Budget shows that AARP has all the power
(NEWSER) - The unspoken question looming over Washington’s budget battle isn’t how much discretionary spending tol cut; it’s “whether our elected politicians will take back government from AARP,” writes Robert Samuelson of the Washington Post . Both parties obviously quake in fear of the senior citizens’ lobby, unwilling to go near the entitlements for them—Medicare and Social Security—that are steadily growing our debt. Obama claims he wants to “win the future,” but his budget, as well as any produced by the GOP, are all about winning the past. More»
