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has spent millions to cut social security and medicare while maintaining his tax cuts. From the article:
-- The Commission is working very closely with Peter G. Peterson, a multi-billionaire who has been persistently seeking the end of Social Security as it currently exists for decades. Peterson is leading a public effort calling for Americans to get ready for “tough choices” on entitlements and has held a “Fiscal Summit”, funded press outlets, made deals with the Washington Pot and CNN, funded America Speaks, an organization whose purpose it is to educate Americans in the Peterson deficit hawk point of view through a series of town halls held across the nation, and, evidently, a Peterson-funded non-profit organization is funding Commission Staff.
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