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In reply to the discussion: FFS... the PURPOSE of ENTITLEMENT REFORM is to REDUCE benefits [View all]bhikkhu
(10,715 posts)you might ask - why would reasonable people, with all the facts in hand, suggest reforming entitlements? Because the projections say that they have to.
Then, you might also ask, if reasonable people had to reform entitlements, how would they go about it? First, by taking a good look at who is receiving benefits, and separating out and protecting those who need and depend on those benefits, from those who have plenty of money and income and who don't depend on the benefits.
Which is to say, to try to reform the benefit system in a way that makes it more progressive, and also improves the income inequality problem we have.
I know this isn't the way its talked about here, and generally the details of what the president proposed previously aren't even mentioned, but that was the thrust of his proposal and the core of the intent. If I had to reform entitlements, I would do it in a way that made it more progressive and reduced the country's income inequality problem. That's what I expect to see proposed, and what I expect to see democrats in congress support, if it happens at all.