On Jan 21, 2010, at 4:10 PM, Max Sawicky wrote:
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> I don't know what cuts in SS and Medicare you're talking about...It
> came out recently that the Greenspan commission did not make
> possible the 80s SS fix; it was an agreement between Reagan and Tip
> O'Neill...
And that "fix" was a major cut--it made SS benefits taxable and set back the retirement age. Greenspan gave them the cover for their deal. After Bush's privatization fiasco, SS is still off the table-- for now. But Medicare is very much under the Petersen gun.
Shane Mage
> This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it
> always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,
> kindling in measures and going out in measures."
>
> Herakleitos of Ephesos