Lindsey Graham says Obama came close to cutting a "mini Simpson-Bowles deal" on Social Security

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49. lovely linkys that still don't clarify what is meant by "mini Simpson Bowles"

the the bull comes from the linear thinking of what "negotiations" really means, and how it is conducted.

Again...much pearl clutching about something that apparently never happened...from your 2014 first link:

The left is cheering President Obama's decision to exclude a proposal to reduce cost-of-living adjustments to Social Security benefits in his upcoming budget, due out March 4.

I'm just so not interesting in the methods used in negotiations. The alarmist prognosticators here, just don't seem to understand how foolish they beginning to look.

Besides...here's some real meat from a link in your first article...why is there no focus on this? http://money.cnn.com/2014/02/20/pf/taxes/rich-taxes/index.html?iid=EL

Thanks to the fiscal cliff deal and the Affordable Care Act, the top 1% of taxpayers - and many in the top 3% as well - will have to pay a bigger tax bill come April 15.

Oh right...of course there is no discussion on this, it doesn't fit the alarmist rhetoric.