http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/heres-a-bit-of-good-news/ Facts, Thoughts, and Commentary Fri, 24 May 2013 19:46:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/heres-a-bit-of-good-news/#comment-208157 Jared Bernstein Fri, 22 Jun 2012 01:13:06 +0000 http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/?p=5535#comment-208157 The old lumpage maneuver–a very common technique for those who to attack Soc Sec. Glad you’re onto it.

]]> http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/heres-a-bit-of-good-news/#comment-208051 Daniel Thu, 21 Jun 2012 23:33:27 +0000 http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/?p=5535#comment-208051 Off topic somewhat. Blodgett has a series of graphs over at Business Insider. It looked pretty good till he got to transfers. He lumped SS, Medicare, and Medicaid together to show how transfer programs where out of control. I looked up the trustees report on SS and they are running in the black right now with assets of 2.6 trillion. The health care programs are a different story. But I see how they are attacking SS now. It’s so disingenous.

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