Meagan Mcardle is an example of how the msm is gonna cover the

[busterbrown]

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cuts to S.S.. She writes for newsweek and is a complete idiot...
This is what we are up against. My God!!!
Excerpt from Daily Beast...

"Chained CPI would work, and it is going to happen eventually Progressives don't like it. But non-progressives don't like huge tax hikes. Chained CPI is exactly the kind of change that the government actually can make stick: a very, very slow decline in benefits that gives people ample time to plan around it. By one estimate, chained CPI would reduce benefits by about 3% a couple decades from now. The corollary, of course, is that this does not raise much money in the short term: about $130 billion over ten years. But since the long-term is where the biggest problem is, chained CPI remains a good idea.”

Yup!!! This is how the Beast narrates her skills

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MEGAN MCARDLE
Megan McArdle is a special correspondent for Newsweek and The Daily Beast covering business, economics, and public policy. A former senior editor at The Atlantic and writer for The Economist, Megan has a diverse work history including three small startups and a disaster recovery firm at Ground Zero.

[JDPriestly]

1. 3% cut in 20 years would be disastrous.

Social Security benefits on the average keep recipients just a tiny bit ahead of the poverty guideline. That's all. They are not very high as it is. They have to raise the cap and tax ALL INCOME including capital gains, bonuses, the whole works.

[Warren Stupidity]

2. "Plan around it " because you know being poor is a lifestyle choice.

[jerseyjack]

3. Da poor gotta just make better choices.

Do they REALLY need internet? Use the free one at the library.
Do they need HBO? Fuck, no.
Telephone? You get the free 911 cell phone.
Nikes for your kids? Ever hear of Payless?

The rest of us can add to the list.



(Snark, before the first dumb-ass decides to flame me)

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. McArdle is a running joke among various progressive blogs

She's everything you can't stand about glib, clueless Republican yuppies. Google "mcardle" "pink himalayan salt" , "megan mcardle" "food processor" or "megan mcardle" "calculator" .