Deficit fever spikes again.
by digby
In the week following the end of the 16-day government shutdown, major print media outlets shifted their attention to upcoming bipartisan budget negotiations. This coverage of budget priorities was far more likely to mention the need for deficit and debt reduction than economic growth and job creation, despite economists warning that growth is the more pressing concern.
Long-Term Entitlement Costs Account For Significant Portion Of Calls For Debt Reduction. Of the articles mentioning the need for debt and deficit reduction as a priority across all three print outlets, 24 mentioned that addressing costs of entitlements, such as Social Security and Medicare, was necessary.
The good news is that liberals everywhere are super-confident that these cuts to “entitlements” can never happen so there’s nothing to worry about.
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