Reply #22: Obama Pledges Entitlement Reform [View All]

[leftstreet]

These headlines make me sick whenever I see them
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/15/AR2009011504114_pf.html
Obama Pledges Entitlement Reform
President-Elect Says He'll Reshape Social Security, Medicare Programs
January 16, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama pledged yesterday to shape a new Social Security and Medicare "bargain" with the American people, saying that the nation's long-term economic recovery cannot be attained unless the government finally gets control over its most costly entitlement programs.

That discussion will begin next month, Obama said, when he convenes a "fiscal responsibility summit" before delivering his first budget to Congress. He said his administration will begin confronting the issues of entitlement reform and long-term budget deficits soon after it jump-starts job growth and the stock market.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/us/politics/08obama.html
Obama Promises Bid to Overhaul Retiree Spending
January 7, 2009

WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama said Wednesday that overhauling Social Security and Medicare would be “a central part” of his administration’s efforts to contain federal spending, signaling for the first time that he would wade into the thorny politics of entitlement programs.

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