Will the White House Avoid the ‘Entitlement Spending’ Trap? | Talking Points Memo

As President Obama’s “fiscal responsibility summit” consumes much of Washington’s oxygen today, a critical question is being largely ignored in the mainstream media: Will this administration dispense with the notion of an overall “entitlements” crisis and begin treating Social Security and Medicare like the separate issues they are?


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