“I’m not someone who saw a silver lining in Democrats losing the Senate. But if there is one, it may lie in letting Republicans lay out their wildly unpopular plans for “governing.” As if walking into a trap set by the other party – except Democrats are too broken to set traps right now — GOP congressional leaders are promising to act immediately on their budget-slashing ideas when 2015 begins. High on their list, according to the New York Times, is implementing Rep. Paul Ryan’s plan to “overhaul” Medicare by replacing it with “premium support” vouchers designed to privatize the system over the coming decades. They will also form a commission to examine “options” for Social Security,which Ryan has also long favored privatizing.”
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 16:30:01 +0000
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