems by focusing on cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and other critical programs without seriously considering the costs associated with our bloated defense budget and a tax structure that disproportionately benefits the wealthy and powerful.  For the 136 Members who recently signed a letter to the President opposing all cuts to Social Security, which I authored with Representatives Raul Grijalva of Arizona and Dan Maffei of New York, this proposal is a non-starter.” 

 
Nobel prize winning economist, Paul Krugman, wrote an informative piece on entitlement cuts and our need to rationally address deficits.  You can read his article below.

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