Think NAFTA
by digby
Ezra Klein says that deficit reduction isn’t going to happen over the next two years and I think he’s probably right. That would explain why Social Security is on the Deficit Commission’s menu even though it isn’t counted in the deficit numbers — and why recent economic advisor Peter Orsazg is on the pages of the NY Times touting SS cuts as leading to “credibility” and talking up its bipartisan possibilities.
Think NAFTA.
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