Henry Blodgett, Business Insider
“There are solvency problems with both programs (Medicare and Social Security),” Sen. Olympia Snowe said in an interview on Friday, “They have to be addressed but not as part of the debt reduction talks.”
This cowardice displayed by Senator Snowe in the face of reality, is the key assumption in the Democratic Party’s strategy to win the debt ceiling showdown and make The United States a nation that is more equalitarian and hostile to individual freedom, innovation and initiative. Democratic Senators, leaned hard to get to Olympia Snowe’s left-hand flank. They reacted with hostility to any suggestion that President Barack Obama offer to reduce entitlement spending as a part of any debt-ceiling agreement.
“We shouldn’t be giving away our advantage on Medicare,” said a source familiar with Murray’s thinking, in characterizing her objections in private meetings. “We should be very careful about giving away the biggest advantage we’ve had as Democrats in some time.”
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