Social Security Advocates Shrug At Budget Deal

[lovuian]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/social-security-advocates-shrug-budget-deal_562fee63e4b0c66bae59fd2c?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592


WASHINGTON -- Advocates for senior citizens said they're neither happy nor unhappy with a congressional budget deal that makes changes to Social Security and Medicare.

The last-minute agreement spares 11 million Social Security disability beneficiaries from a 20 percent benefits cut by at the end of 2016 by transferring revenue from the more flush retirement and survivors insurance trust fund. It prevents Medicare Part B premiums from rising 52 percent for many beneficiaries. And it averts a government shutdown and lifts the debt ceiling until March 2017.

[yeoman6987]

1. Sounds better then some of the explanations I heard on here.

[Agnosticsherbet]

2. From what I saw elsewhere, I expected Concervagedon

I don't care for the source of funding, but it does keeps Social Security and Medicare recipients from being crushed.

[onecaliberal]

3. Why in the fucking hell aren't we cutting corporate welfare and the war complex?

What the hell is wrong with people. We have to stop this crap now!!

[Recursion]

4. Once again, people light their hair on fire too soon (nt)