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Old 10-18-2013, 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton View Post
Because, without the will of the Congress to slash Medicare, Medicaid, and S/S, it is effectively impossible to control the outflow.

He can cut the budget by 2-3% and that would be extremely difficult.

Since cutting those programs is akin to touching the third rail, it isn't likely to happen to the levels required.

We stand on the tracks staring at a train and folks like MTI cannot even see the damn thing.
I don’t see why we can’t take a little hair cut off the top SS wise. I don’t mean people on SS as the sole or primary income. But people like many here who would use SS as play money.
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