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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSocial Security Advocates Shrug At Budget Deal
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/social-security-advocates-shrug-budget-deal_562fee63e4b0c66bae59fd2c?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592WASHINGTON -- Advocates for senior citizens said they're neither happy nor unhappy with a congressional budget deal that makes changes to Social Security and Medicare.
The last-minute agreement spares 11 million Social Security disability beneficiaries from a 20 percent benefits cut by at the end of 2016 by transferring revenue from the more flush retirement and survivors insurance trust fund. It prevents Medicare Part B premiums from rising 52 percent for many beneficiaries. And it averts a government shutdown and lifts the debt ceiling until March 2017.
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Social Security Advocates Shrug At Budget Deal (Original Post)
lovuian
Oct 2015
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Why in the fucking hell aren't we cutting corporate welfare and the war complex?
onecaliberal
Oct 2015
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yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)1. Sounds better then some of the explanations I heard on here.
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)2. From what I saw elsewhere, I expected Concervagedon
I don't care for the source of funding, but it does keeps Social Security and Medicare recipients from being crushed.
onecaliberal
(32,895 posts)3. Why in the fucking hell aren't we cutting corporate welfare and the war complex?
What the hell is wrong with people. We have to stop this crap now!!
Recursion
(56,582 posts)4. Once again, people light their hair on fire too soon (nt)