“Suddenly, there’s a path to a deal that doesn’t simply cut Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid to pay for tax breaks for the rich.”
I must be totally on another planet, here, but when have the Republicans been advocating for cuts to SS, Medicare, or Medicaid? Has anyone specifically said what is in the latest Boehner plan?
No Rep cuts to Medicare. The Dems have already cut $500 billion thru Obamacare. However, the House budget does change the Medicare paradigm using a premium support plan for those 55 and younger. In essence, it changes the program over to private insurance to operate. And the House budget changes Medicaid to a bloc grant to the states.